Get to know the neighbors

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John Cacciamani (WG00, M96)

Moved to University City: 1999

Occupation: Fellow at the Division of Geriatrics with a practice at Ralston House

Previous home: apartment in Germantown

I love my house. I love West Philadelphia. Weve redone the entire place top to bottom, thanks to the University plan. I came back. (I used to live on Pine Street.) I came to know people in the communitytrue long-time community dwellers, the professors and physicians. I love Colonial Pizza [at 43rd and Pine streets]. They actually gave me my cat. And then my block is just wonderful.

Jeffrey Rusling

Moved to University City: 1999

Occupation: General manager, Penn Computer Connection

Previous Home: Art Museum area

Its a quiet, very family-oriented street. Im up on Larchwood, the 4700 block. The neighbors are very nice. I actually couldnt be happier there. I was renting, and I took the plunge to buy for the first time. It was the best decision I ever made. Instead of just paying rent and never seeing it again, Im putting it into a house where I have equity.

Dorothy Darden

Moved to University City: 1998

Occupation: Housekeeper in Franklin Building

Previous Home: Lived with her sister in a house at 62nd Street and Girard Avenue

I love this house. One things the size. I love my neighborhood. Its quiet. I would not have been able to buy the house without Penns help. (Now her daughter is looking for a house in the neighborhood.)

Nubar Hovsepian

Moved to University City: 2001

Occupation: Associate director, Middle East Center

Previous Home: Palisades Park, near New York City

My options were to live in Philadelphia or move out to suburbia. I hate suburbia. Its too homogenous. I like the neighborhood. I like old houses. ...We have new restaurants coming up. And I like the fact that there are people who have nothing to do with the University coexisting with people who are part of the University.

To learn more about Penns Community Housing Program, you can visit www.upenn.edu/EVP/communityhousing.