Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-14 Thread Monique . M . Harvey
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Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-14 Thread Wilma de Soto
Title: Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..." I am aware that Bob is planning to sell.  It has been hard for him especially since the accident and his mother’s passing. The fact that he won’t sell to just anyone and he’s still running the store instead of letting

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-14 Thread Wilma de Soto
I agree. I had mentioned the FHA, the creation of Levittowns etc. in an earlier post. Thanks for writing. Wilma de Soto On 10/13/03 8:43 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Although you two, Wilma and Fred, probably know this well, everyone on the > list may not be aware of h

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread DaveAxler
In a message dated 10/13/03 3:02:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here’s an example at the other extreme; Koch's Deli.  Both parents are gone, and brother Louis, but Bobby struggled to maintain the business and its standard in spite of years of the abandoned Acme across the street and the crime

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread MLamond
Although you two, Wilma and Fred, probably know this well, everyone on the list may not be aware of how much of the "credit" for white flight and abandonment of cities needs to be given to the FHA. It used to be difficult to get long-term financing to buy houses, and there were many time in th

RE: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread Knight, Sandra (US - Philadelphia)
vCity listservSubject: Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..." Dear Sandra,I am not disputing or disparaging the positive changes in the neighborhood.  I thought I had made myself clear about that.My point was how things became so bad in the first place, and ho

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread Bronswolfe
Dear Wilma, You are so right. There have been people and institutions who have stuck by this this neighborhood through tough times, and who helped to keep it together. The people of the parish of St. Francis de Sales are one example. Through all the waves of immigrants to come through this neighb

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread Mark Krull
Soto wrote: Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..." Dear Sandra, I am not disputing or disparaging the positive changes in the neighborhood.  I thought I had made myself clear about that. My point was how things became so bad in the first place, and how the

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread Wilma de Soto
Title: Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..." Dear Mr. Krull, Thank you.  The secrecy and agenda which affects so many peoples lives and livelihoods should be included and considered  in the overall picture. Apparently, for whatever reason, the merchants along

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread Wilma de Soto
Title: Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..." Dear Fred, You and I have known one another for long time and I know you are a good man with your heart in the right place. Sincerely, Wilma de Soto On 10/13/03 3:06 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread Wilma de Soto
Title: Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..." Dear Fred, I agree with your post. When I was a kid anyone who had the SA-(2, 6, 7 ) Saratoga telephone exchange was in Kingsessing or SW Philly; now called Cedar Park and Squirrel Hill. Those who had the GR-anite

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread Bronswolfe
Things began to get really bad around here in the '80's - the 1680's, when the first treaties were being negotiated between the white invaders and the indigenous peoples. William Penn, in 1681 wrote "To the Kings of the Indians...I have a great love and regard towards you, and I desire to Winn and

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread Wilma de Soto
Title: Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..." Dear Sandra, I am not disputing or disparaging the positive changes in the neighborhood.  I thought I had made myself clear about that. My point was how things became so bad in the first place, and how the UCD needs

RE: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread Knight, Sandra (US - Philadelphia)
-From: Wilma de Soto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 1:57 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; UnivCity listservSubject: Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."Nothing is ever as simple or cut and dried as it seems.I have been following this discus

Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..."

2003-10-13 Thread Wilma de Soto
Title: Re: [UC] "... when things were really bad around here ..." If it is as you say, I stand corrected. The only time I ate there I remember the food was great, but the reception was not so great;  even more so from the customers there, but the staff did their job cordially. Pe