Re: [UC] From today's DP

[Ben Dugan]

Facilities and Real Estate 
Spokesman Tony Sorrentino.
Now they have a Spokesman for Real Estate?
"We are having active discussions with CVS and we hope to sign a lease 
with them soon," Sorrentino said.
Mmmmh. Fruit-Loop-Bandaid-Peperoni Sundae?


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Re: [UC] From today's DP

[Vincent/Roger]

We operated the very affordable Gold Standard Cafeteria (along with 
The Palladium) for twenty years in the very middle of the campus until our 
lease expired (and was not renewed by Penn) in 2003.  Along with 
pushing out the food trucks and the dismantling the Food Court, 
this seems to be part of a desire by Penn to set a more affluent - 
yuppie tone to the whole area.  Not that I agree with the plan, but there 
it is.  
Roger Harman 
Abbraccio

  Iyer noted that the food court is one of the few affordable places 
  for students to come to eat and said he hopes it will be ready 
  soon.

Re: [UC] From today's DP

[Mark Krull]

Great another CVS!! Yup just like that 50's themed diner from a few years back-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Dec 7, 2004 8:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UC] From today's DP 
Another black eye for Penn's top-down, (yes) anointed, style of deciding what's best for the great unwashed masses. (My prediction -- "Cereality" up the street will take their waitperson's tacky bathrobes and fold up their silly business before the Froot Loops al dente and Rice Krispies a la mode get soggy in the bowl.)
 
-- Al Krigman
-
Two more vendors abandon food court By rachel schwartzDecember 7, 2004Two more vendors have closed their businesses in the Moravian Cafes food court, bringing the total number of vendors to leave the 34th and Walnut Street location within the last month to six.Oriental Gourmet and Bitar's have both chosen not to renew their leases -- which are set to expire at the end of this month, according to Facilities and Real Estate Spokesman Tony Sorrentino.Facilities is working to bring both a CVS and three additional food service stations to the space, which is set to be redesigned and renovated by Fall of 2005."We are having active discussions with CVS and we hope to sign a lease with them soon," Sorrentino said.Though no decisions have been made as to whether the current CVS on the 3900 block of Walnut Street will close, Sorrentino said that Facilities is currently researching the University's ability to support two CVS pharmacies on campus.The department is also actively working to ascertain what types of food outlets should replace the vendors that have left the cafes.According to Sorrentino, Facilities wants to determine what kinds of cuisines would best fit the demand of Penn students and "then, based on usage, go to the [appropriate] vendor.""We are in the process now of designing what the modified space would look like," Sorrentino said.Only two vendors, Famous Famiglia Pizza and Gourmet Ice Cream and Yogurt, remain in the food court.Alex Barkat, an employee of Gourmet Ice Cream, said that customer traffic has decreased since the departure of the other six vendors.Some students seem ill at ease when faced with the prospect of a CVS within the current site of the food court.Second year Engineering graduate student Ram Iyer said that he is unsure how the food court and CVS combination would succeed. Iyer noted that the food court is one of the few affordable places for students to come to eat and said he hopes it will be ready soon.However, some students feel that a CVS would help bring in more business to the location than it has experienced in the past."I would probably come here more often," said Post Baccalaureate student Rachel Altork, who noted that she is frequently on the eastern side of campus.Down for the countOnly two vendors remain in the Moravian Cafes food court at 34th and Walnut streets.Remaining: Gourmet Ice Cream and Yogurt and Famous Famiglia PizzerianVacating: Bitar's, Oriental Gourmet, Philly Steak and Gyro Company, The GrillWorks, Buckhead Deli and Wrap Company and Salad Creations 



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[Dubin, Elisabeth]

Somehow I missed what's 
been going on at the food court.  Did something happen?  Did they find 
The Anthrax there? 
 
 
 ELISABETH DUBINHillier ARCHITECTUREOne 
South Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3502 | T 215 636- | F 215 636-9989 
| hillier.com 
 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 8:56 
AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [UC] From today's 
DP

Another black eye for Penn's top-down, (yes) anointed, style of deciding 
what's best for the great unwashed masses. (My prediction -- "Cereality" up the 
street will take their waitperson's tacky bathrobes and fold up their silly 
business before the Froot Loops al dente and Rice Krispies a la mode get soggy 
in the bowl.)
 
-- Al Krigman
-
Two more vendors abandon food court By 
rachel schwartzDecember 7, 2004Two more vendors have 
closed their businesses in the Moravian Cafes food court, bringing the total 
number of vendors to leave the 34th and Walnut Street location within the last 
month to six.Oriental Gourmet and Bitar's have both chosen not to renew their 
leases -- which are set to expire at the end of this month, according to 
Facilities and Real Estate Spokesman Tony Sorrentino.Facilities is 
working to bring both a CVS and three additional food service stations to the 
space, which is set to be redesigned and renovated by Fall of 2005."We 
are having active discussions with CVS and we hope to sign a lease with them 
soon," Sorrentino said.Though no decisions have been made as to whether 
the current CVS on the 3900 block of Walnut Street will close, Sorrentino said 
that Facilities is currently researching the University's ability to support two 
CVS pharmacies on campus.The department is also actively working to 
ascertain what types of food outlets should replace the vendors that have left 
the cafes.According to Sorrentino, Facilities wants to determine what 
kinds of cuisines would best fit the demand of Penn students and "then, based on 
usage, go to the [appropriate] vendor.""We are in the process now of 
designing what the modified space would look like," Sorrentino said.Only 
two vendors, Famous Famiglia Pizza and Gourmet Ice Cream and Yogurt, remain in 
the food court.Alex Barkat, an employee of Gourmet Ice Cream, said that 
customer traffic has decreased since the departure of the other six 
vendors.Some students seem ill at ease when faced with the prospect of a 
CVS within the current site of the food court.Second year Engineering 
graduate student Ram Iyer said that he is unsure how the food court and CVS 
combination would succeed. Iyer noted that the food court is one of the 
few affordable places for students to come to eat and said he hopes it will be 
ready soon.However, some students feel that a CVS would help bring in 
more business to the location than it has experienced in the past."I 
would probably come here more often," said Post Baccalaureate student Rachel 
Altork, who noted that she is frequently on the eastern side of 
campus.Down for the countOnly two vendors 
remain in the Moravian Cafes food court at 34th and Walnut 
streets.Remaining: Gourmet Ice Cream and Yogurt and Famous Famiglia 
PizzerianVacating: Bitar's, Oriental Gourmet, Philly Steak and Gyro 
Company, The GrillWorks, Buckhead Deli and Wrap Company and Salad Creations 

Re: [UC] From today's DP

[Brian Siano]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another black eye for Penn's top-down, (yes) anointed, style of 
deciding what's best for the great unwashed masses. (My prediction -- 
"Cereality" up the street will take their waitperson's tacky bathrobes 
and fold up their silly business before the Froot Loops al dente and 
Rice Krispies a la mode get soggy in the bowl.)
Well, at least a CVS makes sense at the 34th street mini-mall.

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[L a s e r B e a m ®]

Dubin, Elisabeth wrote:
Somehow I missed what's been going on at the food court.  Did something 
happen?  Did they find The Anthrax there? 
what's going on is that that penn is easing out of the 
campus dining service business and going back to the days 
when students found their meals at local eateries. 3400 
walnut will once again be a strip of drugstores and greasy 
spoons, the way it was 40 yrs ago. only this time, they'll 
be penn-leased drugstores and penn-leased greasy spoons. 
(and the bowling alley on 3600 walnut street, demolished by 
penn in the 70s, is now reappearing near 40th and locust, 
again in a penn-leased spot.) meanwhile, foodtrucks are 
shooed away.

ah, penn and the city, together at last!
  suggested reading:
  http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0497/food.html
  http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0697/0697letters.html
a more interesting question might be, what's going on at the 
soon-to-be-vacant cvs location, right next to the now-vacant 
pnc atm station?

.
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[Jonathan Cass]

I don't believe that "Strikes" is in a "penn-leased" building.  That
building is not owned by Penn.

Jonathan A. Cass

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Dubin, Elisabeth wrote:
> Somehow I missed what's been going on at the food court.  Did something
> happen?  Did they find The Anthrax there?

what's going on is that that penn is easing out of the
campus dining service business and going back to the days
when students found their meals at local eateries. 3400
walnut will once again be a strip of drugstores and greasy
spoons, the way it was 40 yrs ago. only this time, they'll
be penn-leased drugstores and penn-leased greasy spoons.
(and the bowling alley on 3600 walnut street, demolished by
penn in the 70s, is now reappearing near 40th and locust,
again in a penn-leased spot.) meanwhile, foodtrucks are
shooed away.

ah, penn and the city, together at last!

   suggested reading:

   http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0497/food.html

   http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0697/0697letters.html


a more interesting question might be, what's going on at the
soon-to-be-vacant cvs location, right next to the now-vacant
pnc atm station?


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[L a s e r B e a m ®]

Jonathan Cass wrote:
I don't believe that "Strikes" is in a "penn-leased" building.  That
building is not owned by Penn.

ok strike that.
once owned by penn? now owned by a private real estate 
company? whose name is undisclosed?

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/3adb2b1b82c25?in_archive=1
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too bad penn's still not making a dime on bowling
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Re: [UC] From today's DP

[William H. Magill]

On 07 Dec, 2004, at 13:12, Dubin, Elisabeth wrote:
Somehow I missed what's been going on at the food court.  Did 
something happen?  Did they find The Anthrax there? 
As the original leases have come up for renewal, the existing tenants 
have decided that the "rents" Penn wants are simply way out of line 
with income, let alone profits.

The traffic at the venue simply does not justify the "rent" charged. 
The stores are vacant (void of customers) roughly 4 months of the year, 
when the students are not on campus. The concept of "upscaling" the 
shopping only works if the traffic is there.

Penn's Real Estate folks are again (still) looking to maximize their 
income by charging the same prices per square foot that one finds at 
King of Prussia.  Prices that KravCo established when they handled the 
leasing a number of years ago.

It's only the "national chains" who are used to the Terms and 
Conditions encountered in places like King of Prussia Mall who think 
they are getting "a deal" in "the shops."

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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[William H. Magill]

On 07 Dec, 2004, at 13:39, Brian Siano wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another black eye for Penn's top-down, (yes) anointed, style of 
deciding what's best for the great unwashed masses. (My prediction -- 
"Cereality" up the street will take their waitperson's tacky 
bathrobes and fold up their silly business before the Froot Loops al 
dente and Rice Krispies a la mode get soggy in the bowl.)
Well, at least a CVS makes sense at the 34th street mini-mall.
As George Carlin would say -- Cool, a place to buy D R U G S, right on 
campus!

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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Re: [UC] From today's DP....

[John Ellingsworth]

I'd bet the posters were made by an out of towner . . . 'just sayin.

Regards,

John Ellingsworth

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Remember those pictures of things like trees where you were supposed to  spot 
the animals drawn into the foliage (or those Playboy covers where you had  to 
look for the bunny)? Well, here's an updated version. It's an article about  
protests against Penn's now-much-more-subtle takeover of the whole 
neighborhood.  See if you can spot the lies and the half-truths.
 
Al  Krigman


Register your opposition to the NID via the Internet to  Councilwoman 
Blackwell --
With some background: _www.iconworldwide.com/speakup_ 
(http://www.iconworldwide.com/speakup) 
Go  directly to the form: 
_http://www.iconworldwide.com/speakup/nonid-01.html_ (http://www.iconworldwide.com/speakup/nonid-01.html) 


--
 
Perspective: With frayed posters, an artist cries out, 'Stop Penn'
As U. turnes its attention to the east, some still protest the legacies of  
West Phila. expansion
_Alanna  Kaufman_ 
(http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/user/index.cfm?event=displayAuthorProfile&authorid=2388057) 

 
Media Credit: Alex Small
'Stop Penn' posters adorn a West Philadelphia  wall. As Penn begins to focus 
toward the east for further expansion,  the posters are a reminder of what the 
artists see as a negative  legacy of Penn-led local  development.



Media Credit: Alex Small
A 2001 poster reacts to a Penn proposal to move  the 40th and Walnut streets 
McDonalds. Its artist has been working  on the new set of posters.



Media Credit: Alex Small
The second version of the new posters warns  against a reprisal in West 
Phila. of Penn's '50s and '60s  development in the so-called Rock Bottom  area.



Media Credit: Alex Small
A poster hangs on a lamppost on 40th and Filbert  streets. 'Stop Penn,' it 
reads - 'Hands off West Philly.' The  artists say they object to the ways in 
which high rent prices have  forced locals out of the University City  area.


They almost  blend into the background - posters as worn and dirt-splattered 
as the  grafittied walls that wear them. 

Yet the messages proclaimed by two  versions of anti-Penn posters currently 
plastered across West Philadelphia are  anything but passive or forgotten.


One version is general, graphically  depicting Penn as a tentacled monster 
and urging it to keep its hands off West  Philadelphia. 

In large block lettering, the second version recalls Black  Bottom - an area 
that Penn developed during the 1950s and 1960s, displacing a  number of local 
residents - and cautions against West Philly being  "next."


Since they appeared on the streets last fall, the posters have  been torn 
down, grafittied themselves and labeled vague and ungrounded by  critics both 
within and outside the University.


But for the artists - two  West Philadelphia residents - and those with 
objections to Penn's influence in  the region, these posters serve both as markers 
of solidarity and reminders of a  fight against the University that, despite 
having lost some momentum, is far  from finished.


Signs From the Past

Though they are a recent  addition to the West Philadelphia scenery, these 
posters are conceptually  derived from a print developed and distributed by one 
of the artists years  ago.


According to Rev. Larry Falcon - a West Philadelphia resident for  over 30 
years - original versions of the poster emerged in about 2001; around  this 
time, some West Philadelphia residents were forming a resistance to a Penn  
proposal that would move the McDonald's at 40th and Walnut streets to 43rd and  
Market streets.


Eventually, the proposal was withdrawn due to local  opposition and the 
discovery of chemical contaminants at the Market Street site,  but remnants of the 
cause lived on through the unification of anti-Penn  activists in a group 
entitled "Neighbors against McPenntrification," led by  Falcon, and through a 
batch of posters distributed by the group to local  businesses.


The posters, Falcon said, were crafted by a member of NAM who  originally 
printed about 50 copies on brown butcher paper.


Unlike the  current posters, the sheets distributed six years ago featured a 
portrayal of  Penn as an octopus hovering over 40th Street. With menacing 
eyebrows and pink  fangs, the symbol bore a similar message to the one the current 
posters promote:  Stop UPenn, hands off our neighborhood.


Falcon said that, though the  posters were not commissioned by NAM and were 
entirely the artist's initiative,  they soon caught on among businesses and 
community members who shared these  sentiments.


"We put them up in the windows, especially along 40th  Street," Falcon said 
of the posters, which included his contact information.  "People came by and 
wanted to buy" them.


And Roger Richards, a member of  both NAM and Friends of 40th Street - a 
Penn-led group that works to bring  re

RE: [UC] From today's DP....

[Kyle Cassidy]

no doubt it's astroturfing by a large real estate conglomerate from new york 
hoping to drive down property values so they can come in and sweep up all the 
refurbished houses now featuring recessed lighting and underfloor heating.



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Sent: Tue 1/23/2007 8:35 AM
To: UnivCity@list.purple.com
Subject: Re: [UC] From today's DP



I'd bet the posters were made by an out of towner . . . 'just sayin.

Regards,

John Ellingsworth

Re: [UC] From today's DP....

[B Andersen]

I would have ignored those flyers as just more neightborhood junk until Al's
post. I have no love for flyers on poles, but now I'll have to start leaving
them up.

On 1/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 Remember those pictures of things like trees where you were supposed to
spot the animals drawn into the foliage (or those Playboy covers where you
had to look for the bunny)? Well, here's an updated version. It's an article
about protests against Penn's now-much-more-subtle takeover of the whole
neighborhood. See if you can spot the lies and the half-truths.

Al Krigman

Register your opposition to the NID via the Internet to Councilwoman
Blackwell --
With some background: www.iconworldwide.com/speakup
Go directly to the form:
http://www.iconworldwide.com/speakup/nonid-01.html
--
 Perspective: With frayed posters, an artist cries out, 'Stop Penn' As U.
turnes its attention to the east, some still protest the legacies of West
Phila. expansion Alanna 
Kaufman
[image: 'Stop Penn' posters adorn a West Philadelphia wall. As Penn
begins to focus toward the east for further expansion, the posters are a
reminder of what the artists see as a negative legacy of Penn-led local
development.] Media Credit: Alex Small
'Stop Penn' posters adorn a West Philadelphia wall. As Penn begins to
focus toward the east for further expansion, the posters are a reminder of
what the artists see as a negative legacy of Penn-led local development.

   [image: A 2001 poster reacts to a Penn proposal to move the 40th and
Walnut streets McDonalds. Its artist has been working on the new set of
posters.] Media Credit: Alex Small
A 2001 poster reacts to a Penn proposal to move the 40th and Walnut
streets McDonalds. Its artist has been working on the new set of posters.

   [image: The second version of the new posters warns against a reprisal
in West Phila. of Penn's '50s and '60s development in the so-called Rock
Bottom area.] Media Credit: Alex Small
The second version of the new posters warns against a reprisal in West
Phila. of Penn's '50s and '60s development in the so-called Rock Bottom
area.

   [image: A poster hangs on a lamppost on 40th and Filbert streets. 'Stop
Penn,' it reads - 'Hands off West Philly.' The artists say they object to
the ways in which high rent prices have forced locals out of the University
City area.] Media Credit: Alex Small
A poster hangs on a lamppost on 40th and Filbert streets. 'Stop Penn,' it
reads - 'Hands off West Philly.' The artists say they object to the ways in
which high rent prices have forced locals out of the University City area.

They almost blend into the background - posters as worn and
dirt-splattered as the grafittied walls that wear them.

Yet the messages proclaimed by two versions of anti-Penn posters currently
plastered across West Philadelphia are anything but passive or forgotten.

One version is general, graphically depicting Penn as a tentacled monster
and urging it to keep its hands off West Philadelphia.

In large block lettering, the second version recalls Black Bottom - an
area that Penn developed during the 1950s and 1960s, displacing a number of
local residents - and cautions against West Philly being "next."

Since they appeared on the streets last fall, the posters have been torn
down, grafittied themselves and labeled vague and ungrounded by critics both
within and outside the University.

But for the artists - two West Philadelphia residents - and those with
objections to Penn's influence in the region, these posters serve both as
markers of solidarity and reminders of a fight against the University that,
despite having lost some momentum, is far from finished.

Signs From the Past

Though they are a recent addition to the West Philadelphia scenery, these
posters are conceptually derived from a print developed and distributed by
one of the artists years ago.

According to Rev. Larry Falcon - a West Philadelphia resident for over 30
years - original versions of the poster emerged in about 2001; around this
time, some West Philadelphia residents were forming a resistance to a Penn
proposal that would move the McDonald's at 40th and Walnut streets to 43rd
and Market streets.

Eventually, the proposal was withdrawn due to local opposition and the
discovery of chemical contaminants at the Market Street site, but remnants
of the cause lived on through the unification of anti-Penn activists in a
group entitled "Neighbors against McPenntrification," led by Falcon, and
through a batch of posters distributed by the group to local businesses.

The posters, Falcon said, were crafted by a member of NAM who originally
printed about 50 copies on brown butcher paper.

Unlike the current posters, the sheets distributed six years ago featured
a portrayal of Penn as an octopus hovering over 40th S

Re: [UC] From today's DP....

[Ross Bender]

"If doing the work of University City District can make University City
cleaner and safer, and as a result prices are being driven up, that is out
of our control," said Lori Klein Brennan, a spokeswoman for UCD.

Brennan added that, while she has not seen the posters herself, it is
illegal for groups to hang posters in the area without official licensing.



OH NO! What world is SHE living in
--
Ross Bender
http://rossbender.org/gentrification.html

Re: [UC] From today's DP: "Commission recommends approval for hotel"

[UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN]

the daily pennsylvanian wrote:

Like most members of the Planning Commission, commissioner Nilda Ruiz 
agreed that the hotel's appearance might seem "overbearing" at first.


But she "just doesn't see it being that much of a problem" after the 
initial shock - she thinks residents will get used to the sight and not 
notice it after a while, Ruiz said yesterday.



haha

this is my favorite part of julia harte's article in the dp.

openly admitting to the problem with the proposed hotel -- 
while trying not to see it!



..
UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN








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