[UC] The Gordon letter and Brook book

2007-07-27 Thread Glenn
There is a very interesting letter in this week's UC Review. Mitchell. Gordon responds to Paul Levy's letter of last week and follows-up on his original opinion piece about moderately priced housing. In this letter, Gordon touches on the problems the rapid gentrification causes for the young

Re: [UC] The Gordon letter and Brook book

2007-07-27 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
Kyle Cassidy wrote: I'm part of this pre-existing creative, artistic, and intellectual capitol and I certainly don't feel that UCD's tried to destroy me or my funky creative vibe. don't kid yourself kyle! we all saw that photo of you in ucd's latest newsletter, and -- well, not for

RE: [UC] The Gordon letter and Brook book

2007-07-27 Thread Kyle Cassidy
I'm part of this pre-existing creative, artistic, and intellectual capitol and I certainly don't feel that UCD's tried to destroy me or my funky creative vibe. Of course, if your art is leaving piles of red plastic cups in front lawns along locust, one might think differently.

Re: [UC] The Gordon letter and Brook book

2007-07-27 Thread Ross Bender
Dude, here's where I draw the line with you -- insulting Cassidy. I'm aware that he can speak for himself, but he's got more creativity, artistry, and intellect in his little finger than you have in your whole body. You know, Ray, it would really help if you got out more, met the people you diss

Re: [UC] The Gordon letter and Brook book

2007-07-27 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
Glenn wrote: There is a very interesting letter in this week's UC Review. Mitchell. Gordon responds to Paul Levy's letter of last week and follows-up on his original opinion piece about moderately priced housing. In this letter, Gordon touches on the problems the rapid gentrification causes for

Re: [UC] The Gordon letter and Brook book

2007-07-27 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
Ross Bender wrote: Dude, here's where I draw the line with you -- insulting Cassidy. I'm aware that he can speak for himself, but he's got more creativity, artistry, and intellect in his little finger than you have in your whole body. You know, Ray, it would really help if you got out more, met

Re: [UC] The Gordon letter and Brook book

2007-07-27 Thread Brian Siano
UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN wrote: Glenn wrote: There is a very interesting letter in this week's UC Review. Mitchell. Gordon responds to Paul Levy's letter of last week and follows-up on his original opinion piece about moderately priced housing. In this letter, Gordon touches on the problems the rapid

Re: [UC] The Gordon letter and Brook book

2007-07-27 Thread Anthony West
Thoughtful observations, Brian. Brooks may have a nose for arts ... less so for real estate. There are huge areas of Philadelphia where housing values remain low and boy, could they use some fixing up by Bohemians! Some of these areas aren't so far removed from University City; indeed, they

Re: [UC] The Gordon letter and Brook book

2007-07-27 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
Brian Siano wrote: Well, this does raise a couple of interesting questions about creative communities. The general pattern we're discussing is that there are marginal or run-down areas of cities. Bohemians, artists, gays, and radicals move in, because it's cheap to live there. Some of them are

Re: [UC] The Gordon letter and Brook book

2007-07-27 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
Kyle Cassidy wrote: Glenn, whose sole artistic venture, as far as I know, has been announcing that he'd be drawing a large FUCK UCD sign and then not following through with it, bought up properties in our degenerate hizzle when they were cheap, rennovated them, and rents them to Penn students