Swat '07 Will Try to Answer Q's

momof3sons
Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:58:13 +0000

Once again, this is the current student replying. (The last momof3sons reply was also me).

At the bottom of campus is what is known as the “Ville”. Highlights include the Co-op (a small supermarket that can be somewhat pricey, but is extremely convenient), Renato’s (pizzeria), Cheng Hing (Chinese food), a laundromat (only necessary for students living off-campus), two dry cleaners, the post office (the college has a separate post office in Parrish, the central building on campus, where students receive mail), and a number of specialty boutiques, (florist, bookshop, music store, etc.). If you walk north on Chester Road (Route 320), you will come out to the Baltimore Pike. The Springfield Mall is a good sized mall located at the corner of 320 and the pike, and is less than a mile from campus. Other stores in easy walking distance (10-20 minutes) include Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Genuardi’s (a supermarket), Borders, and a number of restaurants (Bertucci’s, Panera, Coldstone, John Harvard’s, Charlie Brown’s, and some local eateries). Target and Bed Bath and Beyond are furthest from school. They are probably a mile and a quarter from the middle of campus. However, on Sunday and Tuesday evenings, there is a shuttle van that runs from 7-9 if I’m not mistaken, which leaves from campus and stops at Genuardi’s, Target, and Bed Bath and Beyond if you don’t want to walk. I enjoy the walk, so I don’t take the shuttle, but it’s available.

In the other direction (south on 320), there are some small strip malls including a little Italian restaurant, a Chinese restaurant, Goodwill, CVS, a cheesery type market, etc. These are all a mile or a little more south of campus, fifteen to twenty minutes walking time.

If you have a car, there are virtually unlimited possibilities within a ten-fifteen minute drive (and King of Prussia, the second largest mall in the country, is only half an hour away).

Hope this helps everybody!