University City

Yesterday we rode to University City. What most have told us is that it is not a great neighborhood and that at night the streets surrounding it can get a bit dodgy. We will have to drive down at night but in the day time it was great. There are many old homes that have been converted to housing for Penn and Drexel - both of which I went to and got admission information for. (I liked Drexel better as it seemed to have a more diverse campus than Penn.)


On our way back we stopped at a vacant storefront.It was a tiny Mexican joint that had been empty for 8 months. The lady at the cleaners in front said she would pass along my info to the landlord. Also stopped into New Age Realty across the street to ask about the area and while conversing found that they had just rented the small salon across from the coffee shop in Fairmont we first fell in love with. :( The good news is it was rented for only $850. That's a good rental price for the area, and just the kind of information we'd been looking for. (It's still too early to actually find an available space.) Yet, there are no shortage of available places for the right venture. Most of the people we speak to say they are in need of a shop like the one we are proposing.

And as for looking at the signs: Check out the name on the fence of the Mexican joint. Off to The Foodie Farmers Market in Society Hill.
-Ruben