Something Positive For NE Philly! (Philadelphia, Chester: crime, neighborhoods, to buy)

[tintin19119]

Let`s just hope the city doesn`t mess this deal up.
Holy Family University set to buy PHA tract in Northeast Philadelphia - Philly.com

[bryson662001]

I don't see this as having much impact on the surrounding community. Holy family at Frankford and Grant pretty much keeps to itself, a good neighbor but not having much influence on it's surroundings.

[UDResident]

I disagree. Getting rid of public housing and expanding the campus of Holy Family would have a major impact on the Northeast. Holy Family is a major part of the future of that section of the city.

[Marius Pontmercy]

Originally Posted by bryson662001

I don't see this as having much impact on the surrounding community. Holy family at Frankford and Grant pretty much keeps to itself, a good neighbor but not having much influence on it's surroundings.

I'll take quiet and keeping to yourself over projects any day of the week. This is a big net gain for that part of the NE.

[phillies2011]

Originally Posted by UDResident

I disagree. Getting rid of public housing and expanding the campus of Holy Family would have a major impact on the Northeast. Holy Family is a major part of the future of that section of the city.

Agreed as NE fights to remain a relevant and livable place, a thriving university is one of the major tools that can be used to fight blight and crime. Universities across the country and many right here in the Philadelphia area have seen how crime in the surrounding neighborhood can have a huge negative impact on the desirability of that university. Obviously Holy Family is not nearly the size of Temple, Drexel, UPenn or even Widener, a few of the nearby universities that contributed tons of money to their surrounding neighborhoods in order to make them safer and more desirable places to live, but it is big enough to make a difference. Those other universities didn't start revitalization efforts until after their surrounding neighborhoods had gone totally to crap. The NE may be going downhill but the area surrounding the university is still nice, it's easier to keep an area nice than to totally revitalize a ravaged urban area like Penn and Drexel have done, and Temple and Chester are trying to do.

This is a big deal.

[frankgn87]

great news. Holy Family is doing a great job at expanding..

[RightonWalnut]

There are a lot of positive developments happening in the NE... this is not the only one.

[tintin19119]

Originally Posted by Summersm343

There are a lot of positive developments happening in the NE... this is not the only one.

thanks for the info, I had no ideal

[RightonWalnut]

Originally Posted by tintin19119

[bryson662001]

Originally Posted by UDResident

I disagree. Getting rid of public housing and expanding the campus of Holy Family would have a major impact on the Northeast. Holy Family is a major part of the future of that section of the city.

But the public housing is already gone. Where's the impact? The public at large doesn't use the university or even enter the campus. It could be something like FDR Park in South Philly. Now that would be an impact.