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ysobelleI saw the loft today. The loft of my dreams. It's 1500sf of light-drenched space, with a wall of South-facing windows, a quirky, bowed hardwood floor, endless cathedral ceilings crossed by huge old beams, a washer-dryer hookup, an enormous bathroom, a kitchen twice the size of mine, and a glorious exposed-brick wall to frame views of Philadelphia from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge all the way across the entire city skyline. It's got remote-controlled access to the parking lot. It's got a dog run.
It's also at 5th and Cecil B. Moore.
Sigh. I took Mom with me, and while we both fell in love with the unit-- the penultimate of the six or so we saw-- we were both freaked out slightly by the no-man's-land of the neighbourhood: vacant lots, burned-out buildings, all that. I was told it's Northern Liberties, but it's not-- it's just plain North Philly, and it's NOT a safe place at ALL. I could probably grit my teeth and do it, but my Dad said, "I'd worry about you every night."
"I have a dog!"
"I'd worry about the dog, too!"
I want a loft now, though. I want one badly. Perhaps outside the city, to the West, if I could. But where? Or maybe a house, with a yard for Clue. Again, though-- where? Sigh.
It's also at 5th and Cecil B. Moore.
Sigh. I took Mom with me, and while we both fell in love with the unit-- the penultimate of the six or so we saw-- we were both freaked out slightly by the no-man's-land of the neighbourhood: vacant lots, burned-out buildings, all that. I was told it's Northern Liberties, but it's not-- it's just plain North Philly, and it's NOT a safe place at ALL. I could probably grit my teeth and do it, but my Dad said, "I'd worry about you every night."
"I have a dog!"
"I'd worry about the dog, too!"
I want a loft now, though. I want one badly. Perhaps outside the city, to the West, if I could. But where? Or maybe a house, with a yard for Clue. Again, though-- where? Sigh.
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Date: 2007-02-21 05:52 am (UTC)http://www.google.com/maps?q=http://www.slackware.com/~msimons/phactorymap.kmz
There's a lot of cool stuff in that area. go to http://www.nkcdc.org/ (it's a little outside of their territory, but not by much.)
It's also relatively near all the good stuff happening at Norris Square. (Norris Square Civic Association, etc.)
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Date: 2007-02-21 06:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-21 06:48 am (UTC)It's... _fill-in-the-blank_
[ ] Fishtown
[ ] Northern Liberties
[ ] Norris Square
etc. etc.