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1105 Shca Reporter #2104 Layout 1 Spring/Summer 2011 The Newsletter of The Society Hill Civic Association SOCIETY HILL Reporter www.societyhillcivic.org Exercise Your Right to Vote – On May 17th and May 18th! ociety Hill Civic Association’s (SHCA’s) May Ellen Kaplan, Vice President and Policy S 18th General Membership Meeting promises Director of the government watchdog to be interesting as well as informative. Whether Committee of Seventy, will discuss her you’re a full-on political wonk or just a concerned organization’s recommendations about how citizen, you’ll want to attend this evening of presen - this upcoming re-districting should be done, x tations and discussion of what the demographic giving special consideration to the idea of trends in the 2010 Census reveal about Center City, public hearings with input from citizens. Vote and how they impact the redrawing of municipal We hope you will join us to hear these lively political districts — which happens every ten May 17th and engaging speakers discuss a topic that years and is due to occur early this September. in the 2011 will have consequences for all city residents. The Charter mandates that City Council must Philadelphia In addition, SHCA will conduct its annual come up with a re-districted map based on the Municipal election of Board Directors. We invite all new census figures. It is then presented to the Primary SHCA members to vote for the civic-minded Mayor, who must sign off on it. A decade ago candidates who have been asked to serve Election this process took place completely behind by our association’s Nominating Committee, closed doors, i.e. no public hearings or chaired by Vice President Jim Moss. See page neighborhood meetings. 15 for brief biographies of these nominees. Our first speaker is Tom Ferrick, a former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and now the 2011-12 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS senior editor ofMetropolis, a Philadelphia-based President news and information website that debuted in (1-year term) Steven Weixler late 2009. Tom will discuss the demographic trends Vice President (1-year term) Bernice Hamel that the recent census shows; for instance, he George Kelley will talk about why this is the first time in 60 years Benita Fair Langsdorf Martha Levine that Philadelphia’s population did not go down. Jerrold (Jim) Moss Treasurer (1-year term) Zaineb Ainuddin-Zekeria WED. MARK YOUR CALENDAR Secretary (1-year term) George Dowdall May Continuing Director Rosanne Loesch Society Hill Civic Association Meetings Quadrant Representatives Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Each quadrant has three representatives. The year an individual’s term ends is noted before his or her name. 18 Pennsylvania Hospital, 8th & Spruce Streets The four newly nominated Quadrant Representatives 5:45 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting have terms ending in 2014. Pennsylvania Hospital Great Court Conference Room Northeast Quadrant 2012 Andrew Hohns All SHCA members are welcome. 2013 Lorna Katz Lawson 2014 Lenore Hardy 7:30 p.m. General Membership Meeting Northwest Quadrant 2012 Andrea Layden Pennsylvania Hospital Zubrow Auditorium 2013 Lawrence Burstein 2014 Sissie Lipton All neighborhood residents are invited to attend. Southeast Quadrant 2012 Tania Rorke Topics: SHCA Board of Directors & Officer’s Election, 2010 Census and City Re-districting 2013 Robert Curley 2014 Jane Ahn Speakers: Tom Ferrick, Jr., Senior Editor, Metropolis Southwest Quadrant 2012 Sheila Paulos Ellen Kaplan, Vice Presidet, Committee of Seventy 2013 Melvin Buckman 2014 Francisco Carreno PAGE 2 SOCIETY HILL Reporter SOCIETYReporter HILL Managing Editor Graphic Design Sandra Rothman Judy Lamirand, Parallel Design [email protected] Editorial Board Jane Biberman Press Release Liaison Robert M. Dever c/o Matt DeJulio, Lenore Hardy [email protected] Carole LeFaivre-Rochester Advertising Manager Rosanne Loesch Matt DeJulio Jim Murphy [email protected] Columnists Society Hill Marilyn Appel Civic Association Jane Biberman P. O. Box 63503 Lorna Katz-Lawson Philadelphia, PA 19147 w Rosanne Loesch tel: 215-629-1288 w design group, llc Jim Murphy Keri White Submission Deadlines September/October Issue modern design for garden and home Contributors Advertising: August 1st Matt DeJulio Editorial: August 10th view our portfolio of projects at Elizabeth Doblovosky mwdesigngroupllc.com Martha Levine Website Rosanne Loesch www.societyhillcivic.org PHL 267.872.8814 · NYC 646.360.4111 Submissions We want to hear from you. Our goal is to print news of interest to Society Hillers — happenings in and around our community for residents, businesses and professionals. Direct your editorial submissions and/or queries to Sandra Rothman by phone at 215-671-0554 or e-mail [email protected]. To publicize an event, submit all pressreleases directly. Materials must be submitted in writing — via mail or e-mail — and must include the name of a contact person. Edited submissions will be considered for publication if the subject matter is community-related and if space allows. Otherwise, upcoming events of interest may be listed in the Community Calendar. Letters to the Editor will be considered for publica- tion only if signed and the writer provides contact information. In This Issue… Page 5 Page 19 Society Hill Open House Is Society Hill Going and Garden Tour to the Dogs? Page 7 Page 21 ADA Sidewalk Ramp Project Exploring the City: The National Muse um of Page 13 American Jewish History Foxwoods Casino Update WEIXLER PETERSON LUZI Page 22 Page 15 Barry Blumberg Dies at age 85 Meet New SHCA Board EXCEPTIONAL INTERIORS • EXTRAORDINARY LIVING Page 34 Page 18 215 • 592 • 9570 www.wplinc.com Nifty Neighbors: Prix Fixe Lunch in Old City Meet Delores Flynn Brisbon SPRING/ SUMMER 2011 PAGE 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE A Fond Farewell ociety Hill friends, this is my last President’s walk repair (“Fix the Brix”) subsidy program. We S Message. I will be stepping down at the end have also maintained a healthy membership base of May, and long-time Board Director Steve Weixler and continued and improved delivery of important will become Society Hill Civic Associa tion’s new community services during tough economic times, president. Steve brings a wealth of experience streamlined and improved financial operations, and, to the job, including many years serving as a most recently, have taken a leadership role in get- Board Director, Zoning & Historic Preservation ting historic preservation oversight for the city’s Com mit tee Chair and the SHCA Delegate to and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ramp project. Chair man of the Central Delaware Advocacy Group. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as Our association will be in extremely capable hands. Rosanne Loesch, Society Hill Civic Association’s president. One of Steve and I have worked together over the last President the many things I’ve learned from participation in couple of months to assure a smooth transition. association work is that it takes constant vigilance I wish him the very best in his new job! to preserve and protect the historic character of “…it takes As many of you know, I have served a long time our neighborhood and to maintain and improve constant on the SHCA Board, as one of the leaders of the the quality of life in big city residential neighbor- casino fight and now ending two years of service hoods. I’ve also learned that the latter objectives vigilance as the association’s president. Although I will cannot be accomplished without the most dedicat- to preserve continue to serve on the Board as a Director ed group of volunteers imaginable. and protect and ex-officio president, it is time take a break It has been a special privilege to work with the the historic from the big responsibility of leadership. volunteer officers, directors, committee chairs, character Over the last two years, we have accomplished committee members and neighborhood residents of our a variety of things of which I am proud. SHCA who make this association hum. I send a special neighborhood.” successfully shepherded the Washington Square note of thanks to Matt DeJulio, who is as com mit - Affair through its first two years as a new ted and as competent an administrator that ever fundraising event for Washington Square, and was. I also must honor our fellow neighborhood made a major donation to the park for a capital organizations, which have amazingly dedicated improvement. It continued its leadership role in volunteers working in the coalitions in which we the waterfront plan that evolved from the Penn participate. I encourage you to support SHCA Praxis project, and joined hands with a large through a $50 annual membership — it is worth coalition of communities giving input and feedback every penny — and to make an additional contri- on important city planning initiatives — the new bution if you are so able. Also, if you have the time city zoning code and the 2035 Plan. to volunteer your services to one or more of the association’s many activities, you will help keep SHCA volunteers have single-handedly organized this neighborhood strong. the annual spring Society Hill House Tours without the long-time support of the Friends of I look forward to seeing you at the May Independence National Historical Park(which 18th General Meeting for an entertaining stopped its 30-year-old Open House program three and informative program with speakers years ago), and increased participation in the side- Tom Ferrick and Ellen Kaplan. PAGE 4 SOCIETY HILL Reporter SATURDAY, MAY 14TH Spring Clean-Up Day et ready to do your part in tidying up Friday until 3 p.m. Saturday,” Society Hill’s Block G our special corner of the world on Saturday Coordinators are encouraged to remove these morning, May 14th. Remember: company’s signs as near to 1 p.m. as possible — so that coming the following Sunday (see Open House cars can be moved back to their usual side Tour on page 5), and we want to sparkle! of the street to avoid being ticketed.
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