Re: [UC] Pennsylvania Budget Woes

2009-10-05 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 10/4/2009 11:16:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rogerandvi...@gmail.com writes: This may be a sacrilige, but I think that as long as we have sales and property taxes, then why shouldn't every operation have to pay them? [For example, schools, universities, churches.]

[UC] Zoning Code Reform - Public Hearing

2009-09-29 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 9/29/2009 5:14:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, zoning.commiss...@phila.gov writes: There will be a Public Hearing about updating the Philadelphia Zoning Code Wednesday, October 7, 2009 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. City Council Chambers 4th Floor City Hall, Philadelphia The Agenda

[UC] Help get the small business trash pickup fee rescinded -- Phase II

2009-09-19 Thread Krfapt
Great News! Councilman Frank DiCicco introduced Bill 090586 into City Council last Thursday to rescind the authorization for the Streets Dept to levy the $500 (or any) trash pickup fee on small buildings with commercial occupancies. Those who participated in our e-mail campaign

[UC] Philadelphia Historical Commission may suspend operatins on October 2,...

2009-09-10 Thread Krfapt
The following letter was mailed (and emailed) today to persons known to have interest in the Philadelphia Historical Commission. Alan Krigman KRF Management, ICON/Information Concepts Inc 211 S 45th St, Philadelphia PA 19104-2918 215-349-6500, fax 215-349-6502 krf...@aol.com or

[UC] Streets Dept trash regulations hearing

2009-08-17 Thread Krfapt
The Streets Dept will hold a hearing on Wednesday, August 26 from 9AM to 12 PM and from 5PM to 8PM. The primary topic will be the outrageous $500 fee the Dept wants to levy on every small building (six or fewer units) with a commercial zoning, to pick up the trash. Other aspects of the

[UC] I know how Philly could save $113,000 at the stroke of a pen

2009-08-11 Thread Krfapt
Note that, buried in the following verbatim press release issued by UCD but highlighted by me in red, this organization still has the objective of our commercial corridors serving visitors from throughout the region as opposed to those of us who live, work, and have invested our lives

[UC] Re: We need action now

2009-08-10 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 8/10/2009 3:18:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, matt...@wolfe.org writes: The City flat out spends too much money. All we need are temporary spending cuts. The Mayor says that everything will bounce back in five years. The trouble is that our esteemed Mayor throws out

Re: [UC] [ I guess we sorta knew this already...]

2009-08-08 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 8/8/2009 10:35:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, philly.jo...@gmail.com writes: Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East Joe: Just for curiosity, what was it that you think we sorta knew ... already? * That Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East *

Re: [UC] Update on PCPC agenda

2009-07-17 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 7/17/2009 2:34:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, glen...@earthlink.net writes: www.philaplanning.org/pubinfo/agendas/agenda090721.html Here's what this says: Zoning Bill 090517: Remapping the area bounded by Walnut, 42nd, Locust, and 43rd Streets from R9 multi-family

[UC] You know what they say about an ounce of prevention

2009-07-14 Thread Krfapt
Well, yes, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure is a hackneyed cliche that reminds you of Ma Perkins (or am I the only person left in this neighborhood old enough to remember Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins?). But now's the time to nip the city's stealth $500 trash fee in the bud.

[UC] Register your objections to the $500 trash fee proposed for commercial buildings

2009-07-13 Thread Krfapt
You may be subject to the $500/year trash fee the city is about to impose if: * you own a small building with commercial space * do business in such a building And you may (rightly) have cause for concern if you own any rental property at all, because -- once the city gets away

[UC] How do you get rid of a feral cat?

2009-07-08 Thread Krfapt
What we believe is a feral cat has been creating a flea problem around on of our buildings on Buckingham Place. Orange, looks bad -- dirty and somewhat mangy (hard to be specific, we can't get too close before it runs away). Any advice on how to get rid of it -- preferably, humanely.

[UC] Businesses in UC are struggling

2009-07-07 Thread Krfapt
One of the things many of us like about University City is the wide variety of small businesses in the area. Retailers, service providers, professional offices, etc. Nobody patronizes all of them -- but almost everybody is a customer/client of some of them. It's no secret that

Re: [UC] Re: recycling alert: all that stuff that you can't put out on trash ...

2009-06-07 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 6/7/2009 9:34:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lewismell...@mac.com writes: Do you believe that the guy who took your freezer away for you pumped out the refrigerant and contained it as required? I suspect that he cut the copper and vented the refrigerant to the

Re: [UC] A Little History [was] Late breaking news...

2009-06-05 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 6/5/2009 12:26:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kallena...@msn.com writes: That's why Penn is so insistent to create the fiction of a community partnership. But they really don't want a partnership. They still want to make imperious, unilateral decisions over this area, but

Re: [UC] A Little History [was] Late breaking news...

2009-06-05 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 6/5/2009 1:26:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, briansi...@gmail.com writes: So.. this is the list where we have to watch what we say? Where the content is _proscribed_? The list that's _censored_? No, not at all. This is the list where you're not supposed to act like such a

[UC] Late breaking news about the Campus Inn

2009-06-04 Thread Krfapt
Late breaking news has just been posted on-line by the University City Review about the Campus Inn. It appears as though the developers have finally figured out that their plan was so outrageous and riddled with inadequacies that even Penn's money and political clout couldn't buy their way

Re: [UC] Gold Standard vandalized!

2009-06-03 Thread Krfapt
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Frank _fcarr...@pobox.com_ (mailto:fcarr...@pobox.com) wrote: I just passed and someone had thrown paint at their beautiful new sign. Sad. In a message dated 6/3/2009 1:41:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dill...@dillernet.com writes: I was there this

[UC] Check out University City Review's online story about the vandalism ...

2009-06-03 Thread Krfapt
_Click here: University City Review - West Philadelphia's Independent Community Newspaper_ (http://www.ucreview.com/default.asp?sourceid=smenu=1twindow=Defaultmad=Nosdetail=1488wpage=1skeyword=sidate=ccat=ccatm=resta te=restatus=reoption=retype=repmin=repmax=rebed=rebath=subname=pfor

Re: [UC] Re: [grapevine] New UCD Director

2009-05-02 Thread Krfapt
Pictures at 11. And a more complete version of the press-release-cum-news-story at _www.ucreview.com_ (http://www.ucreview.com) . Not much reading is needed between the lines to indicate that they haven't learned a thing from what's gone on in the past. In my humble opinion, of course. Witness

[UC] Zoning Code [Reform] Commission issues interim report... summarized in C-H Local

2009-04-23 Thread Krfapt
_http://chestnuthilllocal.com/issues/2009.04.23/news3.html_ (http://chestnuthilllocal.com/issues/2009.04.23/news3.html) The Zoning Code [Reform] Commission has issued its interim report. The lengthy document is reviewed/summarized by an architect (not from Penn Praxis!) in today's Chestnut

[UC] Isn't it about time...

2009-04-22 Thread Krfapt
Isn't it about time that the Mayor started seeing through the anointed vision of Penn Praxis? Al Krigman This, from today's Philadelphia Bulletin: Developers, Community Groups Battle Over Waterfront 'Vision Plan' Having Blurred ‘Vision’ By JENNY DeHUFF, The BulletinWednesday, April 22,

[UC] The Gutman administration has acted strangely at times...

2009-04-08 Thread Krfapt
The Gutman administration has acted strangely at times, but this really takes the cake. `If she allowed and continues to allow this, Penn's president seems to be genuinely certifiable. Her toadies, too. The item below from today's DP. And, honest, I didn't make this up or change anything.

Re: [UC] The Gutman administration has acted strangely at times, or is it...

2009-04-08 Thread Krfapt
Was that strip search business what passes among Penn undergraduates as a story in the DP's annual April Fools Day issue? Judge for yourself... of course, it's not April Fools day. And it's in questionable taste even if it's supposed to be a spoof. Al K **Feeling the pinch at

Re: [UC] Sunday: wine cheese reception at my house --

2009-03-31 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 3/31/2009 1:34:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mlam...@aol.com writes: We've never hosted a party for a political candidate before, but this is a special situation and a very special candidate! Brett Mandel is running for City Controller in the Democratic primary.

[UC] People who feel strongly about trash tickets ... here's an opportunity

2009-03-22 Thread Krfapt
To everyone who feels strongly about trash tickets: The Streets Department goes hat-in-hand to a city council budget hearing on Monday, April 27, from 2:00 to 3:30pm. The public can sign up to testify at these hearings. It might be interesting for someone to ask: 1. How much money

Re: [UC] donating cars

2009-03-18 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 3/18/2009 5:10:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, anthony_w...@earthlink.net writes: Gosh ... donate it to Cuba, perhaps? 23 years, that's impressive. I owned a Civic once, early '80s I believe. There are small display ads in newspapers that solicit charitable donations

[UC] I know everyone's tired of the arguments about the Campus Inn, and ...

2009-03-17 Thread Krfapt
I know everyone's tired of the arguments about the Campus Inn, and we're waiting to see what the Zoning Board decides about the application for the necessary variances. But the item below, in today's DP, is quite interesting. You read it here, first, on the ever-popular Popu-List Courtesy

[UC] Foregone Conclusion Forums imposed on Nation of Sheep

2009-03-05 Thread Krfapt
_Click here: Critics Say Obama's Focus-Group Approach More Style Than Substance - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNe_ (http://www.welcomescreen.aol.com/chstrip.adp?src=htmlws-sb) Bad on 40th Street. Worse in University City. Outrageous in Philadelphia. But in the White

[UC] Reminder: Reception for Brett Mandell

2009-03-02 Thread Krfapt
This is a reminder about the reception to meet and share ideas with Brett Mandell, tax and municipal financial policy reformer who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination to be city controller. You don't have to be a democrat to attend (but you can vote in the all-important primary

[UC] Posted on a housing provider listserv -- New trash fee

2009-03-02 Thread Krfapt
I thought this would interest homeowners renters as well as housing providers, so I'm passing it on. Al krigman In a message dated 3/2/2009 11:40:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, xxx writes: I went to the public meeting about trash and recycling the other night, and it was interesting

[UC] Re: From the DP: Neighbors testify against hotel

2009-02-20 Thread Krfapt
Frank Carroll has been experiencing posting difficulties. This is from him. In a message dated 2/20/2009 12:04:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, fcarr...@pobox.com writes: http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2009/02/20

Re: [UC] Re: [UC] Meet Brett Mandel, Candidate for City Controller -- save th...

2009-02-20 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 2/20/2009 2:59:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mlam...@aol.com writes: I didn't mean to be insulting. I meant that someone whose skills and expertise are appreciated by people with very different priorities, like mine and Al's, is certainly worth considering for City

[UC] Meet Brett Mandel, Candidate for City Controller -- save the date

2009-02-19 Thread Krfapt
Meet Brett Mandel, candidate for City Controller, and tell him how you think Philadelphia should weather the recession I will be hosting a reception for Brett Mandel, candidate for city controller in the May Democratic Primary. * When: Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 to 8:30 pm * Where:

Re: [UC] Is ZBA on the way out?

2009-02-19 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 2/19/2009 11:38:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, anthony_w...@earthlink.net writes: An article on the Campus Inn controversy and its relation to City developmental regulatory policy, Is Z.B.A. On The Way Out?, appears in today's Philadelphia Public Record.

[UC] The councilwoman's opposition is official

2009-02-18 Thread Krfapt
A letter in the must-read issue of the University City Review today, from Councilwoman Blackwell to the ZBA, makes official her decision not to support the Campus Inn project. Followers of local issues will note that the reason she cites is the same as the objections to other ill-conceived

[UC] Rep Roebuck is now also on record as opposing the Campus Inn

2009-02-18 Thread Krfapt
The first of the open letters from two West Philadelphia Political Leaders to ZBA chair Susan Jaffe opposing the Campus Inn zoning variance was written by Representative Jim Roebuck (somehow, his name was omitted from the print edition). The second letter in opposition was, as I mentioned in

Re: [UC] demolition at 4224-4226 Baltimore Avenue

2009-02-13 Thread Krfapt
Correction: It's not the Uniform Commercial Code of the United States. It's just the Uniform Commercial Code -- which is actually an unofficial document but has been adopted in its entirety or with modification by the various states and incorporated into their own laws. Pennsylvania was

[UC] The phony foregone conclusion forums have begun

2009-02-13 Thread Krfapt
The item below is from today's Inquirer about the foregone conclusion forum held in Northeast Philadelphia last night under the direction of Harris Sokoloff (of Penn's civic engagement project) and Chris Satullo (who got bounced as chief of the Inky's Editorial Page for doing nothing of

Re: [UC] demolition at 4224-4226 Baltimore Avenue

2009-02-12 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 2/11/2009 8:24:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kallena...@msn.com writes: This is the very type of thing I warned against my editorial letter in the Review back in October, 2007: bad precedent. Once one 10 story building can be built, there is no credible justification

Re: [UC] Question about PGW and apartments

2009-02-11 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 2/10/2009 7:31:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rogerandvi...@gmail.com writes: My question is: what is the tenant's recourse? They have contacted PGW and so far have been met with indifference at best. The building owner is out of town, and the local agent also seems

Re: [UC] Demolition alert:  4224 Balt imore Ave - Guy Laren's comparison to Ca...

2009-02-11 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 2/11/2009 3:43:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mlam...@aol.com writes: Yes, I know C'mon Melanie. Don't you know that when you're digging yourself deeper and deeper into a hole, the first rule to follow is to stop shoveling? Remember, you first read it here on the

[UC] Tax/government reformer is in the race for city controller

2009-02-10 Thread Krfapt
From today's Inquirer. I don't agree with everything Mandel advocates ... details as the race heats up ... but I think he's the kind of person this city needs in elective office. Al Krigman Mandel runs for Phila.

[UC] Skunk cabbage by any other name (apologies to Juliet)

2009-02-10 Thread Krfapt
The following is an excerpt from a piece in this morning's Inquirer. I'm genuinely sickened by the thought that the city is going to run four of what we, in UC, have come to know and hate as the Foregone Conclusion Forums run by Harris Sokoloff -- now not just a prof in Penn's Graduate

Re: [UC] Demolition alert: 4224 Baltimore Ave.

2009-02-10 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 2/10/2009 1:41:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mlam...@aol.com writes: I am copying below a letter, which is now being circulated, sent by LI to neighboring properties [about the scheduled demolition] of 4224 Baltimore Ave. I'm not technologically able to put the letter

[UC] Thinking of investing money, sweat equity, or political capital in a hotel?

2009-01-31 Thread Krfapt
Are you or people you know thinking of investing money, sweat equity, or political capital in a hotel? If so, you or they may want to read the following, from last Monday's Wall Street Journal, then think again. Always at your service and ready for a diatribe -- er, dialog. Al Krigman

[UC] Vox populi, vox dei est

2009-01-23 Thread Krfapt
The second half of the ZBA hearing on the Campus Inn is scheduled for Feb 19 at 2:00 pm, 1515 Arch St, 18th Floor. And (as Click Clack might say), we don't know whether or not there will be a third half. Al Krigman reminding you that you read it first, here, on the popu-list

[UC] Halloween night party at the new Campus Inn Restaurant

2009-01-06 Thread Krfapt
Halloween night party at the new Campus Inn Restaurant Al Krigman reminding you that you saw it first, here, on the popu-list **New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom0026) inline:

Re: [UC] weekly recycling rumor

2009-01-04 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 1/4/2009 11:54:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, naomif...@verizon.net writes: City-wide single-stream weekly recycling pick-up was scheduled to begin Jan 1 but with the budget cuts, I'm not sure if this has been pushed back. The city recycling website has not yet been

Re: [UC] weekly recycling rumor

2009-01-04 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 1/4/2009 1:05:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, krf...@aol.com writes: The notice sent out with the last set of water bills said recycling goes citywide starting tomorrow (1/5). I meant to write: The notice sent out with the last set of water bills said weekly recycling

[UC] Bibliophiles rejoice

2008-12-30 Thread Krfapt
Bibliophiles rejoice, at least for now. The Court of Common Pleas has granted the suit by several members of City Council, including Mrs Blackwell, to stop the Mayor from closing library branches by executive order. The basis of the suit, as members of this list know, is a provision of

Re: [UC] Campus Inn

2008-12-28 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 12/28/2008 4:37:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, anthony_w...@earthlink.net writes: ZBA will undoubtedly attempt to answer this question in part by weighing the value of the project to the local and citywide economy. It's impossible to keep issues like these out of ZBA

Re: [UC] Campus Inn

2008-12-27 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 12/27/2008 12:47:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, campio...@juno.com writes: I don't yet have the words to properly express the depth of my disappointment and sense of betrayal that some SHCA Community Leaders are willing to cede the character of the neighborhood, near

Re: [UC] Campus Inn

2008-12-24 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 12/24/2008 12:36:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, campio...@juno.com writes: The current delays are because the Developers wants what they want. Unwillingness to compromise has been the hallmark of every highly contentious issue in this neighborhood for the past decade.

[UC] Police sketch of person who terrorized two neighbors at 4400 Spruce

2008-12-22 Thread Krfapt
Police sketch of person who got into the Hallway of Campus Apts' building at 4400 Spruce and terrorized two residents. **One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now.

[UC] Not bankruptcy, but inability to get the money for the project

2008-12-22 Thread Krfapt
I don't think that the wonderful folks who want to ruin the visual aesthetics and overall ambience of our neighborhood with a cheesy-looking monstrosity of a hotel at 40th Pine are headed for bankruptcy (assuming, that is, they don't have massive debt from other projects coming due). But I

[UC] From Channel 10 news - close to home (across the street from my house, in fact)

2008-12-20 Thread Krfapt
From Channel 10 news - close to home (right across 44th St from my house, in fact). Very disquieting and upsetting. It must have happened around 7:00 pm. The place was teeming with police cars and TV news vans at 7:30. And cops were still walking up and down Spruce St (probably 44th,

Re: [UC] Mayor Nutter's town meeting on Tuesday, 12/16 - a good time to talk ...

2008-12-09 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 12/9/2008 1:36:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We have to make sure that attendance is high at Mayor Nutter's Southwest Philadelphia town meeting next Tuesday, December 16th, to let him know that we are upset about the closing of the Kingsessing

Re: [UC] Mayor Nutter's town meeting on Tuesday ... correction

2008-12-09 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 12/9/2008 2:16:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (wasn't that a key element of his first inaugural address?). Sorry -- I meant to say wasn't that a key element of Clinton's first inaugural address?. Al K **Make your life easier with

[UC] I wonder how enthusiastic Campus Inn's supposed backers are these days...

2008-12-09 Thread Krfapt
Please don't pass this on to Tom Lussenhop. I hate to see a grown man cry. Or, what's worse, eat a big helping of crow. Al Krigman Extended Stay in talks with lenders-WSJ

[UC] From today's Inquirer... This building would make a great...

2008-12-08 Thread Krfapt
From today's Inquirer... Don't you think this existing building would make a great extended-stay hotel? Plenty of parking, right at a major El stop, across the street from a supermarket, a commercial corridor in need of an anchor for revitalization, plenty of construction jobs in the

Re: [UC] unwarranted trash violation ticket

2008-12-08 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 12/8/2008 5:42:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Update: Instead of getting back to me with a date for a new hearing after they messed up by scheduling an extra 100 people on the original day set for the hearing, they got back to me with a charge

Re: [UC] unwarranted trash violation ticket

2008-12-06 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 12/5/2008 9:40:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On this past Tuesday, the day before our trash was collected, a trash violation ticket was issued to my property at 8:45 am, stating that cans were on the sidewalk. There was nothing out there

[UC] This was a DP reader's comment on an item in today's DP; it wasn't signed

2008-12-03 Thread Krfapt
This was a DP reader's comment on an item in today's DP; it wasn't signed (it wasn't by me -- I always sign everything I write). Plus, I don't like the Campus Inn for a lot of reasons, but I don't think it will -- as the writer says -- drive homeowners out. More, it will have a negative

[UC] Apparently, some people haven't heard that Wendell Lewis is leaving

2008-12-03 Thread Krfapt
Apparently, some people in the area have not heard that Wendell Lewis is leaving UCD (and the neighborhood) when the current term of his contract expires in June 2009. Do you think: 1. He was worried that the Campus Inn would go through and lower the value of his house even more than

[UC] More room at the (Campus) Inn for transient traffic

2008-11-26 Thread Krfapt
From today's DP Maybe they should build this into the original house at 40th Pine -- an obvious use that doesn't need an 11-story monstrosity, a Byzantine valet parking service, excessive noise and traffic, etc. Not that we can expect the Nobel Prize winners in the Penn Real Estate Dept

[UC] ZBA hearing on Campus Inn has been resecheduled again

2008-11-24 Thread Krfapt
The developers apparently need time to revise their script explaining why the proposal isn't really the same as it was before, even though it looks the same, and why they've made changes based on community concerns even though nobody in the community can tell what they could possibly be.

[UC] Ltr to the editor of the DP opposing the Campus Inn Penn design in general

2008-11-22 Thread Krfapt
I wonder whether the spelling of the verb in poo-pooing the concerns of neighborhood associations and immediate residents was inadvertent or intentional. Both words certainly work. -- ASK 11/21/08 Paying

Re: [UC] Re-re-rescheduled ZBA hearing for the Campus Inn

2008-11-18 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 11/18/2008 8:32:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you know if the PHC granted approval for the 10 story Campus Inn on Nov 14? The Historical Commission rejected the application by an overwhelming 7-to-3 vote. The city therefore can't grant

Re: [UC] Complacency is the Thief of Victory [Was Re-re-rescheduled ZBA heari...

2008-11-18 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 11/18/2008 4:50:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This previous posting by Al Krigman about the Historical Commission's ruling likely making the Campus Inn zoning variance application moot is probably true. Probably but not definitely true. The

[UC] Libraries and other unkind cuts

2008-11-12 Thread Krfapt
Friends: What's happening in Philadelphia, in terms of the budget, is soon going to play itself out on a national level. So some considered thinking, as opposed to different people's perfectly legitimate gut reactions about what should and shouldn't be trimmed, slashed, or eliminated,

[UC] From today's edition of METRO

2008-11-12 Thread Krfapt
Developing situations: Place for parents, patients by solomon d. leach / metro philadelphia NOV 12, 2008 UNIVERSITY CITY. Families visiting the University of Pennsylvania or either of the university’s hospitals could soon be taking solace in a new extended-stay hotel in University City.

[UC] computer - projector - question

2008-11-10 Thread Krfapt
I've never used a projector with a computer. So maybe someone who has can answer this question. Say I am displaying a screen with an Excel spreadsheet, and I only want to display part of it. Eg., the output data and not the changes the operator is making to get the values. Are projectors

[UC] Re: ZBA Hearing Oct. 29 Postponed

2008-10-29 Thread Krfapt
The Hearing at Zoning Board of Adjustment scheduled for today has been postponed and the new date has not been set.. On Nov. 14 there will be a hearing at the Historical Commission, time to be announced. Al Krigman Left of Ivan Grozny **Play online games for FREE at

[UC] ZBA hearing to be postponed

2008-10-28 Thread Krfapt
Dear friends and neighbors: I have just learned that the attorneys on both sides of the Campus Inn issue have requested a continuance on the hearing for the variance request by the Zoning Board of Adjustments. This request will presumably be granted. They may set an actual new date, or

[UC] The anointed strike (out) again

2008-10-28 Thread Krfapt
From today's DP Apparently, nobody at the Hanover Company, let alone the Penn Real Estate Dept, the University administration concerned with such things, or the apparently very-gullible (culpable?) Trustees has read about Pinocchio. Gives us a lot of confidence in their promises about the

[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

[UC] I didn't want to think that ....

2008-10-22 Thread Krfapt
I didn't want to think that the newly-appointed members of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission were nothing but tools to help implement short-sighted projects embraced by our panic-driven new and supposedly promising mayor. But, it seems, that this commission has acted in haste and

[UC] Memo from President Gutmann on Penn and the Economy

2008-10-21 Thread Krfapt
From: University Notification [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Memo from President Gutmann on Penn and the Economy Dear Members of Our University Community: Over the last few weeks the world has seen the American

[UC] Two from the DP; will the anointed start listening, not pontificating, to...

2008-10-20 Thread Krfapt
The following two items are from the DP. Any guesses as to whether the incidents described will suggest to the likes of Penn Praxis and UCD that they might start listening, not pontificating, to the vox populi of the Friends of 40th Street? A median strip? More street lights? Humbug!

[UC] Idealism is grand, but it helps if your feet touch the ground once in a while

2008-10-20 Thread Krfapt
Idealism is grand, but it helps if your feet touch the ground once in a while. This, from the DP. Always at your service ready for a dialog, Al Krigman -- 36-year local resident, beloved housing provider, and recipient of the 2008 Ignatz Nobil prize for ratiocination Company

[UC] Check out University City Review - West Philadelphia's Independent Community

2008-10-17 Thread Krfapt
Dear friends neighbors: The decision by the Spruce Hill Community Association -- it's Zoning Committee with the blessing of its Board of Directors -- not to take a position on the Campus Inn application for a zoning variance came too late to make the Wednesday edition of our shtetl's

[UC] Legal, moral, philosophical implications?

2008-10-08 Thread Krfapt
Penn Press to acquire liberal mag, 'Dissent' Jessica Riegel (http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendlyuStory_id=511e755e-a5aa-4391-b15d-1452c4d1400d) Left-leaning political magazine Dissent, which has featured work by several Penn

Re: [UC] Legal, moral, philosophical implications?

2008-10-08 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 10/8/2008 9:50:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't see many implications. _Dissent_'s always been among the higher-end left-intellectual journals, and its editorial board'd probably be _very_ resistant to any incursions into its content

[UC] Re: Philadelphia Historical Commission Meeting, Friday, 10 October 2008

2008-09-30 Thread Krfapt
The Philadelphia Historical Commission will hold its 554th Stated Meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, 10 October 2008 in Room 18-029 in the municipal office building at 1515 Arch Street (One Parkway). The meeting is open to the public and all are invited to attend and participate. In addition

[UC] University City traffic nightmares

2008-09-29 Thread Krfapt
Friends and Neighbors: The following was in today's DN. It's been suggested that lots of us have items we might add to the list (the horrible left turn going north from University Ave/38th St onto Chester/Baltimore, coupled with the timing of the lights to actually get onto Chester or

Re: [UC] University City traffic nightmares

2008-09-29 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 9/29/2008 11:21:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OH, you mean UCD bike ambassadors One of the bike ambassadors came within inches of clipping my dog one evening. When I asked for his name, he refused to give it. I called UCD the next morning

[UC] Does anybody know what happened to Vinyl-Tech

2008-09-18 Thread Krfapt
Up until about 6 months ago, there was a replacement window company, Vinyl Tech, on 41st above Market (across and just up from Pep Boys). I went there yesterday and today, and have been calling their number, but they seem to be gone -- the phone rings but nobody answers. Does anybody know

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

2008-09-17 Thread Krfapt
Commission recommends approval for hotel Julia Harte The Philadelphia City Planning Commission unanimously recommended yesterday that the city's Zoning Board of Adjustment approve plans to build an 11-story hotel at 40th and Pine streets. For the past year, the hotel has been a source

[UC] Three terrible ideas, and the Nutter Administration is just getting its feet wet

2008-09-17 Thread Krfapt
* The UNISYS sign on One Liberty Place (the ZBA turned it down, does anyone know where the PCPC stood on this?) * Putting the Foxwoods slot parlor into the space now occupied as The Gallery (Nutter and Rendell are for it; Chinatown leaders -- whose area backs up onto the Gallery

[UC] Need a fan?

2008-09-12 Thread Krfapt
I've heard on the grapevine that UCD ordered thousands of handheld fans to distribute to folks who attended the concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra in Clark Park last summer ... and still has a few boxes of them left. (Fortunately, there's no NID so some naive foundation or other anointed

[UC] Campus inn is on PCPC agenda for Tuesday, 9/16

2008-09-11 Thread Krfapt
Campus inn is on the tentative Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) agenda for Tuesday, 9/16. The meeting starts at 1:00 pm and this is currently being listed as the last item on the list. Martin Gregorski is indicated as the responsible staff member. Al Krigman reminding you

Re: [UC] Distrust of city policies in Inq

2008-09-05 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 9/5/2008 12:39:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: _http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20080905_Philadelphia_developm ent_panel_discusses_distrust.html_

Re: [UC] UCHS and SHCA politics (Was: Re: Forwarded from)

2008-09-02 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 9/2/2008 6:37:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, anthony_wes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Everything Karen writes is veracious ... Nothing Glenn writes is veracious. Oh, I think I get it. Something like this? Left to right: Karen, Glenn Al Krigman reminding you that you

Re: [UC] Palin as prez

2008-09-01 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 8/31/2008 3:59:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Let me be clear - under the Obama tax cut - 95% of Americans will get a tax cut. From what I've read, the veracity of this statement depends on how you define tax cut. Isn't it true that Obama

Re: [UC] Palin as prez

2008-09-01 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 8/31/2008 5:25:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps you do not care for Obama and that’s all right, but one has to admit these are serious concerns. I thought I was equally critical of the whole lot of them, and merely suggested that a rush

Re: [UC] Palin as prez

2008-08-31 Thread Krfapt
I certainly have some questions about the wisdom of this choice as well as the viability of Governor Palin to be a viable Vice President (assuming a president McCain would follow recent precedent -- although not Constitutional requirements) let alone a successor-president. But aren't these

[UC] Eat your heart out, you of the effete UC intelligentsia

2008-08-30 Thread Krfapt
I know that the effete UC intelligentsia are chortling in their gelati over McCain's choice of the former mayor of Wasilla Alaska to be that proverbial heartbeat away from the presidency. But, before you get too carried away with your smugness and inflated sense of self, check out this town.

[UC] Forwarded from SCRUB -- Unisys Sign Denied by Zoning Board

2008-08-27 Thread Krfapt
Another in the list of omens for resounding defeat of Lussenhop's Folly (formerly known as the proposed Campus Inn) -- Al Krigman ZBA Denies Unisys' Request for Two Logo Signs on Sides of Two Liberty Place August 27, 2008

Re: [UC] Radian will house Capogiro Gelato and CVS Pharmacy

2008-08-24 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 8/24/2008 11:18:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I predict the radian will win architecture design awards! From whom? PennPraxis? Alan Krigman KRF Management 215-349-6500, fax 215-349-6502 _www.krf.icodat.com_

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