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Community meeting tonight regarding possible Starbucks at 42nd and Woodland
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Community meeting tonight regarding possible Starbucks at 42nd and Woodland
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Green Line Cafe owner Douglas Witmer just Twittered this:
Do you want a Starbucks at 42nd & Woodland? Community meeting tonight @ SHCA (257 S. 45th St.) 6:30pm to hear their plans.
"I don't have much information," said Witmer in a phone call. "I found out through the neighbors — some of our customers work at University of the Sciences and they told me about the meeting. I'm going to it to find out more."
Witmer, who co-owns two Green Lines in West Philadelphia, elected not to speculate on the tone of tonight's meeting, but he did add, "I feel that Starbucks kind of represents a giant corporate identity to people in this neighborhood."
UPDATE: We're now told that tonight's zoning meeting, which would involve the University of the Sciences accepting community feedback regarding a zoning variance to open the Starbucks, has been postponed. We'll update when we have more info.
A nice 2nd Amendment friendly answer to "Left of Center" Constitution Crushing Leftist Academics and other such hangers-on. On the bright side it might be a future gateway to medical pot administration through Obamacare.
One of my favorite things about living in West Philly is that we DON'T have chains. Instead we have businesses owned by people who actually live in the neighborhood.
The starbucks is part of a planned Barnes and Noble bookstore that is replacing the USP current bookstore.
I support a Starbucks at 42nd and Woodland (which isn't in Spruce Hill) if only to get a good coffee early in the morning and not have to wait for Green Line to open. If one is son concerned about chains, put some effort into closing down McDonalds.
"Twittered" ? Really, now... ;P
Ah, the ol' Starbucks in a B&N. I really doubt this will steal many Green Line/Earth Cup/Satellite customers, as they're already loyal and committed to local business. USP students never really mingled with the rest of West Philly, except for pissing off their neighbors with 3am house parties and pharmacy students making engaging in the lucrative business of selling "products".
Social comments and analytics for this post... This post was mentioned on Twitter by mealticket: A Starbucks at 42nd and Woodland? Gonna go ahead and guess West Philly is not feeling that one: http://bit.ly/cXtFko...
[...] In late March, we posted about a community meeting that would allow West Philly residents to voice opinions, thoughts and concerns on a potential Starbucks location at 42nd and Woodland. That meeting was postponed the same day. It’s been rescheduled for tonight at 6:30 p.m. at 257 S. 45th Street (45th/Spruce). According to a post from baker Michael “Challahman” Dolich, who’s opening a bakery just a few blocks west of the proposed ‘bucks location, the Spruce Hill Community Association will consider feedback from tonight when drawing up an official opinion on the zoning variance required to develop the project. Tonight: Rescheduled “Starbucks in West Philly?!” community meeting [...]
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