I want to comment how sad it is to read so many bad reviews of PTP. My memories, albeit old, are quite different. I lived in the South building from 1969 through 1976. In 1969 I paid $225 a month for rent(two year lease / one bedroom with a killer view)and there were no surcharges. Parking in the underground garage was about $35.00 a month. The buildings were relatively new (built 1959)and were in great shape. The facility was very well maintained and renovations were regularly completed. They painted the interior of your apartment every three years if it needed it or not. Maintenance issues were attended to immediately. The door men were polite and remembered your name. The lobby was immaculate. The bus was replaced every few years and I never remember it not being on time. It continuously looped into center city and back. It was certainly run like a business but the office was responsive and reasonable to deal with. The social life was vibrant. I was in my early/mid twenties and felt like a kid in a toy shop. Forty years ago PTP was a top tier complex and was run accordingly. I was always proud when I would bring a new date to my apartment and see how the complex, its appearance, its amenities, and the view impressed people. I really did not want to leave when circumstances caused me to move to Florida in 1976. I do, however, have life long pleasant memories of living at PTP in those days.

$225 in 1969 is worth just under $1,400 today so maybe PTP is not as dis-proportionally expensive as it appears to be. However, in 1969 the place was truly first class and easily commanded premium rents. I was in Philadelphia about 7 years ago and drove into the complex. The buildings were run down and certainly did not come close to having the edge it once had. So maybe, on the other hand, one should not now be paying a premium to live there as I recognized I was doing forty years ago at the barely affordable $225 a month (a huge amount on a $10K income).

User Responses
From: easterner	Date: 03/21/2008
I loved living here 6 years ago...reasonable rent given the location, and being a single, energy-minded person in a small studio, my utilites were approx $20/month. PTP payed for water and sewer, also had internet included. 6 years later, that's all been taken away, and this same, energy-minded person in the same small studio was hit with a $72 gas bill and $120 total utility bill. Rent has nearly doubled in just 6 years, the shared utilities simply absurd, and the feeling continually creeps in that PTP is trying to force the long-time residents out. Not good.

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