[UC-Announce] (TOMORROW!) University City Fall Community Cleanup

2008-10-24 Thread Mark Christman
UNIVERSITY CITY COMMUNITY CLEANUP | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 Neighbors, block captains and community groups, Please organize your block for the upcoming fall University City Community Cleanup! As always, University City District (UCD) will assist University City blocks, block captains and

[UC] (TOMORROW!) University City Fall Community Cleanup

2008-10-24 Thread Mark Christman
UNIVERSITY CITY COMMUNITY CLEANUP | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 Neighbors, block captains and community groups, Please organize your block for the upcoming fall University City Community Cleanup! As always, University City District (UCD) will assist University City blocks, block captains and

[UC] relevance of comment on Inky article critizing the design of the Perelman Center

2008-10-24 Thread Krfapt
Beloved friends and neighbors: Inga Saffron wrote an article in the Inquirer berating the architectural design of Penn's new Perelman Cancer Center across from CHOP. One of the reader comments -- as follows -- could well have been written about our own monstrous consequence of Penn's lack

Re: [UC] relevance of comment on Inky article critizing the design of the Perelman Center

2008-10-24 Thread Wilma de Soto
I went there on Sept. 26th for GI because it¹s moved to the 4th floor in the Perelman Center. They have built and named new streets in order to enter the Free Parking Garage for Patients. (try to find it!) It was quiet, not crowded and easy to get through because it¹s not quite finished. Still,

Re: [UC] relevance of comment on Inky article critizing the design of the Perelman Center

2008-10-24 Thread Dave Axler
Wilma: That story about Irvine's history is an urban legend. It was actually designed by prominent architect Horace Trumbauer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Trumbauer), who was also responsible for the Keswick Theatre, the Public Ledger Building, and campus buildings for Hahnemann,

Re: [UC] relevance of comment on Inky article critizing the design of the Perelman Center

2008-10-24 Thread Anthony West
If I had chosen to settle in University City solely for the brilliance of the architecture that Penn might someday build for my amusement ... I'd have moved out of town a long, long time ago. Maybe to Barcelona, or Sydney, or back to sweet home Chicago, where ordinary folks truly respect a