Someone is the problem in this pic! The blame could go either way depending on who parked last! Hahaha if I ever park close it’s because the other person has a significant gap behind/in front of them. Then it’s justifiable

I feel you on that. I live in the NE and my partner lives in south Philly and I drive down to her place just to pick her up so I don’t have to park overnight on her street. After 5pm, parking is a nightmare in south Philly. And if you do find a spot, you come out in the morning with a new dent, scratch, or your bumper is just hanging off… Honestly, parking is the main reason why I would never consider living in any other neighborhood in the city unless the house I bought had a garage or an assigned parking spot. (Yes I do commute via septa often to center city from the NE)

Then I would be mad as the jeep owner. I have a neighbor that does this and it’s inconsiderate to other people’s car. If I think a spot is too tight I’d rather walk a block then try to squeeze in to a spot. Can’t stand people who bang ppls shit up just to save a 1 minute walk from the crib

I would be mad if I owned that Nissan. That’s really wild

That’s really cool. I have heard Derek Green on the campaign trail talk about Budd Bio works and it didn’t click until now. Thanks for the link!

Said every developer and city district Councilmember! 😂😂😂

Could and should be 400+ units of affordable housing and commercial retail space if lead/asbestos free

I get the 40% for vendors stuff, but why is the Black Clergy getting involved? That is very weird to me and makes me skeptical about what is being said behind closed doors. To me, idk why any leader of any faith would get involved in a debacle about the location of a sports arena. They could be advocating for more affordable housing, cheaper public transit fares, public ed, etc, not the construction of a sports complex. That itself rings red flags 🚩

I was born and raised here, k-12 public ed, community college, I’m Philly made man, can’t say the same about you though 😂 you yimbys love to step on other peoples toes with no concern of the impact you cause on communities of color. Everything in the name of ‘revitalization’ but at the expense of Black people’s quality of life. No surprise you support Rebecca either, considering you have zero concerns for the people opposing 76ers market East in Chinatown and adjacent communities.

😂 you’re so out of touch with actual Philadelphians it’s hilarious. Did you move here last year or before the pandemic bro?

That was my attempt at sarcasm through text lol I was born and raised in Philly, even been a lifelong sixers fan and I think the arena in center city is dumb. I like where it’s at in south Philly. If something ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

North Philly has access to public transit and is a much higher priority than market east right now. Market East needs multi-unit housing, thriving restaurants and small businesses, not a huge arena that will be open 3 nights a week. Sorry, a 76ers arena was never a solution to revitalizing market East

The media markup is giving the appearance that a market east arena is on the table, but it’s really not lol Chinatown made sure a casino and a Phillies stadium was dropped years ago, they’re not going to let another dumb proposal set up shop on their door step. This was a lost cause from the very beginning and the only reason it remains a salient topic is because the 76er owners keep paying media to keep it relevant.

The 76ers could/should pivot in this direction. They could be pioneers championing an unprecedented investment in a community that is STARVING for economic opportunities. It would be a ricochet effect improving North Philly commercial corridors, bring different and new people to the community, and neighborhoods could be built outward from the arena (east of the arena is fishtown/Kensington, West of arena is brewerytown/Fairmount, etc). I would be okay if city/state officials subsidized a revitalization project like an arena in North Philly, it’s a community that desperately needs investment, good paying and sustainable jobs. Imagine if the 76ers committed to this and in return, they provide youth sports & recreation facilitiesx academic centers, etc. for youth in that area or the entire city, and the city/state in return tax abate them or some other form of subsidy. This whole market East debacle is just a huge missed opportunity from Black leaders who pretend to “champion” pro-Black agendas like this press conference, but then say nothing about the disenfranchisement of the communities they pretend to advocate for.

That’s weird because that’s been the ENTIRE push behind the whole arena in market East. Either you don’t know what you’re talking about or the 76ers are doing a horrible job marketing their proposal!

North Philly is a better location 1000%. It’s centralized to the city and region, public transit oriented, and the community needs a big investment project to revitalize the area.

Heard. Black leaders in this city held a press conference today talking about how this new arena will be revolutionary for Black business owners, why not really push a pro-Black agenda? It’s half assed. A 76ers arena in north Philly is better for the entire city and region. It’s centralized, public transit orientated, the project would probably cost A LOT less due to value of land, and it would prioritize investing into a Black neighborhood. I don’t understand why Black leaders in this city miss this clear opportunity to really bring a W to a community that hasn’t been vibrant since the 1960s.

Helen thinks it’s a stupid project. She might be the only candidate who has said she doesn’t intend to wait 10 years to finally see a viable market East. She wants it viable now. Waiting 10 years to host the first event or 76ers home game there is INSANE anyway you look at this project. What happens when 76ers get 4 years into construction and say F it to the whole idea? Allowing this stadium to happen would be dumber than the investment into the fashion district that exists now!

Why do they support the arena? Is the work being done promised to majority of Black construction crews? This press conference doesn’t make sense if majority of Black workers aren’t going to be building the site? Also another big take: why not build the arena in a Black neighborhood if it’s that big of a deal? North Philly has a ton of vacant land near major public transit that would be amazing to fill the void of a disenfranchised community. All of these big power players seem to be focused on this dumbass market east arena when they could invest the billions into disenfranchised communities like North, west, or SW Philly.

Just redid my bathroom for 6k. There’s tons of talented small contractors that can do exactly what a big firm can do for A LOT less.

She along with every other manager, supervisor, CFO, CEO, COO should be in jail. They all have blood on their hands

In this economy, it just doesn’t make sense to use cash when credit card benefits are so good. Play it right and you are getting paid to use credit cards

I can’t get you any closer to the water hole than that. Research what a managing director does and how they oversee operations, implement policies and functions. Research what a budget director does under a Mayor’s administration. Google rhynhart advocates for the privatization of PGW. Google Mayor Nutter admin and Rhynhart shut down several schools. This will all come up. Look into how many Americans lost their homes in 08, the people who committed suicide because of debt and foreclosures because of firms like Bear Stearns who over leveraged their debt by approving folks who couldn’t afford those loans in the first place. Her invovlememt as the managing director of credit derivatives is intrinsically linked to the debt defaults that occurred in 08. To act like she wasn’t involved/complicit in the 08 recession is ignorant. She wasn’t a 1st or 2nd year associate out of college getting people loans, she was their freaking managing director.

I have built a career around representing retail investors. You ain’t going to gaslight me and tell me what the 2008 financial crisis was hahaha

She was the managing director at Bear Stearns on the credit derivatives desk and the budget director for Nutter… you don’t get more in the weeds than that. She oversaw the ‘overlending’ of credit for mortgages to people who couldn’t afford to take out those loans during the housing crisis in 08. It’s very frustrating that she’s pitching herself as this “out of government” candidate when in fact she has been involved in governmental decisions and policies for over 20 years, many in which negatively impacted millions of Americans, caused tons of people to lose their homes, kids lost their schools, etc. She made a really weird video a month or 2 ago where she stood in front of Germantown HS advocating for schools like that to be open, it was her decision to close Germantown HS! You can’t make this stuff up