Re: [UC] New Marketing Campaign

2007-04-09 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 4/8/2007 7:18:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps there is a neighborhood out there that no yuppie will touch in a million years That's what the impression was of this neighborhood 25 to 50 years (50 1,000,000) ago, when the bourgeosie of

Re: [UC] where you from?

2007-04-09 Thread Gail Defendorf
Just to continue the absurdum, I'm from the Finger Lakes region of New York state. It is not Western New York, it's Central New York. Western New York is Buffalo (and perhaps Rochester). gail Lewis Mellman wrote: While in college in Western NY (some people mistakenly place the Finger

RE: [UC] New Marketing Campaign

2007-04-09 Thread S. Sharrieff Ali
I am glad you brought up graffiti which is the usual vandalism medium used by Turks and Punks popular during the 60's. This is all a puzzle, designed to puzzle you! But..is it really so hard to figure out? The universities, and lets be truthful here, mostly Penn, have taken this area for

Re: [UC] New Marketing Campaign

2007-04-09 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 4/9/2007 9:30:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Vandalism is a social shock treatment, graffiti, riots, looting, and yes the dreaded word “terrorism” all designed to break the laws and get your attention focused on their issues. What we are seeing

RE: [UC] New Marketing Campaign

2007-04-09 Thread Kyle Cassidy
Are you saying that UCD is illegally removing things from utility poles? I hold UCD to a higher standard than I hold the average crusty punk and if they're breaking the law, I do expect them to be held accountable. If they are doing something illegal and you know about it, I suggest you either

Re: [UC] Re: Why does the state store want to move

2007-04-09 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN wrote: in any event, we shall see how the press continues this story. the zoning board hearing which had been scheduled for 28 feb is now march 21 (tomorrow). from the front page of today's dp. http://tinyurl.com/27lfnx - - - - - - update: from tuesday's dp, a long

[UC] Anybody want to check out this new art gallery at 45th and Spruce?

2007-04-09 Thread Kyle Cassidy
There's a front page article in the UC Review about a new art gallery which has opened up at 4501 Spruce. It's open until six. Anybody care to meet up at the Green Line II today at say ... 5:15 and take a walk over and check the place out? They're currently showing a series of black and white

[UC] Easter Treats, thanks

2007-04-09 Thread Elizabeth F Campion
Thanks to all who swung by with kids and provided or found a treat. We were away from home all day, and arrived back in the evening to discover almost all of the plastic eggs and all but two of the stuffed animals carted away. It was fun to head out in the morning, looking back on an

Re: [UC] New voice in the anti-gentrification movement

2007-04-09 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
Vincent/Roger wrote: I think you can just purchase so blank stickers of just about any size at Staples or Office Depot, and then run them off on a home computer. Not so much money any more what's also thrifty about the add-on stickers is that they remind us, with such economy of means, of

Re: [UC] New Marketing Campaign

2007-04-09 Thread Brian Siano
Kyle Cassidy wrote: Are you saying that UCD is illegally removing things from utility poles? I hold UCD to a higher standard than I hold the average crusty punk and if they're breaking the law, I do expect them to be held accountable. If they are doing something illegal and you know about it, I

Re: [UC] University City

2007-04-09 Thread SKnight
L O L avec une Gallic shrug... I guess you know what you mean. Sorry to awake the sleeping beast. sk - Original Message - From: Brian Sianomailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Univcitymailto:Univcity@list.purple.com Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [UC]

Re: [UC] where you from?

2007-04-09 Thread Gary J. Jastrzab
As a native Buffalonian, I concur. GJJ On Apr 9, 2007, at 8:35 AM, Gail Defendorf wrote: Just to continue the absurdum, I'm from the Finger Lakes region of New York state. It is not Western New York, it's Central New York. Western New York is Buffalo (and perhaps Rochester).

Re: [UC] where you from?

2007-04-09 Thread Wilma de Soto
I have a friend originally from Buffalo, NY, that has a brother in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. Isn't Black River, NY in Finger Lakes or not too much more farther North? On 4/9/07 8:39 PM, Gary J. Jastrzab [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a native Buffalonian, I concur. GJJ On Apr 9,

Re: [UC] where you from?

2007-04-09 Thread SKnight
People don't read maps!!! If they did, it would be obvious where the Finger Lakes are. People's memories of locations are not accurate usually. sk - Original Message - From: Gary J. Jastrzabmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: univcity@list.purple.commailto:univcity@list.purple.com

Re: [UC] New voice in the anti-gentrification movement

2007-04-09 Thread Anthony West
That's probably true. Of course, the irony is that for those of us who experience University City as a derived bottom-up name, being told we mustn't use the term, it is verboten, because it means terrible things even if we don't mean terrible things ... this sort of PC linguistic snobbery is

Re: [UC] New voice in the anti-gentrification movement

2007-04-09 Thread Amara Rockar
Hi everyone, I just subscribed to this listserve a week or so ago. I don't know anything about anyone but I did find it kind of funny that some of the people posting rants on the term University City were doing so on the UnivCity listserve. I did enjoy the history and trivia that has come out of