[UC] A hearing on a needless historic designation hassle...

Hearing to decide fate of city mural By Joseph A. SlobodzianInquirer Staff Writer When artist Dee Chhin began painting her mural The Death of Venus in 2001 on the wall of a Victorian townhouse in Center City, she had no idea the title would be prophetic.Today, Chhin's patron goes before a

[UC] Let's see -- add 12% more for $80,000 outdoor concerts and the $74,000 flackette

Tax assessor mails notices By MARK McDONALD [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 215-854-2646 The city's tax assessor yesterday began mailing 413,000 property-assessment notices that could increase the city's multibillion-dollar real-estate tax base by 8 percent. For residential

[UC] One Recycling Bin in Clark Park

I was in the park yesterday, and there was a blue recycling bin siting on the curb along 43rd street between Baltimore and Chester. If it's still there, I'd say it's free to any taker. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for arch

Re: [UC] Filming at 30th Street Station

Cool! Thanks for posting. M. Night Shamalayan (or, as I prefer to call him, "Shamalamadingdong") is so striking, his face just pops out of the crowd. Maggie On Aug 13, 2007, at 2:09 PM, David Toccafondi wrote: I saw Mark Wahlberg and M. Night Shamalayan this morning on my way through 30

[UC] FW: IT'S HERE!!! THE GRAND OPENING OF DOCK STREET BREWERY AND RESTAURANT

Dock Street Brewery is opening Monday August 20. CPN members and one guest can attend a pre-opening party on Saturday August 18. From: CPN Membership <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: CPN Membership <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IT'S HERE!!! THE GRAND OPENING OF DOCK STREET

[UC] As a follow up to DN article on taxes

Brett Mandel of Philadelphia Forward wrote: tell a friend make a donation

Re: [UC] List of BID Supporters

John Ellingsworth wrote: Both my name & Kimm's have been removed from the list; still, I wonder what motivated them to put them there. the list, like the online form, isn't currently mentioned or linked to from ucd's bid site, so whatever use it had, or relevance it has now, seems to be over

[UC] Channel 10 will do a story on the real estate tax reassessments

Word has it that Channel 10 news is doing a story this evening on the real estate tax reassessments reported earlier from the item in the Daily News. They interviewed Councilwoman Blackwell for the report. Always at your service & ready for a dialog, Al Krigman

Re: [UC] And Elsewhere - "snapping dogfight sparked by a park's closing"

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20070813_Daniel_Rubin___Yapping__snapping_dogfight_sparked_by_a_parks_closing.html I found myself enjoying this article, and then I caught myself: maybe I was enjoying it too much? in the end, it seemed that the columnist was t

[UC] "When you add it all up, people just can't pay it," Blackwell said

In a message dated 8/14/2007 3:43:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Word has it that Channel 10 news is doing a story this evening on the real estate tax reassessments reported earlier from the item in the Daily News. They interviewed Councilwoman Blackwell for the

Re: [UC] "When you add it all up, people just can't pay it," Blackwell said

In a message dated 8/14/2007 6:01:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Our city's government with inept strategic planning pushes the city towards further stratification: a privileged predominantly white upper-class inhabiting choice locations, and impoverished communi

Re: [UC] And Elsewhere - "snapping dogfight sparked by a park's closing"

In one way, it's reassuring to see the recurrent lather about dogs and parks in West Philadelphia isn't a unique local phenomenon, but part of a larger citywide issue. Through no wish of my own, I wound up working on this issue for two years. I took away three firm conclusions from that time.

Re: [UC] "When you add it all up, people just can't pay it," Blackwell said

Please explain which tax cuts that came into effect in 2006 or 2007 account for the decrease in the federal budget deficit and the 7 percent increase in revenues. Also, what is so laudable about a 10 month budget deficit of $150 billion, other than its being $81 billion less than the budget

Re: [UC] "When you add it all up, people just can't pay it," Both Rs & Ds Bad

In a message dated 8/14/2007 9:31:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The national debt, on the other hand is a cumulative burden, and the Bush administration and Republican Congresses have ballooned that national debt in 6+ years of political control in Washington.