It sounds more to me like areas around grand estates, actually. West Philly, North Philly and/or Mantua scares people. Also it makes us seem more like Philadelphia and the inner city than University City.
On 9/21/11 6:59 PM, "Richard Conrad" <rdcon...@verizon.net> wrote: >"Blockley" bothers me. In the 1800's people were placed on blocks and >auctioned. Happening still in its ways. West Philly perhaps makes us >seem other than Philly... >On Sep 21, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Wilma de Soto wrote: > >> Why does West Philadelphia bother you and not "Blockley"? >> >> Western North Philly near the East border of Fairmount Park was known as >> "Swampoodle" for years but now is widely considered North Philly. In >>fact, >> contrary to popular belief there were no Blacks in North Philly until >> after well after WW II. It was not a traditional Black neighborhood. >> >> Today, people from outside of the city now moving into these city areas >>do >> not want to live in North Philly or West Philly. They want the new >>names. >> >> Dragging neighborhood names from now TWO centuries ago, which most >>people >> do not know anyway, does not change anything. >> >> >> On 9/21/11 5:35 PM, "Lalevic, Darco" <lale...@wharton.upenn.edu> wrote: >> >>> In fact University City does exist, as much as Cedar Park, Spruce Hill, >>> Mantua, Overbrook, or West Philly. It's a naming of an arbitrary area. >>> All those stickers that say "University City doesn't exist, it's West >>> Philly" piss me off. >>> Some names stick, others don't, but they are all, effectively >>>marketing. >>> Personally I prefer the name Blockley which is what is on my maps from >>> the 19th century. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-univc...@list.purple.com >>> [mailto:owner-univc...@list.purple.com] On Behalf Of William H. Magill >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 1:13 PM >>> To: University City List >>> Subject: Re: [UC] Local crime report, double shooting >>> >>> >>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Glenn wrote: >>> >>>> Why do they always get these neighborhoods mixed up? 48th/ Spruce and >>>> 47th/ Springfield are the university city district, not west or >>>> southwest philly? >>>> >>>> Every time I read marketing propaganda and extreme bullshit about >>>> paradise, these same locations are called the university city >>>>district. >>>> It seems really strange for "journalists" to keep making these same >>>> stupid mistakes! >>> >>> As you correctly point out... "University City" does not exist... it is >>> strictly a marketing ploy. >>> >>> The area is called, on all City maps, West Philadelphia, so nobody is >>> getting the neighborhoods mixed up. >>> >>> William H. Magill >>> Block Captain >>> 4400 Chestnut Street >>> >>> ---- >>> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named >>> "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >>> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >>> ---- >>> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >>> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >> >> >> ---- >> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
