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Old 01-12-2017, 06:02 AM
 
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I was JUST walking past this lot at SG and Broad the other day and remarked on how large it was. This is really great news. I would love to see North Broad be filled in all the way to Temple someday (20 years?).
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Old 01-12-2017, 07:33 AM
 
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I was JUST walking past this lot at SG and Broad the other day and remarked on how large it was. This is really great news. I would love to see North Broad be filled in all the way to Temple someday (20 years?).
Imagine living near there(me!) and having the prospect of that eye-sore lot finally disappearing!
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Old 01-12-2017, 08:27 AM
 
Location: Center City
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An interesting new museum is coming to the historic district: $60 million Bible center planned for Independence Mall
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Old 01-12-2017, 01:33 PM
 
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I wonder how much Penn, Drexel, Temple and Septa cops are helping with decreasing these stats as well.
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Old 01-12-2017, 02:05 PM
 
Location: New York City
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http://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/0...-wall-sit-ban/


Finally! I don't live in the city anymore, but I always hated those huge groups of hippy and thug looking people that would gather and sit on the wall inside the park all day. They were loud, dirty and left litter everywhere. Most public parks in NYC have strict enforcement with patrolmen who watch for vandals, crime, litter, loitering, etc. I'm glad Philadelphia is catching on in its most prestigious square.
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Old 01-12-2017, 03:16 PM
 
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Finally! I don't live in the city anymore, but I always hated those huge groups of hippy and thug looking people that would gather and sit on the wall inside the park all day. They were loud, dirty and left litter everywhere. Most public parks in NYC have strict enforcement with patrolmen who watch for vandals, crime, litter, loitering, etc. I'm glad Philadelphia is catching on in its most prestigious square.
You're so young that you have no idea how awful, and unkept, the square used to be. Hippies? It used to be way worse than anything you have ever seen. Not as bad as the " no go zone" that the old, totally neglected, Franklin Sq used to be. But there were bare patches, in Rittenhouse, where grass stopped growing and was never restored and it was, generally, in poor condition. Thank goodness those days are over!

Unless something has drastically changed like in the last year, I've seen more than one of small park in NYC that was not so great looking. Not everything there looks like Bryant Park does now. Of course years ago that was pretty horrible.
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Old 01-12-2017, 07:58 PM
 
Location: New York City
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You're so young that you have no idea how awful, and unkept, the square used to be. Hippies? It used to be way worse than anything you have ever seen. Not as bad as the " no go zone" that the old, totally neglected, Franklin Sq used to be. But there were bare patches, in Rittenhouse, where grass stopped growing and was never restored and it was, generally, in poor condition. Thank goodness those days are over!

Unless something has drastically changed like in the last year, I've seen more than one of small park in NYC that was not so great looking. Not everything there looks like Bryant Park does now. Of course years ago that was pretty horrible.
Modern day hippies I guess you could say haha. And no not every park in NYC is like that. I should clarify.. the A+ parks in Manhattan, Bryant, Central, Madison, Washington, etc. Rittenhouse Square is the A+ park of Philadelphia so the loitering and trash left behind should have been banned long ago. Glad I'm young enough to not have witnessed it worse lol.
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Old 01-13-2017, 04:39 AM
 
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Modern day hippies I guess you could say haha. And no not every park in NYC is like that. I should clarify.. the A+ parks in Manhattan, Bryant, Central, Madison, Washington, etc. Rittenhouse Square is the A+ park of Philadelphia so the loitering and trash left behind should have been banned long ago. Glad I'm young enough to not have witnessed it worse lol.
You know, Madison Sq does not impress me at all. It feels "tired" to me.

Washington Sq(Philly) was never really bad. But few people hung out there which is still the case.

Logan Circle was a mess too. Homeless people "bathing" in the fountain. Eh... Thank goodness that's over!
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Old 01-13-2017, 07:51 AM
 
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I once heard that the reason why Washington Square isn't as bad is because it is well known in the homeless circles that Wash Square is haunted. Something about a burial site for revolutionary solders and it's haunted by a nurse who uses to care for them.
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Old 01-13-2017, 08:25 AM
 
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I once heard that the reason why Washington Square isn't as bad is because it is well known in the homeless circles that Wash Square is haunted. Something about a burial site for revolutionary solders and it's haunted by a nurse who uses to care for them.

Never heard that before. It was also, I think, the home of some kind of prison (debtors?) before East State Penn.
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