[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(I needed a good chuckle this morning... and got it from this article and
totally absurd statements like:
1. "prices, per bed, from $975 to $1,250, which is slightly higher than
the estimated averages provided by the university's Off-Campus Living Office"
2. " '[The Radian] will be an economic boom for West Philadelphia,' said
Penn's Gutmann."
3. "the Spruce Hill neighborhood around campus [is] as a 'sort of
undergraduate ghetto' "
4. "The 40th street corridor that borders the building is already home
to a vibrant commercial district"
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One More Piece Of The Mosaic
By: Adam Paul, The Bulletin
07/27/2007
haha yes-- that article was all over the place, with all its
explanations and justifications and predictions. but for
what? nothing that's around 40th street now is new; it was
all basically there before (movies, convenience grocery
stores, eateries, the library, coffee to go, the dental
school). what's new is multi-level on-campus student
apartments for student renters, and multi-level parking and
retail for this captive audience. it's called the radian.
so what was the article really saying? I gave it to a friend
to translate:
the new apartment complex will encourage the corridor to
expand further.
TRANSLATION:
the radian is a shining example of community
decision-making led by penn praxis!
"The overall effect is to enhance the sense of "neighborhood."
TRANSLATION:
the FOR SALE signs on st. joseph's baptist church on
40th street are gone now!
He does not envision The Radian as competing with
on-campus housing but instead sees it as a new
alternative to rented, off-campus housing.
TRANSLATION:
the radian, located on campus like all the rest of
penn's on-campus housing, is an alternative to rented
off-campus housing!
"We hope to encourage connections between University City
and the vibrant communities to our west"
TRANSLATION:
this is university city! west philly is a marketing
scheme!
"We hope for a conversion of homes that students are
currently living in to single family housing"
TRANSLATION:
Campus Apartments manages many if not all of the
apartment buildings in that area, and they'll
be converted to single family housing! families will
flock to live that close to campus! Campus
Apartments ads have been saying it for years: 'Cool
People Live Off-Campus!'
at the moment, keeping the Spruce Hill neighborhood
around campus as a "sort of undergraduate ghetto" yields the
highest returns. Yet, if students begin to move, that could
definitely change.
TRANSLATION:
when students compare the prices for apartments in
the 'ghetto' with apartments in the radian, they might
begin to move! penn sees its students as ambassadors to
the community!
If and when more families move into student areas,
Johnston hopes it will "stabilize the neighborhood."
TRANSLATION:
all the renters in the area are students! and it's
they who have kept the neighborhood unstable all these
decades!
Since students rent property for a short span of time,
they rarely invest in their properties or their
communities in the way long-term residents do.
TRANSLATION:
it's true! all landlords and homeowners who rent part
of their houses rarely invest in their properties the
way long-term residents do -- except for Campus
Apartments, of course!
about an inch of rainwater could be absorbed by the
plants, and the rest will slowly filter into the city's water system.
TRANSLATION:
about an inch of rainwater could be absorbed by the
plants! and the rest will slowly filter into the city's
water system!
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