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New 14-story dorm for Temple?

POSTED: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 1:30 PM

Inquirer staff writer Jeff Shields reports:

Developer Bart Blatstein won a key vote today in his quest to add a 14-story Temple Universtiy dormitory at his Avenue North complex at Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue.

With unanimous approval for a zoning change by City Council’s Rules Committee yesterday, Blatstein’s $50 million, 300-unit tower appears headed for approval by full Council by next week.The building would be constructed behind The Pearl movie theater, in the area bounded by Broad, 15th Street, Oxford Street and Cecil B. Moore.

It would house 1,100 students, City Councilman Darrell L. Clarke said, adding more foot-traffic and commercial activity to a once-desolate intersection.

In addition Clarke, said, new housing will help alleviate the “problematic” encroachment of student rental units into family neigborhoods in North Philadelphia.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:48 PM, 03/11/2009

Oh, I'm so thankful for the great "Temple" God to rescue our floundering neighborhood and provide us with the sophistication and insight they are teaching folks like you. Also, remember your comments about folks not affording their home when you invest in a bad mortgage and need bailout money from the federal government.

— ams

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:51 PM, 03/11/2009

there are definitely temple students in manayunk but this shoudl help lessen that, though it won't address st. joe's students living there (and who can blame them, their campus is a bore). this is all positive for philly. I hope they develop that empty lot across form the theater as well. no matter where stsudents are they are tough neighbors (though better than criminals). keeping them together should help revitalize the area and cause less problems for neighborhoods. to the south, many are being pushed north anyway by creeping gentrification.

— dreinterests

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:59 PM, 03/11/2009

Pub Webb

— tkohl

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:17 PM, 03/11/2009

This sure beats living in Johnson and Hardwick...

— Conshy04

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:22 PM, 03/11/2009

jfar86, FletcherT: North Philly DOES have family neighborhoods. Take a look at Yorktown. This has a been a family neighborhood since my parents moved there in the early 70's. Many original residents still live in these homes, while many have moved and -- you guessed it -- rent to Temple students. I lived in Yorktown for 30 years, when Temple Towers were just apartments, when most of my neighbors actually lived in their homes. Some neighbors moved out and began to rent to Temple students. Some were great, some were very disrepectful to their neighbors (music, trash, drugs, etc.) Just as it wouldn't be fair to say all Temple students are loud, crass and rude, it isn't fair of you to assume there are no family neighborhoods in North Philly just because of a few "bad apples".

— jayboo515

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:23 PM, 03/11/2009

Where is this place going? There's already a building there called the Edge. The surrounding streets can't be correct. Is this story three years old? Avenue North, including the movie theater are on Broad between oxford and Cecil B. Moore. The Edge, a huge dorm available to more than just temple students I think is on 15th between Cecil B. and Oxford so actually this story makes no sense.

— epbowls

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:32 PM, 03/11/2009

What is the criteria for a "family neighborhood"? Single homes and rolling hills? White picket fences? Has Paul1950 even ever been in North Philadelphia, or just passed by? Drive down Oxford, Jefferson, and Master. Take a spin through some of the cul-de-sacs like Betsy Ross or Patrick Henry. Is it because they are rowhomes that they are not family neighborhoods?

— jayboo515

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:57 PM, 03/11/2009

These comments are ree-dick-a-lus.......I am a olney native and temple grad and I say that anyone that wants to put money into the surrounding neighborhoods should be saluted not railed against........but the residents and civic associations ought to be at the table......I HATE ST JOES ILUVPHILLYCITYOFWINNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— ILUVPHILLYCITYOFLOSERS