I read
the article and the the authors identified various areas of the City were
inconsistent, inaccurate and silly. For example, they broke out
Manayunk/Roxborough and Eastfalls from Northwest Philadelphia, but lumped
University City into West Philadelphia (and apparently Southwest Philadelphia as
well). This caused the average rents they cited for West Philadelphia to
be approximately a 1/2 to a 1/3 of the going rate in UC.
Apparently, none of the writers either live in UC or see it existing as a
separate neighborhood, distinct from West Philadelphia (like East Falls, Bella
Vista, etc).
Jonathan A. Cass
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This week’s City Paper includes a
guide to renting in the city. One section offers snapshots of
neighborhoods, whose boundaries are based upon a variety of sources. For
one who lives in what I call “University City” (Spruce Hill, to be precise), I
found it surprising how the writers chopped up West Philadelphia and what
areas fell into what neighborhoods. If you read the one on “Southwest Philly,”
you’ll realize the writer includes the entire Cedar
Park neighborhood,
including Clark
Park. I’ve visited
and worked in “Southwest Philly,” and to my mind it starts at least south of
Woodland Ave.
Some of the other info in these sections is amusing as well. All of the
trolley lines are relegated to Southwest Philly, but only the buses and the EL
to West Philly. “University City
[Penn/Drexel]” only has the 30 bus, and the LUCY loop.
Check it out for
yourself…
Tanya Washington
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