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Originally Posted by UrbanRevival
Don't remember reading anything about this hospitality project before. Looks like a great new asset for South Street and already getting exposure from the NYTimes:
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Very nice, unfortunately there was another shooting death on South St Monday morning, I hadn't heard anything about it until I received an email from the neighborhood association. I hadn't heard of this project until it was called out as one of the positive developments on South St. I will say, apart from losing Vegan Tree to a vape shop (and several other vape shops) there have been some cool businesses open in the last year+
Here's the email if anyone's curious:
"
Around 2:20am this morning, an individual was shot over 20 times on the 500 block of South Front Street and was later pronounced dead.
This terrible event leaves us all saddened and dismayed that there was yet another homicide stemming from late night activity on South Street—especially, at a time when so much effort has been put towards revitalizing the street.
The surrounding neighborhood organizations and the South Street Headhouse District are working closely together to attract more positive, family-friendly establishments and stem the conditions that can cause this kind of violence.
And we’ve made progress: Several diverse businesses have chosen South Street as their home, like Sam Shaw’s Treatery, Yowie Hotel, Brooklyn Dumplings, Queen and Rook, a new Hawaiian barbecue restaurant, the DreamEerie, and many more.
Yet, some businesses attract individuals who engage in illegal, dangerous behavior that, in the worst case, turns violent. It is these businesses that we have repeatedly sought enforcement actions against. It is these businesses that are destroying the Street. This must end.
The City, through effective prosecution of criminal behavior and effective enforcement of code violations by Licenses and Inspection and the Health Department can and must put this work at the very top of their agenda now.
The residents will not sit idly by in stunned silence. We owe to our neighbors and our city to demand all eyes and all effort put on fixing South Street. Now.
We thank our law enforcement, especially at the South Street Mini Station, who continue to risk their lives to protect ours and for their ongoing support of the community.
President
Queen Village Neighbors Association
President
Society Hill Civic Association
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