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Article: A growing trend: Center City families.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- January 22, 2007
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Byline: Joseph A. Slobodzian
Jan. 22--Eavesdrop on any conversation about Center City Philadelphia's residential real estate boom, and you'll hear the question: Who's buying these things? The answer in many cases -- to the surprise of even some of Center City's most optimistic boosters -- is young families.
People like Brian Birtwistle and wife Julie Bornstein, both 36, dot.com transplants from Seattle, with daughter Lucy, 3, and son Sam, 1. They moved last weekend into Liberty Court, a block from the historic Headhouse in Society Hill. Or Nina and John Stanley, both 34, from Manhattan and ensconced since Thanksgiving with daughter Ashley, 14, ...