Philadelphia Briefs
Issue date: 9/28/07 Section: News
Philadelphia Homicide Total Reaches 305
The homicide count has reached 305 with a stabbing and a shooting on September 25, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer article on September 26. Around 2 p.m., Philadelphia Police reported to 5900 Race Street and found Dashon Black, 19, shot in the head and chest inside a residence. Black was rushed to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he was pronounced dead. No arrests were made.
Eugene Lewis, 48, was found at 5800 Osage Avenue and had two stab wounds to the stomach. He was found by his nephew at 3:40 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Authorities charged and arrested his brother, Donald Lewis Sr., 60, who lives at the same residence. They believe the stabbing occurred over an argument about money.
Convention Center Study is Released
A study funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts has found that the $700 million expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center may not be as good of an investment as advertised by the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority (PCCA) and the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PCVB). The report cited that the two organizations made their case for the expansion by comparing a very pessimistic forecast of the current convention center to a very optimistic forecast of an expanded center, according to a Philadelphia Daily News article on September 26. For example, the report found that the claim that the attendance of the convention center would increase from 200,000 to 410,000 is "highly unlikely."
Governor Ed Rendell read a summary of the report in July before it was released to the press and still believed that the center is a good investment. "If you asked me if you could get that money to address other challenges in Philadelphia, would it be better spent that way, then I believe the answer is yes. But the problem is, we wouldn't get the money unless it's for a major capital project," Rendell said in the article. The $700 million expansion is being funded by state gambling revenues.
The homicide count has reached 305 with a stabbing and a shooting on September 25, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer article on September 26. Around 2 p.m., Philadelphia Police reported to 5900 Race Street and found Dashon Black, 19, shot in the head and chest inside a residence. Black was rushed to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he was pronounced dead. No arrests were made.
Eugene Lewis, 48, was found at 5800 Osage Avenue and had two stab wounds to the stomach. He was found by his nephew at 3:40 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Authorities charged and arrested his brother, Donald Lewis Sr., 60, who lives at the same residence. They believe the stabbing occurred over an argument about money.
Convention Center Study is Released
A study funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts has found that the $700 million expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center may not be as good of an investment as advertised by the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority (PCCA) and the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PCVB). The report cited that the two organizations made their case for the expansion by comparing a very pessimistic forecast of the current convention center to a very optimistic forecast of an expanded center, according to a Philadelphia Daily News article on September 26. For example, the report found that the claim that the attendance of the convention center would increase from 200,000 to 410,000 is "highly unlikely."
Governor Ed Rendell read a summary of the report in July before it was released to the press and still believed that the center is a good investment. "If you asked me if you could get that money to address other challenges in Philadelphia, would it be better spent that way, then I believe the answer is yes. But the problem is, we wouldn't get the money unless it's for a major capital project," Rendell said in the article. The $700 million expansion is being funded by state gambling revenues.
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