LA has things like Skid Row and celebrities live there. I don't think this issue is as big as you make it out to be for them.
York Blvd is comparable to Kensington Ave in Philadelphia. It's that bad. Let's stop pretending we're any different. It's a cesspool of drugs, crime, sexual violence and other degenerate behavior - all enabled by the progressives who demand funding from our city council.
There's certainly issues, I don't think anybody would disagree with that... but I'd argue that homelessness is much more the effect of continued under-funding of housing, healthcare, disability services, employment support resources, and the uploaded financial burden the province has unloaded onto cities than "progressives who demand funding"... whatever that means. If you're looking for someone to blame, I'd suggest looking at the current premiere who has been in power for seven years or the absolute destruction unleashed by Mike Harris in the 90s. Not that Wynne and McGuinty are blameless, but they were certainly far more centrist than progressive.
He probably won't even look out the window. Who I care about are the patrons who have to walk along York and other streets to make their way in.
I have been to Kensington recently. It is worse than York and is a much larger problem area. But it is also not in the centre of downtown Philadelphia. And York is still very bad.
Who mentioned arena age? The Nassau Coliseum is still in operation, by the way.
It could move a lot faster than that. I believe the relocation of the Mission shelter from James St N to King St E only took about a year from public announcement to move-in. It probably depends in part on whether they want to build a brand new building or renovate an existing building or maybe break the shelter up into a few smaller facilities. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
I have to take back my comment about Paul probably not looking out the window. I just saw a video of him with the window open interacting with fans on the street outside the arena while driving in to the arena in 2016.
Bad news about the low occupancy though...
I take it as good news. Way too many international "students" here.
I had the same thought when I saw this news story this morning. But I have to wonder if moving the shelter here would be politically feasible. There's a development proposal next door at Catharine and Hunter, another one at Catharine and Jackson behind Landmark Place, and it's safe to assume someone will also want to redevelop the huge parking lot on the other side of Catharine someday. There are some pretty powerful people with a strong financial interest in opposing a homeless shelter in this location.