College Inn Hullabalooza!
UC Villagers are all up in arms again with their knickers in a twist over the possibility -- welcome or threatening depending on one's perspective -- of a new 48-storey College Inn complex at the corner of 40th and Pine. Innovative developer Tom Looseyhop wants to build a short-term stay boutique hotel and theme park at the site, atop the old Bazukufu Consulate.
"It's for the greater good of the community," says Looseyhop. "Folks from out of town need a place to stay when they're here to visit their babies and sell their organs at CHOP. Plus which University City has long been in need of a by-the-hour rental boutique love hotel. Win-win situation."
Others are not so sure. The Lubavitcher Rebbe of West Philly, whose headquarters are located nearby on Pine Street, is worried about the potential shadow cast by the 48-storey "abomination". The UC Old Ladies Sewing Circle and Gentrification Committee, while welcoming any development that would make UC Village "nicer" and "more upscale" wonders what effect the gargantuan new facility would have on parking availability, already tight, and on the trash situation in the vicinity. The more elderly of the Ladies are also not so sure about the Looseyhop "Brothel Towers" design.
"That's 'broth', not brothel," comments an exasperated Looseyhop. "These old ladies have nothing to worry about. We're gonna have a gigolo service to deal with the parking issue, and I have a firm commitment from UCD that the Ambassadors will sweep up all the used condoms."
old Bazukufu Consulate, 40th and Pine
"It's for the greater good of the community," says Looseyhop. "Folks from out of town need a place to stay when they're here to visit their babies and sell their organs at CHOP. Plus which University City has long been in need of a by-the-hour rental boutique love hotel. Win-win situation."
artist's sketch, new College Inn with Broth Towers
Others are not so sure. The Lubavitcher Rebbe of West Philly, whose headquarters are located nearby on Pine Street, is worried about the potential shadow cast by the 48-storey "abomination". The UC Old Ladies Sewing Circle and Gentrification Committee, while welcoming any development that would make UC Village "nicer" and "more upscale" wonders what effect the gargantuan new facility would have on parking availability, already tight, and on the trash situation in the vicinity. The more elderly of the Ladies are also not so sure about the Looseyhop "Brothel Towers" design.
"That's 'broth', not brothel," comments an exasperated Looseyhop. "These old ladies have nothing to worry about. We're gonna have a gigolo service to deal with the parking issue, and I have a firm commitment from UCD that the Ambassadors will sweep up all the used condoms."
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