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"Alex B" (alexb420) 06/01/2015 at 17:47 • Filed to: WWYR

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I took this during winter, just remembered to post this here.

The E coupe was a 350 IIRC

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Alex B 06/01/2015 at 17:58

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Is the bus available? I would hoon the shit out of a Navistar bus.

ranwhenparked > Alex B 06/01/2015 at 18:47

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A yes, the center of the sprawling metropolis of Chalfont.

Alex B > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 06/01/2015 at 18:52

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Definitely is!

Alex B > ranwhenparked 06/01/2015 at 18:54

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Chalfont is a hole in the wall. Doylestown is where it's at.

ranwhenparked > Alex B 06/01/2015 at 18:57

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Oh, but there’s so many beautiful historical sites - the abandoned bowling alley, the abandoned drive-in restaurant, the vacant church, the empty fire station, the burned-out car wash, etc. etc.

Alex B > ranwhenparked 06/01/2015 at 19:00

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Definitely! Also, the abandoned Lenape Swim Club. Supposedly they are supposed to develop the bowling alley area.

ranwhenparked > Alex B 06/01/2015 at 19:15

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There’s been a couple of rejected proposals for that corner - supposedly, Rite Aid wanted it several years ago, but the borough council rejected their plans because they weren’t in keeping with their “Victorian village” aesthetic. Which, I guess, means that whatever does get built there will have to be a cheap stucco box with a few pieces of fake Victorian gingerbread glued to it.

I think it is still going to be a drug store of some sort, with apartments or condos on part of the site.

Didn’t realize Lenape was closed down, hadn’t been there in years (I do remember being like 3 years old and being held under water in the kiddie pool by some older kids until one of their moms came over and stopped them).

Now that you mention it, I think there’s also some abandoned greenhouses back there, too that can’t be demolished cheaply due to some sort of soil contamination.

Alex B > ranwhenparked 06/01/2015 at 20:28

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Honestly, I couldn’t care less about what style architecture the buildings are. As long as they destroy the eyesores that currently exist! Chalfont isn’t really *that* Victorian. I don’t know how that awful looking apartment building got approved.

Yes, Lenape valley closed down last summer. The owners were having health issues. They sold it to a developer. They are unable to develop it at this time because of those contaminated greenhouses.

ranwhenparked > Alex B 06/01/2015 at 20:46

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I know, I laughed the first time I heard the “Victorian village” phrase, the borough is really committed to it - they think it differentiates themselves from Doylestown.

If you’re talking about the same apartment building I think you are, it was built back in the ‘30s and used to be brick, but was stuccoed over and now has a severe mildew problem.

Alex B > ranwhenparked 06/01/2015 at 21:12

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To be honest, I feel that the main reason chalfont is still a thing is because of 202. Without all the people going from Doylestown to Montgomeryville, it would be almost like a root 66 situation.

I’m referring to this gem:

*shudders*

ranwhenparked > Alex B 06/01/2015 at 21:28

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Yep, that’s it - the Schoolhouse Apartments. They were actually built by the same architect as the borough hall up the street and used to look like a larger version of it. Then, someone covered up the brick, then they stopped maintaining it.

Alex B > ranwhenparked 06/01/2015 at 21:41

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The borough hall is an okay looking building. I would have liked to see what the school house apartments looked like in brick. For not actually living here, you know quite a bit!

ranwhenparked > Alex B 06/01/2015 at 21:43

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Well, I did live there for like, 28 years, after all.

Alex B > ranwhenparked 06/01/2015 at 21:48

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True. I’ve spent all my 15 years on the face of the earth here. Overall, I really like Bucks. Most of Montco is good as well, although I have some reservations about Landsdale and the surrounding areas. They say they are “revitalizing” the area, but it will never compare to Doylestown.