Re: [UC] Historic Commission Rules Against Hotel Project

2007-10-24 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
KAREN ALLEN wrote: John Gallery, the Executive Director of the Preservation Alliance, urged the Commission to analyze the proposal in light of three criteria: would the hotel proposal be compatible in size, in scale, and in character with both the original mansion and the neighborhood.

Re: [UC] Historic Commission Rules Against Hotel Project

2007-10-24 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
KAREN ALLEN wrote: The two members who voted in favor of the project stated that the proposed hotel would be a great benefit to the community. Frank Carroll wrote: Did they happen to say exactly *how* the community would benefit? Kimm Tynan wrote: You took the words right out of my

RE: [UC] Historic Commission Rules Against Hotel Project

2007-10-24 Thread KAREN ALLEN
Ha! What We Owe West Philadephia. She's obviously new here. Everybody knows that it's the neighborhood that owes Penn, not the other way around. editorial in today's dp, written by a sophomore: http://tinyurl.com/2mtawa What we owe West Philadelphia by Meredith Aska McBride

Re: [UC] Historic Commission Rules Against Hotel Project

2007-10-23 Thread Frank
Did they happen to say exactly *how* the community would benefit? Frankus Sleek. Edgy. Infinitely flexible. On Oct 23, 2007, at 05:41 PM, KAREN ALLEN wrote: The two members who voted in favor of the project stated that the proposed hotel would be a great benefit to the community.

Re: [UC] Historic Commission Rules Against Hotel Project

2007-10-23 Thread Wilma de Soto
Indeed, how WOULD our community benefit? Would this make our quality of life better, or would this set a precedent for ignoring concerns of residents in order to further a corporationĀ¹s expansion and reach? That is a valid question, I think. On 10/23/07 6:01 PM, Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [UC] Historic Commission Rules Against Hotel Project

2007-10-23 Thread Kimm Tynan
You took the words right out of my mouth. On 10/23/07 6:01 PM, Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did they happen to say exactly *how* the community would benefit? Frankus Sleek. Edgy. Infinitely flexible. On Oct 23, 2007, at 05:41 PM, KAREN ALLEN wrote: The two members who