Philadelphia 2035 (Butler, Indiana, Penn: special education, counselor, concerts)

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by cpomp

It almost requires a door to door effort to educate/ awaken those who are not aware of his policies and practices.

Agreed.

Politics bore most people because you have to stay constantly informed locally and nationally. Also people tend to fail at connecting their daily lives with what politicians do or what the better ones try to do. And, I don't think kids are taught civics like folks my age were. My first exposure to politics was in the 6th grade and the Nixon/Kennedy 1960 presidential race. I was 11 and have been interested in politics ever since then. Most 11 year olds probably don't know who the US Vice President is right now or what the 3 branches of the fed gov are.

[Pine to Vine]

Originally Posted by kyb01

Agreed.

Politics bore most people because you have to stay constantly informed locally and nationally. Also people tend to fail at connecting their daily lives with what politicians do or what the better ones try to do. And, I don't think kids are taught civics like folks my age were. My first exposure to politics was in the 6th grade and the Nixon/Kennedy 1960 presidential race. I was 11 and have been interested in politics ever since then. Most 11 year olds probably don't know who the US Vice President is right now or what the 3 branches of the fed gov are.

I’m not certain our president can name the 3 branches of government.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

In percentage terms, Philadelphia had the greatest increase in its Millennial population of any of the 10 largest US cities from 2005 to 2017. The Millennial population in the city spiked after the onset of the Great Recession, then the growth curve flattened after 2012. In all, 135,000 Millennials moved to the city between 2007 and 2017. I'm sure that in terms of raw numbers, New York had more Millennials moving there during that same decade, but they make up a smaller share of the total population than they do here.

This data needs to be augmented because lots of millennials are settling/nesting and having children. And those children are obviously Gen-Z( sometimes called I-Gen). To complicate it more, the Gen-Z generation will come to end in a year or so.

OT a little. Right now I don't have a lot of faith that the 2020 Census will be accurate. If the citizen question is included it will have unintended consquences.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by Pine to Vine

I’m not certain our president can name the 3 branches of government.

Sad but probably true.

[Redddog]

I mean....it IS probably true. Like for real.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by Redddog

I mean....it IS probably true. Like for real.

You mean about the president not knowing or caring about the three branches of gov or what's in the Constitution or the Federalist Papers? He's never read either one of them.

[Indiana Tony]

4219 and 4235 Richmond, two chunks of land with warehouses on them occupied by Amazon and Amazon subcontractors and Fresh Direct respectively, just sold for a combined $6,000,000.


This is in Bridesburg, east of Richmond Street and just north of the Betsy Ross Bridge. Seems an investor with a mailing address near 2nd and Butler bought this land.
I don't know if this is good or bad for the area, but I'd love to see both of these companies out of here.


Any chance that this site will be developed residential in the future? Do investors buy like this in order to keep leasing to the companies already on the land?


A chunk of land was also just bought on the 4500 block of Belgrade Street.

[Pine to Vine]

A new permit is posted at the SLS site at Broad and Spruce and 2 panel trucks were on the site a few days back. Signs of life?

[cpomp]

Philly region to see nearly 2,700 new hotel rooms, with suburbs sharing in the boom

https://www.philly.com/business/hote...-20190327.html

15 years after opening, the Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park is still impressive ... if you can get over the location

https://www.philly.com/phillies/phil...-20190327.html


At Strawberry Mansion High, just 169 students attend a school built for 1,800. It has a new principal, promises of support, and an outsize place in its students’ lives. Still: Can it survive?

https://www.philly.com/education/a/s...-20190327.html


Great to see the hotel industry booming in the area.

The sports complex isn't moving, so instead of wishing where it could have been, maybe the city should push for the sports complex to develop itself into a full neighborhood.

And thoughts on the schools?

[Pennsport]

Originally Posted by cpomp

Philly region to see nearly 2,700 new hotel rooms, with suburbs sharing in the boom

https://www.philly.com/business/hote...-20190327.html

15 years after opening, the Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park is still impressive ... if you can get over the location

https://www.philly.com/phillies/phil...-20190327.html


At Strawberry Mansion High, just 169 students attend a school built for 1,800. It has a new principal, promises of support, and an outsize place in its students’ lives. Still: Can it survive?

https://www.philly.com/education/a/s...-20190327.html


Great to see the hotel industry booming in the area.

The sports complex isn't moving, so instead of wishing where it could have been, maybe the city should push for the sports complex to develop itself into a full neighborhood.

And thoughts on the schools?

The additional, and more importantly unique and higher end, hotels coming to the city are long overdue considering we've seen tourism numbers explode over the last decade. Good to see this happening finally, and occurring in bulk.

Strawberry Mansion High is a nice story, but probably not sustainable. If you read the article, almost 50% of the student body require special ed services. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Schools are the not problem. Under-performing and dangerous schools will solve themselves when abusive and neglectful scumbags stop popping out kids. You get parents that actually want to be, and will be, parents (and thus procreate in a responsible manner) and the issue evaporates in a couple decades or less. For every 10 kids given a different outlook on life at Strawberry Mansion, there are literally hundreds or thousands born that have literally zero chance b/c of their family life. Can't overcome those odds unless you stem the tide of the later.

Agree, the sports complex isn't moving, but I'm not sure you could actually develop a neighborhood around it. I'm picturing the area now in my mind. Highways immediately west, working docks and storage plots east. Not even sure what is south (other than 95) as I've never been been down that way. I believe it's just industrial until the river. I think north is the only actual connection to an existing neighborhood and there is a pretty hard divide by 76. Really, the only option would be to reduce parking lots by about 50 percent and try to carve out some sort of neighborhood there. Comcast is planning on building a new $50M gaming venue there however. https://philly.curbed.com/2019/3/25/...-fusion-sports. It looks really cutting edge. So maybe instead of a neighborhood, the city just continues to make it more of a destination for unique fun and play...