North Philly could become the gem of the city. With Temple and LASALLE and now the proposed state university from Mark Cohen, this could give this section of the city an ability to reinvent itself. it could become a beacon for students to live and attend school in.

or it could become an artists colony with filmmakers, painters, sculpturs, musicians,comedians and all of an artistic inkling. we could set up art residencies,fellowships and the like in this area. what a wonderful time this is to be in this area.

What state university??? Where's it gonna be at???

With Temple University building up the area between Cecil B Moore and Susquehanna, I believe that Templetown will have UC shaking in their boots IMO, with the diversity (color, ethnicity, and even mixed-income), amenities, etc.

With middle class neighborhoods (Fairmount, Yorktown, Brewerytown, etc.) and an upcoming neighborhood in Strawberry Mansion, North Philly will be a great section, at least better than West Philly!!!

the state Univ. is a idea of Mark Cohen's. he is planning to put it into legislator later on.

this is a long way off. looooooooooooong way.

I think a key to it is a change in perception and attitude amongst residents of the area. If every one of them could be like my mom, who sweeps her sidewalk and greenthumbs her front and back yards. she also puts money into her house, painting it, maintenance and stuff. If more residents of the neighborhood actually cared about the conditions of their houses and their hoods, their would be a atmosphere of hope around the entire section of North Philly. You can't expect government to do the job for you, sometimes you have to take self accountability and responsibility.
this would then filter down into our youth. the youth are the future, but for there to be a positive future, that positive energy has to be fostered by the adults around them.Once you have gotten yourself under the right circumstances, then you can proceed to change your legislative representatives. Then when you got both working, then every thing else should fall into place.

Although Im happy about North Philly changing over from a land of blight. I wonder how many long time residents will still be around to enjoy the changes when all the clean up is done or will they all be 'gentrified' out.

So how do we do responsible development that improves the quality of life without pushing people out?

I agree with what your saying. Only problem is that when people don't own their property, it's kind of hard for them to take pride in their neighborhoods. Not saying this as an excuse, because you should still take pride regardless. I can just see why some folks don't take an interests.

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More than likely, not many. They probably won't even be able to afford the taxes after all this new development takes place. And let's not forget about the poor folks who will be shipped across broad st.

But progress has to be made somewhere I guess.

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I heard Cohen is donating his book collection to get this started