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welcome to west vincent, and can SOMEONE give them social media lessons and save the taxpayers money? is this now a malicious municipality?

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I thought West Vincent seemed quiet, which made me think they were cooking up crazy. Well yep. There is a court docket. It’s welcome to crazy town that they filed against a former employee so when this is all done and dusted will this just be plain old harassment of some sort? I don’t know which is why I am asking the question.

Another question: if something was filed September 3rd, wouldn’t it have been referred to obliquely as an executive session item at their most recent meeting which was September 21st, 2026? Here you listen to the snippet where it was mentioned that there were NO executive session anythings from Chairwoman Bobblehead:

Yeah nothing and really strange, right?

Went back to August. Mention of something “potential” and “township property” but no mention of PROCEEDING with anything or did I miss something? You listen:

Imagine my surprise when this popped up:

Say what?

So yeah, a filing:

West Vincent filingDownload

Read it. It’s bananas and if you are a West Vincent resident and/or pay any kind of taxes YOU are paying for some pretty amazing bullsheit in my humble opinion.

Your eyes do not deceive you….the manager and solicitor of west Vincent Township are trying to sue Kristina Casey, former employee (township secretary? assistant township secretary?) over a Facebook Page she is no longer part of and an Instagram page she was never part of. By “part of” I mean specifically administrator.

This fuckatorymagnimus has been going on for what? 14 or 15 months?

Let’s recap:

When Ms. Casey worked for the township, a Facebook page was created for West Vincent Township because well they were among the few that doesn’t have one:

It had 1700 or so followers.

So how do you create a Facebook page? Under your personal profile. Then after creation you can add other admins and moderators.

When Ms. Casey was leaving West Vincent as far as I can tell she wanted to TURN THE PAGE OVER TO SOMEONE ELSE IN FREAKING WEST VINCENT TOWNSHIP TO RUN, right? Never happened. And apparently at first world genius and Manager Tommy Ryan didn’t have a Facebook page.

Then all this Who Shot John (one of my late PA German grandmother’s favorite phrases) started and Ms. Casey kept repeating that she WANTED to turn it over but someone has to ACCEPT it.

Here are some screenshots:

Yeah ummmm okayyyy. And over the course of the time that has passed since Ms. Casey left and now it has been crazy town right? Some kind of private investigator on the township dime? But my favorite was township manager wanting the PASSWORD to the Facebook Page.

Umm hello? Not how it works. When you set up a page, there is an underlying individual Facebook profile but that account’s password belongs to the individual with the individual Facebook profile. When a Facebook page changes hands, it goes under someone else’s individual Facebook profile and they already have their own password….they don’t get Ms. Casey’s password…that would be against Meta rules and possibly illegal right?

Wait let me back up to the investigator who was also hired to sweep….wait for it…West Vincent Township for bugs. How very MI5 CIA of Tommy Ryan, right?

For real:

Real Twilight zone stuff right? Meanwhile Mr. Dopey Manager Dude gets a Facebook profile for himself with a West Vincent logo and a new Facebook page linked to some Instagram page:

And then I found this and have zero clue what that is about:

West Vincent also has an Instagram page…excuse me TWO Instagram pages….set up by someone else:

I asked around and apparently that person set one up a few years ago before Ms. Casey was employed. Seems like this woman who also is no longer at West Vincent must have lost her password, and started a second Instagram page. Her name is Maria. But none of this is something Ms. Casey has access to, so they seriously think she needs to give them control of this account or something? Whose on first here??? Why don’t they just talk to the Maria lady?

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS TOWNSHIP. I also do not understand why and how west Vincent Supervisors are OK with all of this? I mean don’t the supervisors know how Facebook works? I am only sharing two profile screenshots because the new guy has a photo of his kid for a profile photo.

This is bananas and what is WRONG with this manager?? Are the civil rights of Kristina Casey being violated? Isn’t this like she being persecuted most unfairly?

Good lord residents of West Vincent Township are you paying for this? If so, any single one of you could be next and why is this dude a manager? Once upon a time the question was asked if the state needed to come in and manage this township, makes a body wonder if they should be invited to, doesn’t it?

Please note this post is brought to you by the First Amendment and what is publicly available. And make sure you like and follow the NEW West Vincent Facebook page for drivel. I think at the end of the day ol’ Tommy wants to be adored even if that would be a cold dark day in hell?

oh ok, the current west vincent township manager and that federal law suit from east cocalico which seems to have reactivated and other curiosities….as the west vincent turns lives large, eh?

very disappointed in chrissy houlahan and her staff.

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You know when Chrissy Houlahan was first running for Congress, I was honestly excited back then. I thought she was so nice.

That was 2018.

That was then, and this is now. And lots of people are pretty disillusioned with her. Part of the problem is is that she has been so handled and shielded since she was elected by the Democratic Party. You literally can’t talk to her unless you’re like some big deal. If you go and participate in one of her Town Hall meetings, your questions need to be approved ahead of time, and that doesn’t matter if you’re in person or like on some big Zoom call or phone thing.

If you contact her, her staff is really nice and you might get a form letter in return, but don’t hold your breath waiting for your actual letter topic to be addressed. i’m literally not making this up. I have experienced it and people talk about this all of the time. There is actually one person I know who was very hurt by a lack of response by his Congresswoman. A man who literally helped make the Democrat Party in Chester County.

I am just disappointed.

And so is another local resident and constituent who contacted Houlahan’s office about a freedom of information act request AKA FOIA request being stalled out by the EPA.

This local resident has literally I think been trying to get an answer since I think April? So that’s like five months right? And no less than 10 phone calls on the topic to Houlahan’s office?

Why was she contacting Houlahan in the first place? EPA FOIA lack of response. And this is the response from EPA staff (finally) on September 8, 2026:

Obviously, this has to do with the East Whiteland data center, which is on a federally noticed super fund site known as Foote Mineral.

So are we to presume it took five months to circle the wagons here? Is something being hidden from the public? Do you guys think that this is acceptable? Why is a congressional office so hand’s off in assisting with a federal level issue?

I mean, who can we count on as residents in Chester County?

If you’ve ever submitted a right to know request, you’re familiar with the dance that often occurs. It’s whatever state municipality or agency you’re contacting asking for an extension. But five months for an excuse laden non-response?

I don’t know and I’m still asking as I close this post, is this EPA woman’s response ineptitude or by design?

Do better, Congresswoman Houlahan. You keep asking for us to continue to vote for you, but you’re not giving us a reason why anymore. This is a basic kind of thing that staff should be able to research and get a response to other than this. From April until September 8? Totally unacceptable, bureaucratic bullsheit, don’t you think?

It makes me really sad.

This person never actually got a response from Houlahan’s Office. 

remember when the mega warehouse stuff had to replace happy days farm in exton? why is it empty?

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It was a historic farm. Farmed until the bitter end. Part of a Penn Land Grant. But when Jack Bogle passed away, Vanguard which had bought the land at some point during his tenure, sold it….for development. Next is the old historic resource survey form, which seems to have disappeared from Pennsylvania websites?

So listen, if this had to be mega warehouses or whatever why is the whole site a ghost town? You can apparently just drive in and someone I know did that and sent the following video with this note:

Not one tire rub mark where truck drivers are always turning wheels hard leaving black marks. Not one oil drip. Pure virgin concrete.

Here, you look for yourselves:

So this begs the question which is a horrible thought and that is what else could this site be used for and does Uwchlan Township know or keep tabs on this? The sad fact of life is don’t you wish you could look at swaths of land like this and not worry it might someday become a freaking data center?

It’s a GHOST TOWN

https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/united-states/properties/for-lease/warehousedistribution/pa/exton/1130-pottstown-pike-bldg-1/s120199964s120201315-l

https://i76tradecenter.cushwakesites.com

Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?

Here are a couple of old Happy Days Farm posts to remind people what we lost:

not so happy days farms on route 100 near turnpike in exton (uwchlan township)
this used to be happy days farm…

dear “contest every race” and all democrats and republicans running for office.

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I really hate these text messages. Especially since I didn’t sign up for them and it’s an invasion.

They didn’t actually get a user-friendly version of me via text back. They got a blast just like Red Whiners and Blue. These groups can piss off.

When I was a Republican (until 2016) I was on do not solicit lists. I didn’t get emails, text messages, phone calls. When I tried to be a Democrat, I had to repeat the whole process. When I realized that both major parties were not for me and went to an Independent status, I’ve had to do it all over again and while the Republican Party has respected my do not call/do not text/do not contact them at all, I can’t say the same for Democrat groups. My husband who is also a registered Independent gets bombarded by both parties.

I can only say Democrat groups are being obnoxious with unwanted contact, I don’t know that it’s the entire party in PA with the lack of respect. This is the second one within about a week or so.

So to this group Contest Every Race which I never heard of before, can stick it where the sun don’t shine.

Here’s what I think: I don’t think any voter in Pennsylvania should be supporting candidates. I think the candidates should be supporting all of us against data centers.

I only know one politician for sure who is all about defending Pennsylvania against data centers and State Senator Katie Muth.

The others, regardless of party affiliation, I don’t necessarily know for sure. Well except for that guy who is running against State Representative Kristine Howard. His name is Joe Lewis. He is among other things, co-owner of a really good café in Wayne , Pennsylvania. And allow me to be clear, I am not endorsing Mr. Lewis, but he is literally the only person running for office besides Katie Muth who has stood up at a township meeting and basically say “What are you people doing?”

I have not heard another single candidate from either party do that. God knows the incumbents like Paul Friel, Danielle Friel Otten, Lisa Borowski, and Kristine Howard just to name a few are completely out of touch and have forgotten completely why and for whom they were elected. I have to wonder if they ever really knew if it is so easy to have selective political amnesia over data centers?

And I am very disappointed in the Democrats because they’re all lining up behind Josh Shapiro, who is data center happy.

Therefore, I think it is incumbent upon every politician running for office this November to actually really side with residents or get out of the way.

I just don’t know how else to say it other than plainly. We are fighting for our land, our property values, our water, our energy, our environment, and possibly our lives.

We need a full moratorium on data centers within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

I don’t want to hear any crap that we couldn’t look at Facebook, etc. etc. if they stopped building data centers. Newsflash to the idiots in the room is that those aren’t the kind of data centers they want to build. That is the bottom line.

So elected officials and politicians? What side of this issue do you want to be on? The right side or the wrong side?

Side with the people save us from what we haven’t asked for and don’t really need.

To all of the residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: you don’t have to support candidates with campaign donations when you need to fight for your right to exist. You tell anyone who wants your vote they need to earn your vote without your hard earned money. They need to roll up their sleeves and prove themselves.

Actions speak louder than words and I’m not seeing much out of Pennsylvania politicians with few exceptions.

If you are a politician at all running for OFFICE in Pennsylvania this November, even as an incumbent, if you can’t say no to data centers, people shouldn’t say yes to voting for any of you.

To the data center neighbors groups across Pennsylvania I have a simple message: if any of these politicians aren’t taking your side of the issue, they aren’t worth your time. Saying that they side with whatever Shapiro is shoveling is not anyone you want in office. Same with Marge Simpson, otherwise known as Stacey Garrity.

Our choices for governor are definitely lacking because of data centers, but we do have a say so the rest of the state and local races we are voting in.

Look carefully at the candidates and don’t just vote because they are your party or someone tells you to vote for them. Being an independent thinker is important here.

#NoDataCenters

#PeopleOverPolitics

#NoTimeForSheeple

is a great valley democrat east whiteland’s shadow cabinet?

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Screenshot from the very public and apparently not very updated. Chesco Democrats website.

Soooo. This is just a funny little post about wondering if Jerry Pyne is East Whiteland‘s shadow cabinet? I am just asking a question. I am not asserting that by design or anything else. It’s just he seems to insert himself often doesn’t he?

So he has an interesting history. He is now the past vice chair of the Chester County Democratic Committee. it’s actually embarrassing for them that he still shows up when you do a Google search as being Vice Chair because the current Vice Chair is Michelle Smith. and truly that is progress. I don’t always agree with her, but I know she does her best and does her homework and has honor. That is also not saying I have anything to do with this because really my opinion doesn’t matter to them. It’s just an opinion.

Anywhoo, Jerry reared his head and sometimes ruddy complexion when East Whiteland residents were gathering signatures to get the question on the ballot of should East Whiteland Township go to five supervisors.

See there’s Gerry directing opinion traffic or trying to.

Jerry likes to mansplain from what I’m told, but he was practically rabid about this not making the fall ballot wasn’t he? And I am sure he is working feverishly to make sure people don’t vote for this yes?

I never actually realized until this morning that he lives in East Whiteland. I thought he lived over the border in Charlestown for some reason but I guess that’s where the other crazy Jerry lives who is the Republican? It’s easy to get them mixed up because they are a type and there’s one from each party in such close proximity to one another right?

Jerry is a committee person for the Great Valley Democrats. His patch is Peoples Light and he is in the first precinct.

This morning, I was chatting with a friend who is a prodigious reader of meeting minutes of multiple municipalities. Truly a research marvel. So she says to me, do you know who your vacancy board person is in your township? And I said no, why?

Then I got the following screenshot:

Oh, and here’s the link in case anyone thinks I’m making it up:

East Whiteland 2026 Reorg.

And there he is Mr. Vacancy Board 2026! I wonder if he has a pretty sash like a prom queen or beauty pageant winner?

Anyway, what does that mean for the rest of us mere mortals ? Simple. If someone resigns or is removed from office or takes a leave of absence or is incapacitated in any manner he’s the guy that gets called up for tied votes. He’s a vote tie breaker.

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1933/0/0069..htm

Legally, however, he cannot vote himself to be a more permanent supervisor of the board in a situation. The purpose of this position is in part to decide upon a replacement Supervisor should a Supervisor position become vacant. It’s kind of important and people often overlook this spot in township government, myself included. honestly I had forgotten about the position.

It is mostly succinctly put an often overlooked but influential and important position.

https://www.palegis.us/statutes/unconsolidated/law-information/view-statute?txtType=PDF&SessYr=2017&ActNum=0016.&SessInd=0

And what would happen if he somehow came in via the vacancy board while this data center is still being decided?

Another valid question yes?

So he doesn’t want five supervisors as he loses his power right? He doesn’t want five supervisors because he loves data centers doesn’t he? I mean, shall we recall that email that recently surfaced in a voluminous right to know?

Allow me:

That is from 2023 and he was pushing data centers because his excuse? Didn’t want to appear business unfriendly correct?

Now the backup generation they were talking about at the time if I’m not mistaken, was the failed attempt at getting a hydrogen hub immediately over the township borders into West Whiteland with samey same developer yes?

How to Shut Down a Dirty Blue Hydrogen Project

Ahhh yes.

So I have a hypothesis and I’m going to ask another question. Does Jerry Pyne want to be a supervisor eventually in East Whiteland? This is easy way to get noticed via the back door if you are like the vacancy board person or appointed by the vacancy board because someone steps down or leaves or whatever?

That snake is not too subtle in this patch of grass IMHO so people need to keep an eye on him and this is yet another reason why we need to vote for five supervisors on the fall ballot.

Duplicitous is as duplicitous does?

Time will tell but right now I just have questions do any of you?

Life is very interesting right now.

Life is also not a conspiracy theory until suddenly it feels like one. Seeing that guy’s name next to vacancy board doesn’t help though does it?

and the (political) bullies roll into east whiteland township…oh wait they live here in some cases, don’t they?

so busy in east whiteland today!

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meanwhile in north coventry

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There was a data center meeting in North Coventry again last night. The developer came back again.

North Coventry Township KNEW this would be a big meeting but didn’t bother to find a bigger venue. Residents have told me they had 12 days to do so, but apparently did not? Residents were so immensely grateful for State Senator Katie Muth showing up for all of these residents, many of whom had to stand in a parking lot!

This not getting a venue that fits the crowd trick is getting old. East Whiteland has been doing this in my opinion. In East Whiteland they also alter the zoom video so even if you are on the zoom part of the meeting you can’t hear some of what is going on in the boardroom or on the recording post-meeting.

As a matter of fact I wrote to East Whiteland Township July 9, 2026 about this very thing of altering the sound that is actually subverting the public record is it not? Public meetings are supposed to be memorialized warts and all, correct? They have the often insipid meeting minutes for the sanitized life, right? Isn’t that as anti-sunshine as not getting a large enough meeting room when you know it will be a BIG meeting? When East Whiteland has done this in a few meetings they have actually muted State Senator Katie Muth. One time I think they turned off microphones, but the other times? The people they pay to record meetings deliberately mute out public reactions and that is wrong.

So in the end according to The Pottstown Mercury, the North Coventry Supervisors opposed the data center plan, but they need to address the fact that residents have a right to be at these meeting so they need to find a place to fit them in, not shut them out. After all up in Luzerne County, Salem Township is being sued by residents for doing just that.

North Coventry supervisors oppose data center plan

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2026/08/pa-township-residents-sue-after-being-locked-out-of-public-meeting-on-data-centers.html

west pikeland has lost it’s heart? can people please rally to save cayden’s corner?

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A dad named Ryan Contacted me. He and his wife and family lost a baby at a week old named Cayden. Literally they held him and loved him for 7 days and he was gone. I can’t imagine that feeling, wouldn’t want to, but I have had friends and family experience such losses of children.

This family while working through their grief developed a tribute to their infant son in a West Pikeland Township Park that was a sand lot fo other kids to enjoy. It was named and dedicated “Cayden’s Corner.” Over the past two years, Cayden’s Corner has become both a memorial to their deceased son and a place where who knows how many hundreds of children have played. It was built and dedicated in Pine Creek Park.

So apparently, West Pikeland Township which always seems super secretive (like do they record meetings yet?) and insular in an unhealthy way has been pursuing a larger playground improvement project at Pine Creek Park using grants and donations. A committee was formed to assist with that effort, but despite Ryan Leithead’s involvement in creating Cayden’s Corner and assisting with playground grant efforts, he was not included in those discussions? Like for real? How crass, right?

To add to this, Ryan also learned that the proposed playground redesign may involve relocating Cayden’s Corner and altering or removing the existing memorial signage and dedication that were part of the original project, and for real? Nice way for the township to make this family experience more grief and literally feel shat upon in my humble opinion.

So Ryan went to the Board of Supervisors meeting I guess last evening to speak about his concerns. During the public discussion that followed, it became clear that there are differing opinions regarding the future of Cayden’s Corner and the memorial elements associated with it.

To be very clear, Ryan Leithead is NOT opposed to improving the playground.

He supports investing in Pine Creek Park and creating an even better playground for the families of West Pikeland.

His only request is that every effort be made to preserve the memorial that already exists and that his family be included in discussions affecting something that was built in memory of their son.

Here is video:

Here is Ryan’s written statement:

Good Evening Supervisors,
My name is Ryan Leithead. I am a member of the Parks and Recreation Committee, a West Pikeland resident, and most importantly, Cayden’s father.
My wife Denise is here with me tonight, and this is her first time attending a Board of Supervisors meeting.
In December of 2022, my wife and I experienced every parent’s worst nightmare when our son Cayden passed away just seven days after he was born.
Like many families who suffer a loss like that, we struggled to find a way to channel our grief into something positive.
Working with the Township, I proposed the creation of a sand play area at Pine Creek Park that would become known as Cayden’s Corner.
What was created was far more than a donation.
I personally funded the project.
I selected the equipment and design with the assistance of a trusted and certified local playground contractor.
I helped raise additional funds and secure labor and material donations from members of our community totaling more than $25,000 in value.
I personally built much of the project with my own hands over the course of several months, working from plans reviewed by the Township engineer and supported by Township leadership at the time.
I also assisted with the original playground grant effort by securing a professional playground design and layout at no cost from the same playground contractor and by providing letters of support and community-impact information for both grant applications.
The project was completed and dedicated just before the first anniversary of Cayden’s passing.
For my family, Cayden’s Corner is not simply a playground feature.
It is a memorial.
It represents countless hours of work, healing, remembrance, love, and community support during one of the most difficult periods of our lives.
Over the past two years, I have watched hundreds of children enjoy that space.
That has brought comfort not only to me, but to my family as well.
It was recently brought to my attention that the current playground planning process may significantly alter Cayden’s Corner, including the potential relocation of the entire sand play area and associated equipment, as well as the possible removal of the memorial sign and designation.
That is why I am here tonight.
I fully support improving Pine Creek Park Playground and I am not asking the township to halt the project.
I am asking the Township to preserve Cayden’s Corner as part of that project, consistent with the commitment the Township made in writing when the project was donated, approved, and dedicated to the memory of my son.
If there are accessibility improvements that need to be made, I have repeatedly asked to be included in those discussions and would welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively toward solutions that improve accessibility while preserving the memorial.
But I am asking that every effort be made to preserve the memorial that already exists before deciding that it must be removed or relocated, particularly when it was created through significant personal effort, community support, and Township partnership.
I am also deeply concerned by discussions regarding the potential removal of the Cayden’s Corner memorial sign and designation. For my family, the name, sign, and dedication are an important part of the memorial. After everything that went into creating Cayden’s Corner in the aftermath of our son’s passing, the possibility of removing that dedication feels deeply hurtful and difficult to understand.
The name, sign, and dedication are an important part of the memorial and should not be discarded.
Before any final decisions are made, I respectfully ask the Board to consider what Cayden’s Corner means to my family, the circumstances under which it was created, and whether there is a path to improve the playground while preserving the memorial that already exists.
When most people look at Cayden’s Corner, they see a sandbox. When they hear out story they begin to see what my family sees.
We see a memorial built for a little boy whou never had a chance to play there.
We see a place where our two living children can play along side their brother in spirit, and where community children can play in Caydens Memory.
And I see something I built for my son.
Thank you for your time.

Ryan also sits on the board of an amazing organization called “A Haven“. It is a child and family grief center.

I am asking people to contact West Pikeland Township ASAP and demand Cayden’s Corner and Cayden’s memory as dedicated there be maintained.

Oh and not for nothing, Ryan shelled a lot of personal funds and sweat equity into this to make it happen.

As per West Pikeland’s lame website this is the current manager:

TOWNSHIP MANAGER

Joan Blatcher

610-590-5300

manager@westpikeland.com

Here are the supervisors whom should ALL know better and whom should be considerate about this:

Chair

Thomas J. McLewee Jr.

tmclewee@westpikeland.com

Term Expires: 1/2/2030

Vice Chair

Noreen Vigilante

nvigilante@westpikeland.com

Term Expires: 1/2/2030

Supervisor

Steven F. Costa

scosta@westpikeland.com

Term Expires: 1/2/2028

Supervisor

Harold M. Hallman III

hhallman@westpikeland.com

Term Expires: 1/5/2032

Supervisor

Bryan Maher

bmaher@westpikeland.com

Term Expires: 1/5/2032

breaking news from ginny kerslake re: east whiteland data center

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From Ginny Kerslake:

🚨And now this……

Sentinel Green Fig, the developer behind the proposed hyper scale data center project in East Whiteland Township does not have the required commitment from Aqua for the water it needs for the approved 2024 plan.

Not by a long shot

I filed a RTK request over a month ago for the required will-serve letter from Aqua. I finally got my response from the township today.

The letter below from September 2024,

is all that they have. Not only did it expire almost a year ago, but in it Aqua tells Green Fig they cannot supply the 2,900 gallons per minute (4.25M gallons per day) they need. Aqua can only provide 20% of that. Sorry Charlie……

🔴Sentinel Green Fig does not have the water they need for their approved plan. Without that water, the plan is dead. This developer doesn’t just WANT changes to the approved plan to conserve water – they NEED those changes.

The modifications they are requesting including changing the cooling system and removing the basement/relocating the generators to the outside require approval by the Board of Supervisors.

The Supervisors have two choices. They can vote NO to the requested changes and the data center plan is dead. Or they can breathe new life into it by approving the changes, despite the harms that it will bring.

My burning question is WHO knew WHAT and WHEN?

Oh, and aren’t there some very specific things from PECO they need?

demolition time in bryn mawr?

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Apparently, the apartments that we knew in my day as Bryn Mawr Courts and most recently as College Hall Apartments is being demolished at present by Shipley?

Sorry not sorry, but that is sad.

If you live nearby, send photos. I am looking for current photos of demolition and photos of it whole if you have them.

I am not thrilled that my alma mater is doing this, but they bought the property and sometime in institutions have the soul of nothingness. Truthfully, they need faculty housing. So they’re being a little shortsighted in my humble opinion.

Truthfully the place was amazing. It stood without burning to the ground with all of the Villanova parties and everything over the decades, but it just shows you how tough the building was.

Jeff S photo

Someone told me they might be turning that corner into a parking lot? And I found where the school put up a video about the demolition beginning. Just for the record that gator mascot is still the damn dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. Also dumb? Celebrating the destruction of a historic asset.

Anyway, if you have photos of the demolition in progress or old photos of the building, you can send them through private message to my blog’s Facebook page. Just kindly indicate what kind of photo credit you would like.

Maybe for decades the place has been more infamous than a historic asset, but the sad thing is it actually was a historic asset.

You know, I’ve never been a big donor to Shipley‘s annual fund over the decades, this demolition of this building kind of makes me to feel less inclined to give them money in the near term and I hate to be that way, but what is wrong with adaptive reuse?

Jeff S. Photos

Anyway, if they had had their way, Beechwood House still wouldn’t be standing today either. They are not the ones who saved Beechwood. It was alumni and the community.

All demolition photos added so far are courtesy of Jeff S.