Re: [PLUG] I guess it is now online forever?

[Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 05:54:19AM -0500, Rich Freeman via plug wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 11:21 PM Joe Rosato via plug
> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
> >
> > https://www.westphillylocal.com/2024/02/14/st-joes-selling-former-usciences-campus-the-conversation-begins/
> >
> 
> Thanks for that - I haven't been paying much attention to things
> beyond the Alumni mailings.  From the comments it sounds like they've
> been having financial challenges for a few years.  Back when I went
> there the amenities were pretty bare-bones - dorms, a cafeteria, and a
> gym was about it outside of academics.  From the mailings it seemed
> like they were trying to become more mainstream in terms of campus
> experience/etc, which probably helped with marketing, but maybe they
> ended up getting in trouble with costs.  It sounds like the
> faculty/programs/etc moved to St Joe's, and now they're looking to
> shut down the facilities.
> 
> That campus evolved quite a bit over time. 100 years ago around it was
> fairly suburban, and I saw civil-war-era drawings of a field hospital
> at Clark Park that featured rolling hills covered in grass.
> 
> I wouldn't be surprised if Penn buys some of those facilities, though
> I suspect they'd reconstruct most of them.  The buildings are fairly
> small and somebody with capital could probably get a lot more out of
> the footprint building up.  That said, they're pretty far from most of
> Penn, so I could see it being either a focus for some particular
> program that needs more space, or maybe more auxiliary/housing/etc -
> the Veterinary program is out in that general direction so maybe
> they'd have some use for space.   It has been a while since I've been
> down there - maybe I should drive by on a Sat afternoon and see what
> it looks like now...

Penn was the first place I thought of too. It's a few blocks from
campus, but it's close to where a lot of students live, so who knows?
It wouldn't be too much of a detour for LUCY to swing by there since
it already stops right outside of the VA Hospital.

As for the subject, I wouldn't say "forever". We just need some other
place to agree to let us use their space.

Walt
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