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This seat’s taken A Girard Estate school faces potentially dangerous cuts to its transportation services. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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e always hear that the powers that be want to expand successful programs,” Dr. Jack Carr said Monday at Girard Academic Music Program, 2136 Ritner St. “However, if the plan to slash our bus services goes through, we will have a retrograde situation.” The second-year principal at the lauded Girard Estate magnet facility has had his composure tested since a July School District of Philadelphia-issued letter notified him of the proposed elimination of his middle school pupils’ provided transportation. Though the original idea to suspend services this year failed, he and the See GAMP CUTS page 10 Developer Louis A. Cicalese, inset, addressed the amenities that the hotel, whose façade appears in this rendering, will offer to guests.
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Luxurious lodging Ofcials helped to break ground on what will be The Philadelphia Navy Yard’s rst hotel.
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By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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ith his family’s roots being in Bella Vista, which translates as “pretty view,” one might presume Louis A. Cicalese highly values vivid visuals. Come next fall, the developer plans to have many eye-catching visions
for South Philly visitors. He joined other dignitaries Oct. 18 at The Philadelphia Navy Yard for a groundbreaking ceremony for the 1,200-acre urban campus’ first hotel: A $34-million, 172room Courtyard by Marriott. The five-story spectacle, which is slated for a fall 2013 opening, also will offer guests 2,000 square feet of meeting space;
an upscale restaurant and lounge complete with park views; and a state-of-the-art fitness center. Hundreds of guests joined the officials as they detailed that Liberty Property/ Synterra L.P., a venture between Malvernheadquartered Liberty Property Trust and See COURTYARD page 11