http://www.philly.com/philly/infographics/Map_Walking_Routes_Ticketed_Areas_for_Popes_visit.html
New map is up.
Of note:
Secret service has good taste.
New map is up.
Of note:
Secret service has good taste.
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AbortedWalrusFetus
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Thanks for the info. Carlyle I saw around previously but not Wanamaker or 1500 Locust. I will look into those. As long as the the gripe isn't due to untended roach infestation and/or sewage overflow, I'm good.
1500 Locust is about the elevators always being broken.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Budweiser Clydesdales are at Eastern State Penitentiary. There's a bud block party there for a few hours tonight. Live music too.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Le Bok Fin
Hope everyone survived MIA.
In other news...
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/p...h_asks_public_to_help_pay_his_legal_fees.html
The balls on this guy.
In other news...
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/p...h_asks_public_to_help_pay_his_legal_fees.html
The balls on this guy.
Oh he can fuck right off.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
On Saturday night during MIA I went out on my stoop to watch the drunken crowds wander home. No less than three people asked me if I'd drive them home for money in a 20 minute span. You could have made a mint driving people that night.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Three dozen new restaurants in the fall forecast
Particularly excited about South. A nice high end jazz restaurant/venue so close to my house? Yes please!
Particularly excited about South. A nice high end jazz restaurant/venue so close to my house? Yes please!
BronsonLee
Member
Again? They did that last year! Was cool as a one time thing for me, since I lived nearby
Captain Tuttle
Member
Regardless of your dislike for Uber, you should drive for them during events like that if you get people asking you for rides unsolicited.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
The reason they were asking is cause the surge pricing was like 5x normal prices and they couldn't afford it as it was. Sure they made a mint though. SEPTA should just run trains during events like MIA
manzoman96
Member
Finally get to catch a Phillies game this year, gets rained out
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Divine Lorraine Groundbreaking Ceremony Tomorrow
Glad to see this getting done. A very exciting project, along with the large apartment complex behind it that is planned. It's really going to put N. Broad on the map, and I can easily see the neighborhood becoming the next East Passyunk type of area.
Also, South Kitchen & Jazz Parlor is opening on N. Broad next week. Should be one of the premier Jazz venues in the city.
Glad to see this getting done. A very exciting project, along with the large apartment complex behind it that is planned. It's really going to put N. Broad on the map, and I can easily see the neighborhood becoming the next East Passyunk type of area.
Also, South Kitchen & Jazz Parlor is opening on N. Broad next week. Should be one of the premier Jazz venues in the city.
BronsonLee
Member
Holy shit they're going to actually do shit with Lorraine?
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Yup! Apartments, four restaurants, and a bar. They are also throwing up a 21 story, 480+ unit apartment complex with a supermarket and other things behind it. In two years there will be ~550 housing units on that corner alone. More details on that.
BronsonLee
Member
I'll believe dat when I see it!
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
It's going before the Zoning commission the end of this month. The planning commission and neighborhood groups have already signed off on it. They just need a special exception in order to allow for the above ground parking garage, as underground parking is allowed by right, but above ground is not. Zoning commission will likely rubber stamp it. I think these guys are serious because they're not the usual speculators that create plans then flip them, they're big time investors from NYC.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
The groundbreaking for the Divine Lorraine is on now. Apparently the line of people who want to see it before it gets fixed up is wrapped around the building. Something like 7000 people signed up to attend on facbeook.
The demand for apartments in that thing is going to be unreal.
The demand for apartments in that thing is going to be unreal.
Captain Tuttle
Member
And it has the greatest name of any building ever. It deserves to be saved just because of that
Edit: Anyone ever go to Bloktoberfest?http://bloktoberfestphilly.com/
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
They put on at Broad and Oregon? The Broad and Walnut one opened today, not sure if that's what you are talking about.
This is a very good question, I will have to investigate.
it's up in delaware wawas, so probably.
on a side note, pope visit cancelled my thursday kickball. you'll answer for this pope
thecouncil
Banned
ha. me too!
5 day weekend for me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Oh god why did I say Oregon lol
Yes, I meant Broad and Walnut.
kickball? Sounds like fun, I haven't played in years.
Same, but I'm sorta on standby.
StevieWhite
Member
Parkway is now fully shut down all the way back to 20th. Steel yourselves for the popening.
theechrisfox
Member
Buhhh. I'm worried that I won't be able to get to the airport (via 95 south) on Thursday afternoon. Tryna get outta dodge for the weekend.
Walked out from the subway and was greeted by a line of them all down Broad and Walnut.
RandomDancing
Member
Yup, over the weekend they put up several full blocks of them - Market from 17th to 18th, Walnut over the river. They are zip tied shut for now but that didn't stop at least 2 people trying to break the ties to get in, I saw this morning.
Neffarias_Bredd
Member
So I know which roads are closed for the Pope but I have no idea what my commute to work is going to look like Thursday-Monday. I take 476 South from plymouth meeting area and get on 95 South to Wilmington in the morning, and then the opposite to get home. Any news reports about what traffic will look like before the road closures on the major highways? I have a feeling traffic getting home will be a nightmare Friday
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Shit is going to get crazy. Someone told me that they are shutting down Fairmount Ave and Spring Garden on Thursday? I thought that was supposed to happen Friday morning.
The quantity and coverage of portajohns is astounding. Took a taxi from my house to university city and saw at least 5 of them on every block of the route.
The quantity and coverage of portajohns is astounding. Took a taxi from my house to university city and saw at least 5 of them on every block of the route.
If I still lived down there I'd just stock up on beer and pizza and play video games for the five day stretch. Shots gonna be insane everywhere
Oh hell yes. I need to make my way back before Thanksgiving for one
Oh hell yes. I need to make my way back before Thanksgiving for one
thecouncil
Banned
Pope should cancel his trip here. Wouldn't that be a great conclusion to this year long conversation?
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Yeah I am debating just getting like three cases of beer and buckling down for the weekend.
manzoman96
Member
My family has tickets and train passes to go but I don't think I'd want to be stuck in that mayhem for a whole day. The Phillies parade was big enough, and this is gonna be much bigger than that.
StevieWhite
Member
I've loaded up. Finally going to finish Metal Gear 5.
I think you'll be fine. The 76 ramps say 76 isn't closing until Friday night at 10.
totipotent.cell
Member
A question for previous and current renters in building older than 1978:
How serious is the lead paint issue? Having read the lease I am about to sign, the lead testing and certification appears to be standard procedure but having a child under 6 y/o, it kind of freaked me out as I never thought about this stuff before. Is the typical remediation (i.e. painting over) good enough?
Any other tips or suggestions in this regard? The testing is currently scheduled (we should get the results in a couple days) and I want to hold off on signing the lease before the results are in but this may seem like a bad move if the testing was order on our explicit verbal agreement that we will lease the unit.
Or am I being paranoid?
How serious is the lead paint issue? Having read the lease I am about to sign, the lead testing and certification appears to be standard procedure but having a child under 6 y/o, it kind of freaked me out as I never thought about this stuff before. Is the typical remediation (i.e. painting over) good enough?
Any other tips or suggestions in this regard? The testing is currently scheduled (we should get the results in a couple days) and I want to hold off on signing the lease before the results are in but this may seem like a bad move if the testing was order on our explicit verbal agreement that we will lease the unit.
Or am I being paranoid?