Daily News | Why there’s nowhere to hang out at night in Philly anymore
The Penn Bookstore at 36th and Walnut is open until 8:30 p.m. It's one of the few spaces with evening hours that isn't a bar.The Penn Bookstore at 36th and Walnut Streets looks like any other urban campus bookstore. Operated by Barnes & Noble, it sells university paraphernalia along with artfully organized bestsellers.campus, is a Starbucks with floor-to-ceiling windows and plenty of seating.is enjoying a quiet night out.
In addition to Guzman-Ortega on a recent evening, the bookstore hosted a few students and a man weighed down with bags bursting with his belongings. Another older gentleman walked aimlessly around, gazing out the window.and Penn that are open at night for those who aren’t looking for a raucous or TV-lined bar.
Across the street from Panera, the cafeteria atop the Acme at 40th and Walnut hosts a varied crew of neighborhood denizens. On a recent evening, a young man played video games on his laptop next to a woman and her children eating a dinner purchased at the hot bar downstairs. An older fellow in a skullcap studied from a pile of religious texts, and several more people watched TV.
“We know that folks are hanging out in that cafe space before or after shows because a lot of times people don’t want to just go home,” Renzi said. “That’s the thing with the Rotunda, too: You can come in and spend absolutely no money, and nobody’s going to ask you to leave.” It was during Rodin’s tenure that Penn opened the bookstore on 36th and Walnut, previously a surface parking lot. The university also bought
“We can’t always control the operating hours, but we can have some influence,” said Anthony P. Sorrentino, an associate vice president at Penn. “We want there to be vibrancy and activity on the street. We don’t want darkened storefronts. Even if a store is closed, we forbid in our leases those roll down metal gates so there’s always luminance coming out of the storefront.”
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