Sunday, November 25, 2007

NEW USERS

John is a Hipster that is a big part of this area. John usually is caught just hanging out with his friends at coffee houses or laying around on a spot of green or any open area to sit and talk for a long period of time. John travels by bike everywhere he goes having his friends following right behind him. He loves his bike. Driving is out of the question for he has an environmental aspect to his life. John loves to end his night with a dance party with a large amount of people in warehouses or at shows. The Electric Factory is at 7th and Callowhill where music and dance shows happen all the time. The area also has a number of music warehouses. John uses the site very often for it is a safe way to travel through the site to get to destinations. With slow traffic lights and a bike path it gives comfort traveling through here where he could stop to have talk time or catch an eventful party.

Erin is a Student at Temple University who lives in the northern part of the site. She wakes up and gets ready for her day of classes. Erin loads her back up and heads to school. She always decides to walk to school even though it's a good ditance but she likes the little workout becasue she cares what her body looks like. Erin goes through her classes and heads home. She stops at the local burrito stand on 10th street when she gets back in the area. Shes going to need some grease in her becasue it's 'Thirsty Thursday' and its always a drinking night on thrusdays. She gets her work done and has her friends come over to drink a little before they go out. She calls for a taxi and heads to center city becasue their is no nice places to go for some fun.

Kevin is a Worker who manages in one of the industrial storage buildings. He wakes up early in the a.m., drinks his cup of coffee and heads to work in his 92 honda escort. He is been driving this beat up car for the last 10 years now becasue he feels he cant buy another car cause he is under paid. He gets to 8th and callow street and there us nowhere to park so he has to pay to park al day. Already starting the day off slow, Kevin goes into work for a full day of annoying people. Kevin comes out of work to get his car to go home to his family and dinner but notices a scratch on his car from someone parking too close to him in the parking lot. Kevin drives off to his faimly siging to Journey becasue he knows he has to come back to this job tomarrow but happy that hes getting out of ther.

Marko is a Resident that lives in the area. He owns one of the many car care places in the area. He wakes up and walks down the street to open his shop up. He throws a pot of mothers ukrainian coffee on and goes next door to see his other local friends and how they are doing. He hangs outside of his friends little shop all day, exchanging over told stories how his home land is amazing. He gives dirty looks at people that he doesnt know and heads back to his shop for someone has pulled up to his shop. He goes back and forth to his friends and his car care all day til it's time to clock out and go home for some sausage beans and rice.

Ando is a Chinese Resident in the southern part of the site who is trying to open another chinese restaurant in Chinatown. He lives right above his soon to become restaurant. He lives with his wife and 3 young teenagers, all who will be working for their father and huband. He wakes up going to markets in Chinatown to find what food he wants to get his 'fresh' foods from. He stays in the area, not leaving it becasue his culture is there. People come in and go from his area and he wants to provide for them traveling through ther southern part of this site. When his restaurant is started, there will be no time for traveling anywhere else in philadelphia for his rertaurant is opneed everyday of the week.

Paulsky is a Child that is part of an african amercian family. His family lives in an enclosed small block residential area next to the vine street expressway. Awaken by his mother during the week for school, his sister walks him to school that is located in the northern part of the area. After school, he ditches his sister to run around with his friends. They find open areas to play football or tag. He is out late where is parents do not know where he is because he is somewhere new everyday. He cant go to franklin park becasue it's too tp cross the vine street expressway. He runs around and makes terror in the neighborhood until he hears his mother calling his name. Paulsky runs home and gets a mouthfull from his mother and sits down and eats dinner. He goes to sleep for he cant wait to run around with his friends again after school.

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