In a message dated 9/6/2007 5:40:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Professor of Urban Design and City Planning Michael > Larice said branding University City and Penn's campus > using signs works to both mark territorial boundaries and > influence people's perception of the area. Reminds me... In around 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany asked his cousin, Albert I of Belgium, if German troops could cross Belgium on their way to Paris. Albert refused, responding that "Belgium is a country, not a road." Of course, Germany was the 800-lb gorilla of Europe and did it anyway. The message apparently hasn't reached the sanctum sanctorum of College Hall that University City is a neighborhood, not a brand. Of course, Penn is the 800-lb gorilla in these parts and will probably try to do what it wants, anyway. We can only work toward the goal that, like its predecessor, our 800-lb gorilla will fail in its ultimate quest to improve us right out of its way. Hopefully, the conflict will be much more rational and less bloody. Always at your service & ready for a dialog, Al Krigman -- 36-year local resident, housing provider, curmudgeon, and all-around crank, ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
