The new hotel coming to Upper Providence is picking up speed. Today, the former site of Maggie's Hook, before that Generations and before that the Little Inn Restaurant; was torn down to make way for the new building.
I moved out of the state well over a year ago to a rural part on the Chesapeake Bay. If you've read this blog for any length of time, it's obvious why I left.
Good luck.
Tedman
Right behind you Tedman. Thanks for information over the years!
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with a hotel vs. a vacant restaurant shell?
DeleteI pretty much knew everybody's hometown was not for me with the arrival of the hate has no home here lawnsigns. Unfortunately, I can't move for another 18 months, but I'm counting down the days. I'll miss the idea of Media, but not the reality.
ReplyDeleteUntil then let's vote for people to get Media's character back!
DeleteYou prefer to make a home where hate is welcome? You must be a fun neighbor.
DeleteAss. You wouldn't know hatred. You're probably a privileged white guy in your parents basement.
DeleteYes - Thank you for the local info, and running this site. Are you planning to keep contributing to this site, or hand over control to anyone else? It would be a shame to lose the stories you've collected over the years.
ReplyDeleteDo you recommend any other websites that feature stories on the greater Media area?
Thanks again!
Glad you have found peace in your decision and for your years of support with this this informative resource. We all deserve to be happy with where and how we live. That said, I am a little confused by the theme of the post. Are you saying that you are disappointed with the development of a hotel in Upper Providence? Should this have remained an abandoned building? Should someone have convinced the Little Inn to re-open? Should this lot have been purchased by the township and made into open space (we know how well that goes over around).
ReplyDeleteIt seems there is an overwhelming sense of nostalgia and wish for the “good ol’ days” …the times when the The Little Inn and the Old Town House and Packy’s and the Plumsted were still around. I always find this type of wistful nostalgia interesting. I think it is great to look with fondness on the past (I do it myself)…but not at the sacrifice of the present. I have read many blog posts and Facebook posts about people lamenting about the evolution of Media. I have heard people who grew up here in the sixties saying that was the best Media there ever was. I have heard the same from people who grew up here in the Seventies. I myself grew up here in the eighties and loved it. But the funny thing is that my kids are growing up here now and they are making their own wonderful memories and they love “this “Media – “their” Media” -- just as much as I loved mine.
If we want things to stay the same or return to what they were …well, that is a tough road. And it not the borough council’s fault, as much as people think it might be. No politician or party can return things to what they were or stem the tide of change. Only we can possibly hope to do that by patronizing and supporting the things we want to stay, by investing and purchasing land we don’t want to be developed, be establishing business ourselves with business models that incentivize patrons and combat competitive market trends. If we are not doing any or all of these things, then what we are left with is complaining about politicians and hoping things “go back to what they were”. In that sense, maybe you are right…maybe it is easier to pack it in and leave. For me, I think it is worth shaping something new.
The suburbs need to be changed to “crime-adjacent community”.
ReplyDeleteI agree with AnonymousAugust 29, 2019 at 9:04 AM! Media is a fine place to live -- past, present and future. Life is change -- some good, some not. You adapt and move on. If that move is out of state (or out of Media), rest assured, you will find something to bitch about no matter where you end up if you look hard enough. Yes, Tedman, it's obvious why you left: your negativity wore thin for you and us. You may have started as a muckraker, but you eventually became just a hater. Speaking of haters, someone taking umbrage with 'hate has no home here' lawn signs is probably busy pitching 'Trump 2020' lawn signs.
ReplyDeleteDon't the whiners complain that there are too MANY restaurants? Now that a restaurant is replaced by a different business we will complain about that as well?
ReplyDeleteToo close to Chester, PA. People routinely getting shot there now. Two people shot there yesterday and one was a 7yr old girl. Looking to move out of Delco (Media) in the next 18 months.
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