Opponents of the tower,
I wanted to see if the community love-in which Al brought to our attention was
mentioned in today's DP. (The secret gathering of the famous McPenntrification
loving community was not in the DP print edition yesterday.)
Look what I found today. (Read closely)
From the DP:
High demand for extended-stay hotels
We believe leasing property to private developers can yield plans
that are creative, befitting the local character, and drive economic
activity, Datz wrote in an e-mail.
A spokesperson from the Campus Inn declined to comment on the current
Well, Al, looks like they're gettin' the band back together, and today's
Daily Pennsylvanian report about the Campus Inn puts yesterday's post into
context.
It's the same old bullshit: West Philadelphia is a hellhole that we need
Penn/UCD/Tom Lussenhop to rescue us from; unannounced
One other thing: did you notice that they referred to the area as the
neighboring West Philadelphia (my emphasis) and not University City???
When they're printing brochures and hosting websites promoting what a wonderful
place it is to live, work, and play, it's University City. When they
Karen,
I am glad that you have seen through how systematic this bullshit is.
Jim Cummings
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Karen Allen kallena...@msn.com wrote:
Well, Al, looks like they're gettin' the band back together, and today's
Daily Pennsylvanian report about the Campus Inn puts
Karen,
I love your filling in the spaces with relevant community commentary.
On 10/9/09 1:42 PM, Karen Allen kallena...@msn.com wrote:
Well, Al, looks like they're gettin' the band back together, and today's
Daily Pennsylvanian report about the Campus Inn puts yesterday's post into
context.
Football Game and Party TOMORROW, Saturday, October 10. Tickets still
available!
Through the generosity of Penn's Athletic Department and Penn's Office of
Community Affairs, next Saturday, October 10 is Community Day and the
University City Republican Committee has obtained complimentary
Title: Re: [UC] They're B-a-a-c-k [Was] Penn and the community
Like Al mentioned, no one knew abouta panel discussion with this sneaky"community" for an audience..I was on campus a good part of the day and saw no announcements for the Penn community.(I went to the well
I had a feeling that wasn¹t really over.
Kimm
On 10/9/09 1:42 PM, KAREN ALLEN kallena...@msn.com wrote:
Well, Al, looks like they're gettin' the band back together, and today's
Daily Pennsylvanian report about the Campus Inn puts yesterday's post into
context.
It's the same old
P.S. Thanks to you and Al for putting 2+2 together for us.
Kimm
On 10/9/09 10:10 PM, Kimm Tynan kimm.ty...@verizon.net wrote:
I had a feeling that wasn¹t really over.
Kimm
On 10/9/09 1:42 PM, KAREN ALLEN kallena...@msn.com wrote:
Well, Al, looks like they're gettin' the band back
I had to revisit this post from last year. It's still relevant...
From: kallena...@msn.com
To: glen...@earthlink.net; univcity@list.purple.com
Subject: Urban Development 101 [Was [UC] citypaper weighs in on Campus Inn vs.
doing nothing]
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 02:51:14 -0500
But what
No reasonable person denies that affordable hotels are in short supply
around Penn's massive eds--meds complex. This appears to be an industry
with a longterm growth curve ahead of it, so it makes sense to build
hotels for it. Somewhere.
Meanwhile, Penn is still stuck with a historic dog of a
My experience gained from interviewing both proponents and opponents of
the Campus Inn, taught me that Karen's comments about Tom are mistaken
and unjust.
Tom is a man who has thought long and deeply about the nature of urban
building. He disagrees in principle with Karen, who disagrees in
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