Re: [Plug] Directions to Meeting

[Joseph Laudadio <jpl27@drexel.edu>]

You'd have better luck getting off at University City station instead of 
30th street station. You're walk will be shorter. Not exactly sure where 
the meeting is, so I can't tell you anything furthur. I'm sure someone 
else can fill in the rest.

Joe

On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Walt Mankowski wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 07:26:39PM -0500, Morgan Wajda-Levie wrote:
> > I'll be taking the train in to Philadelphia for the meeting tomorrow,
> > but I don't really know where I'm going.  Does anybody know of the
> > best train to take from West Chester, and to which station?  And are
> > there any funky tricks to get from the station to the meeting?
> 
> I don't think Septa runs trains all the way out to West Chester
> anymore.  There's a station in town but last time I drove by it was
> deserted.  Your best bet is probably to take the R5 from either Exton
> or Paoli, or the old West Chester line from whatever's the end of the
> line now (Elwyn?).  You can find schedules at www.septa.org.
> 
> Whichever train you take, ride it eastbound towards downtown Philly
> and get off at 30th St. Station.  Steinberg-Dietrich Hall is about a
> 20 minute walk from the station.  The simplest way to walk is to head
> west on Market (away from Center City) 6 blocks to 36th St., then turn
> left.  You'll cross Chesnut, Sansom, and Walnut Sts.  36th becomes
> pedestrian-only after Walnut as it enters Penn's campus.  Continue one
> more block to Locust (that's the main pedestrian walkway through
> campus) and turn right.  Steinberg-Dietrich Hall will be the big
> building on your left.
> 
> You can save yourself a little time by cutting diagonally through
> Drexel and then entering Penn at 34th and Walnut.  You can also take
> the Subway-Surface (the "green line") west from 30th St. to 37th.,
> which is practically right outside Steinberg-Dietrich.  If you can't
> find it when you exit the station, just about any passer-by should be
> able to point you in the right direction.
> 
> One thing to be aware of in taking the green line is that one of the
> lines (there are 4 or 5 lines that follow similar routes through
> University City) doesn't stop at 37th.  It's been a while, but I think
> the line to avoid is the #10.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Walt
> 
> 
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