Living in Philadelphia

WE'RE NUMBER ONE!

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Penn sends alert alleging crimes by kids as young as 9
By GLORIA CAMPISI
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Groups of youths as young as 9 have been harassing, assaulting and robbing students, staff and residents on the University of Pennsylvania campus, a school official said yesterday.
Karima Zedan, director of academic & external affairs for Penn's division of public safety, said an alert had been issued about six incidents involving separate groups of youths beginning July 3.

Philadelphia police last night said that groups of youths had committed 10 assaults and some robberies on the Penn campus between June 9 and July 7.

The incidents listed in Penn's alert took place between 4:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., in these areas: 33rd and Chestnut streets, Locust Street near 40th and near 42nd, and Locust Walk near 37th Street.

A similar incident also occurred at 35th and Spring Garden streets, in the vicinity of Drexel University, the alert said.

The youths involved were all male, up to 13 years old, and walked the campus area in groups of three to eight, according to the alert, which was issued late last week.

Two youths have been arrested in connection with one of the incidents, on Locust Street near 42nd.

Patrols have been stepped up in the area, including covert operations, and security cameras were being monitored. City police and safety personnel from the University City District also are involved in the investigation.

The university began installing more closed-circuit cameras and emergency phones early last year, after a student was hit in the thigh by a stray bullet during an aborted robbery and a man was killed in a diner just off campus on Christmas Day 2005.

A Drexel graduate student was severely beaten by four University City High School students in January 2006 at 36th and Spring Garden streets.

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_top/20070717_Penn_sends_alert_alleging_crimes_by_kids_as_young_as_9.html

"Penn Sends Alert: NIGGAS THREATENING OUR GENTRIFICATION PROCESS"

i mean seriously, for all the good they've done in the area, fuck Penn. West Philly will never be a playground for spoiled racist Jewish kids, so stop fucking trying.

Yeah, let's just accept that groups of kids are regularly beating people up and mugging them in the area. Like it's really in Penn's interest to advertise this if it weren't serious. I've been reading story after story about these things happening lately.

I mean, I could just as easily translate your comment as: "Stay in your Center City ghetto whitey, or else you deserve to be beaten by groups of black kids with weapons!" (Not assuming you're not white, incidentally.)

Oh wait, you called Philadelphia a shithole upthread, I have to give you some credit. It is and I can't wait to get out.

I kind of miss it though I couldn't wait to leave. If I were to move back, I'd try to live in west philly near like 49th. that's where we had radio volta, at the knotsquat.

Any folks in Philly on ilXor ever meet up?

I'm moving here on Friday. This thread needs updating anyway. Can someone recommend the best:

restaurants
bars
venues
record stores
museums
general things to do (sights, parks, whatever you can think of)

I've literally spent like 24 hours total in the city so I'm pretty much in the dark here.

stevie D to thread

restaurants

my fav is the pho place on 6th and washington, its the first one you see when you drive into the parking lot (on the right hand side if youre driving down 6)

don't really go to restaurants that much tbh

bars

no clue

venues

used to go to shows a lot at the first unitarian church, heard johnny brendas is good too

record stores

repo records on south street, some others on south street

museums

dunno, maybe try to go see the barnes collection before the city steals it all?

general things to do (sights, parks, whatever you can think of)

dunno

oh, I like tony luke's for sandwiches (cheesesteaks and otherwise) too

Restaurants (vegan): loving hut on south is cheap and good, new harmony on 9th is default for Chinese, HomeSlice is grebt vegan pizza, and Horizons is expensive but also te best meal you will ever have

Bars: I adore Tattooed Mom on 5th and south; it is kitschy, cozy, inexpensive, fun, all around tops. The Barbary in fishtown is also p cool. Predictable bit still fun indie dance night on Mondays seems to be the thing to do these days. El Bar in fishtown also rules

Record stores: Repo Records on 5th and south is my favorite ever. Aka music on 2nd above market is bigger and has a larger selection, but the staff at repo is way more friendly and informed and fun to talk to; it feels like *your* local record store

I also like to go to chestnut hill to see how the other half lives

Venues: the tla, the trocadero, electric factory, starlight ballroom, first unitarian church basement, Johnny brenda's, Kung Fu necktie (the last 2 are also cool bars; brenda's has a killer beer selection)

R5productions.com is your friend

How is the cost of living in Philly? I'm seriously thinking about picking up sticks and moving across the river from NJ if I can convince my boss to let me do my customer service bullshit from a home-office setup. Probably won't be able to, of course, but I am sick to death of being within spitting distance of city life for the first time in years and only getting to visit as a tourist on weekends.

Museums/etc: Phila museum of art is great, mütter museum is creepy and morbid medical oddities, Franklin institute is this kickass science museum where you are a kid again

The magic gardens on south and 10th is tiny but an absolute must-see, and also the first friday of every month is First Friday where all the galleries have openings, and you bike around and see them, and it is fun

The last drop on 13th and pine is nice for coffee too. 2 more rad bars: POPE in south Philly and north star in fairmont. Also if you dig punk/hardcore there's a really great warehouse space in north Philly called The Ox; I saw Lightning Bolt and Pissed Jeans there in June or July

Where generally did you move to?

The thing about Philly: it is dirt fucking cheap. Last night I met a guy with a nice studio at 13th and pine and it was just over 700. If you do north/south/west Philly you will be paying between 2 and 500

academy of natural sciences is really dope too btw

Ps telephone where in nj do you live?? I thought me and dyao and Los blue jeans were the only south jerseyans

The thing about Philly: it is dirt fucking cheap. Last night I met a guy with a nice studio at 13th and pine and it was just over 700. If you do north/south/west Philly you will be paying between 2 and 500

....................oh man no fucking way

I'm in Mount Laurel, and I pay almost $1000/month for a one-bedroom after my last lease renewal jacked up my rent.

mount laurel is a pretty affluent part of NJ no?

Oh totally. Everyone I know pays less than I ever did in New Brunswick

More etc:
Wooden Shoe, an anarchist bookstore on south st
Monday is $3 movie night at the trocadero and you get a free beer
Essene on 4th and bainbridge is a totally kickass local food co op
Philly aids thrift on 5th and bainbridge is the best thrift store I have ever seen. If you need any misc household items or kitchen shit, go here. Dirt cheap too
The book trader on 2nd above market near AKA is a very very nice used bookstore with a very very knowledgable staff

Theres also Making Time which is where all the cool kids go to dance their asses off the last fri of the month. It's at Voyeur I think. The great thing abt Philly (vs NYC) is that in addition to everything bein so affordable (drinks, covers/ticket prices, food, etc), no ones afraid to dance at shows. I love this so much.

mount laurel is a pretty affluent part of NJ no?

Yeah. What's sad is that even the really sketchy places I looked at while apartment-hunting in other townships were barely any better...this was almost a steal (it started at $850/month when I moved in).

Yeah dude gtfo! Just move to Philly and commute

i "lived" in Philly for about 3 months back in'06. loved it! i don't think I had a bad meal the entire time was on the company dime tho and could go medium-upscale without much flak)

saw great shows at the first unitarian church basement and at the Troc; seconding Mutter, and uhhh, that's all i'm remembering right now.

anyway, had no idea you could snag rents so cheaply...

i don't think I had a bad meal the entire time (was on the company dime tho and could go medium-upscale without much flak)

I'm living in West Powelton. Rent in a nice house is $350 all utilities included. Philly's been great so far. Thanks for the tips.

We've had a running thing for about 8 years that's almost become a joke at this point where every time we visit certain friends in Philly we say for like the next week that we're going to move to Philly and then it wears off. I really like the city and it's cheap as hell. My friends are mostly in West Philly right now and it's a great area -- the big park (whose name I am blanking out on) has a good farmer's market on the weekends and giant all-ages larper battles which are kind of amazing to watch. There's a decent but small food coop. There's a decent vietnamese place that I think is called Vietnam. A few good ethiopian places. Once, Gojo, also has an upstairs bar that frequently gets used as a jazz venue (more by the west philly post-college crowd than the local ethiopian community). In general there always seem to be a million house and warehouse shows, art events, etc. and people seem friendly so if you just talk to enough people you will find out what's going on.

Green Mile is a pretty good west philly coffee shop - two locations iirc.

Guys can we have one big fun PhillyFAP plz

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Sleep/Windhand playing Union Station in June!!

There are SO MANY good shows this month too. The ones I'm going to are:

Matmos
Tinashe
Tortoise
maybe Daphni DJ set

i think i'm gonna see bombino at world cafe this month

I know nothing abt them other than that a friend of mine did the cover art of one of their albums and was like SO STOKED abt it but I never actually heard it

bombino? he's a tuareg desert blues dude.

How did I miss Matmos and Tinashe?

Blanck Mass, Daphni and maybe OPN here

wait false alarm Matmos is NEXT month

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there are $6 tickets to see grimes tnite at electric factory. sadly i cannot go bc friday night but damn i really really want to.

what?!?! Where???

Ugh we bought ours for $40 ages ago

on stubhub. you're going tnite stevie? i'm having big time wrestling w/ my principles atm

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I wish I'd gone. Ended up on a possible date that never materialized instead

This makes me so annoyed i moved to nyc

don't know Grimes, but good luck with the lead in the water.

anyone going to sleep & windhand tnite at union transfer

Anybody at philamoca tonight for Jenny Hval/Moor Mother/Olga Bell?

No :( Are you going, though? Let me know how it is!!

upcoming shows i'm almost certainly going to:

Thursday @ Starland Ballroom (Dec 29)
Squirrel Nut Zippers @ World Cafe (Jan 5, Char insisted)
Dashboard Confessional @ Theatre of Living Arts (Jan 24)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ World Cafe (Mar 15)

shows vmic

New Pornos playing UT in April. Tickets go on sale in half an hour. Anyone thinking they might go? I really want to but I don't have anyone to go w/ yet :/

upcoming shows i'm def going to:

Noura Mint Seymali @ the Calvary Center on Sunday, Feb 26
Los Campesinos! / Crying @ TLA on Wednesday, Mar 8
New Pornographers @ Union Transfer on Apr 27

any phillixors wanna see manchester orchestra @ fillmore on oct 1?

man i gotta get back to philly. last time i was there i stayed at the conv center days inn right near Chinatown & Reading Term and i must have gained 10 lbs

I'm touring Andrew Wyeth's studio as I type, outside Philly where I grew up.

let me know if u want to meet up for a drink at tired hands

upcoming stuff i'm def going to:

10/1: manchester orchestra @ the fillmore
10/18: brand new @ electric factory
10/29: julien baker @ union transfer

i haven't been to any shows since before the baby was born so i'm v excited for oct

anyone else planning on going to julien baker tmmrw nite???

I just saw table at the Low show last night!!!!

I know I never post anymore but any philadelxiors at comet is coming tnite? Would love to chill if so!

I was there! I wish I'd seen this earlier LOL. Fuckin killer show

Mordy, start posting again!

lol I half (most) expected this to be about the Melt-Banana show last night, which I WOULD have gone to if Ibibio Sound Machine wasn't also playing