CC strange people

**yassie** · 08-10-2012, 08:01 AM

I sat outside at 18th & Walnut having lunch yesterday and saw so many crazy people!. There was also a lady who is so extremely anorexic and well dressed walking by. I've seen her around before-so sad!

**BarryG** · 08-10-2012, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by yassie

I sat outside at 18th & Walnut having lunch yesterday and saw so many crazy people!. There was also a lady who is so extremely anorexic and well dressed walking by. I've seen her around before-so sad!

The hat lady?

**FKD19124** · 08-10-2012, 09:16 AM

center city has always had its assortment of strange people

Originally Posted by yassie

I sat outside at 18th & Walnut having lunch yesterday and saw so many crazy people!. There was also a lady who is so extremely anorexic and well dressed walking by. I've seen her around before-so sad!

**PhilaCap** · 08-10-2012, 09:29 AM

There's weirdos walking around center city? No way!!

**loveisnoise** · 08-10-2012, 10:39 AM

I most likely walked by you.

**szekely** · 08-10-2012, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by yassie

I sat outside at 18th & Walnut having lunch yesterday and saw so many crazy people!. There was also a lady who is so extremely anorexic and well dressed walking by. I've seen her around before-so sad!

I was about to tell you that there's already a whole thread on crazy people a few lines down, but it appears you are the author of that one, too.
Btw, I've heard that the skinny hat lady used to be a psychiatrist.

**10th and Spruce** · 08-10-2012, 12:23 PM

Yeah, is she the one that wears fur and looks like she's straight out of 1950's Paris?

**Mustard** · 08-10-2012, 01:27 PM

I don't believe anyone who says it's always been like this. Lived here for decades and it's definitely getting worse. Insane amount of mentally disabled folks everywhere. Lots of really aggressive pan handlers and packs of teen hobos in weird olive green and army boot getups..

**Litter Box** · 08-10-2012, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by Mustard

I don't believe anyone who says it's always been like this. Lived here for decades and it's definitely getting worse. Insane amount of mentally disabled folks everywhere. Lots of really aggressive pan handlers and packs of teen hobos in weird olive green and army boot getups..

You are correct. The dog lady who would bark like a dog when she walked, the pan handler with one leg on 52nd St were around but nowhere near as extreme or in the numbers we have today. Whatcha goin ta do ?

**Hiki** · 08-10-2012, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by Mustard

I don't believe anyone who says it's always been like this. Lived here for decades and it's definitely getting worse. Insane amount of mentally disabled folks everywhere. Lots of really aggressive pan handlers and packs of teen hobos in weird olive green and army boot getups..

I worked at the Borders while it was there and the area is the same as it always has been. The characters might change but they've always been there. It might have been worse as "Cornell", a homeless man who seemed to adopt Borders as his home, used to actually live on the corner of 18th & Walnut for a time.

**Litter Box** · 08-10-2012, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by Hiki

I worked at the Borders while it was there and the area is the same as it always has been. The characters might change but they've always been there. It might have been worse as "Cornell", a homeless man who seemed to adopt Borders as his home, used to actually live on the corner of 18th & Walnut for a time.

My reply to Mustard goes back 50+ years before they released problem people from the institutions to fend for themselves on the streets.

**cubanChris** · 08-10-2012, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by 10th and Spruce

Yeah, is she the one that wears fur and looks like she's straight out of 1950's Paris?

I've heard her referred to as the 'Rittenhouse Widow' followed by any number of tall tales like...

1. She is a prostitute.

2. She is actually a widow that only got the house and her clothes in a divorce long ago... Which is why her clothes are actually rather worn and her home equally so (no money).

3. She was a former b-list model or something.

Who knows which of the sad tales is true. Most likely none are, but she is pretty well known and recognized! Regardless, it is sad.

**mixiboi** · 08-10-2012, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by FKD19124

center city has always had its assortment of strange people

There is a new wave of interesting people..

**szekely** · 08-12-2012, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by cubanChris

I've heard her referred to as the 'Rittenhouse Widow' followed by any number of tall tales like...
2. She is actually a widow that only got the house and her clothes in a divorce long ago... Which is why her clothes are actually rather worn and her home equally so (no money).

I've heard something similar. Not to nitpick, but if she's a widow then she cannot also be a divorcee.