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Clearfield wrote:Verizon is smart to want Suburban carrying their name. The station is adjacent and connected to Comcast headquarters. Since Verizon and Comcast are duking it out nationally for Xfinity versus FIOS it puts Verizon at Comcast's front door and the Verizon name in Comcast's face.
motor wrote:Clearfield wrote:Verizon is smart to want Suburban carrying their name. The station is adjacent and connected to Comcast headquarters. Since Verizon and Comcast are duking it out nationally for Xfinity versus FIOS it puts Verizon at Comcast's front door and the Verizon name in Comcast's face.
File with Mr. Spacely looking out his window one day to find "COGSWELL COGS" in his face!
motor
R36 Combine Coach wrote:You are correct. PennCentral had offices in Six Penn Center ( NW corner of 17th and Market ) which later also housed Conrail employees until they consolidated their offices to Commerce Square. Other than a tenant / landlord relationship, I don't believe there was any connection.khecht wrote:Penn Center refers to the office buildings that were along the former PRR "Chinese Wall" and related approaches to, and parts of, the former Broad Street Station, and represents the redevelopment of that land area. What specific buildings were owned by the railroad still when the Penn Central came to be I don't know though. One Penn Center (above Suburban Station) seems likely to have remained under railroad ownership for a while but appears to be at least managed by a third party now and likely has been for a while.Penn Central (which still exists as a holding company/trust in name and also owns some ROWs) still has offices at Six Penn Center, I recall somewhere.
tjensen wrote:motor wrote:Clearfield wrote:Verizon is smart to want Suburban carrying their name. The station is adjacent and connected to Comcast headquarters. Since Verizon and Comcast are duking it out nationally for Xfinity versus FIOS it puts Verizon at Comcast's front door and the Verizon name in Comcast's face.
File with Mr. Spacely looking out his window one day to find "COGSWELL COGS" in his face!
motor
Hehe smart analogy lol
Good job motor!
walnut wrote:Except the primary revenue source is fares. Anything that moves away from customer understanding is not good for business.
loufah wrote: But if adding a name to Suburban Station will mean fewer wraps on buses (which interfere with me finding a stop at night), and an end to ads defacing the floor of 30th Street, then go for it.Not at all. This is SEPTA making up for the lack of funding provided by the state and local municipalities. Nowadays I wonder what other space SEPTA will find to sell for ad space...
Tritransit Area wrote:Not at all. This is SEPTA making up for the lack of funding provided by the state and local municipalities. Nowadays I wonder what other space SEPTA will find to sell for ad space...Bus drivers' uniforms. Nothing says "fast service" better than a bus driver decked out like a NASCAR driver.
Tritransit Area wrote:Not at all. This is SEPTA making up for the lack of funding provided by the state and local municipalities. Nowadays I wonder what other space SEPTA will find to sell for ad space...There was a time in the not too distant past when SEPTA was prohibited by state law from increasing revenues through ads.
