As Point Breeze gets ready to rumble, more questions arise

A zoning meeting tonight, the latest in a series of tussles over Point Breeeze's gentrification, should get interesting.

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As Point Breeze gets ready to rumble, more questions arise

POSTED: Monday, January 30, 2012, 3:16 PM

Zoning discussions in Point Breeze have become a heated battleground for arguments over whether gentrification is a net-positive for a neighborhood — and tonight's meeting, over 13 condo units proposed for the area, should be no different. After all, once again, Naked Philly publisher and OCF real estate developer Ori Feibush will be pitted against longtime residents — at least one of whom is fired up enough to circulate this (un-signed) flier. The flier notes: "His Blog NakedPhilly.com is where they talk about black people who stand up for their community with petty name calling. The blog also advertises properties in Point Breeze to encourage his cult following to buy into Point Breeze. His targeting of Point Breeze has been nonstop."

OCF Marketing Manager Alex Caluckovaic assures CP that Feibush has Point Breeze's interests at heart. "Ori certainly does work for OCF, but he is making a tremendous effort to bring development to the neighborhood." She referred other questions to the Naked Philly posting about last week's meeting — which, perhaps not surprisingly, seems to lean toward OCF's side in the whole matter, calling residents who asked that the meeting be delayed "crazy people." OCF will be at the meeting early tonight to answer any questions.

Posted by Samantha Melamed @ 3:16 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:59 PM, 01/30/2012
    You really need to check spelling... so does the flyer.
    pointbreeze


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