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posted @ Friday, April 09, 2010 12:36 PM
There was some last minute confusion about which location of The Hub would be hosting Udi Dahan’s Advanced Distributed Systems Design course next week. If you haven’t registered, it’s sold out, so this probably doesn’t apply to you! I thought I’d put up this post to help people find their way around (hey, I gotta use this blog for SOMETHING right?). The actual location of the course is at the Cira Centre, by 30th Street Station (they are connected by a walkway, so you can easily get back and forth):
The Hub Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Mezzanine Level
Philadelphia, PA 19104
We will be in the “Propel” room. For any folks who booked hotels based on the originally presumed location, at 30 South 17th St, you have several options for getting from center city over to the Cira Centre:
- By Car: The Hub has more information about parking and commuting by car on their site.
- Walk: It’s an easy, safe walk down some of the main roads in center city. It will probably take you 15-20 minutes, but if the weather’s nice, why not?
- Take the Train or Subway: The train/regional rail would be my recommendation, getting on at Suburban Staion and going one stop to 30th St. Station. It is actually underground downtown, so it’s similar to the subway, but there are a couple advantages:
- All trains go through center city, so there are tons of options, and you’ll likely never have to wait more than 10-15 minutes.
- The stop at 30th St. Station puts you inside the station, and right near the walkway over to the Cira Centre.
- It’s a 4 minute ride from Suburban Station
- In my experience, they never check tickets between the downtown stations because the stops are too close together and too busy. So, you likely can ride for free if you’re feeling plucky. Bring some cash, in case for some reason they do check – you can pay on the train for an added fee, or just play the confused tourist part, and buy a ticket the next time. Alternately, if you are of pure heart, you could just buy a weekly TransPass at the ticket counter at either station, and have full access all week to trains, subways, and buses.
Should you take the train, be sure you get on in the right direction. If you find yourself at Market East Station, coming above ground at any point, hop off and catch another train to 30th St. Station. Here is a list of the train lines you can use:
Westbound – From Suburban Station to 30th St:
- R8 Chestnut Hill West
- R7 Trenton
- R6 Cynwyd
- R5 Thorndale
- R3 Elwyn
- R2 Newark
- R1 Airport
Eastbound – From 30th St. Station to Suburban
- R8 Fox Chase
- R7 Chestnut Hill East
- R5 Doylestown
- R3 West Trenton
- R2 Warminster
- R1 Glenside
You can find more information on SEPTA’s Regional Rail site, and there is also a very nice 3rd Party schedule site http://isepta.org that will help you find the next trains for any route.
If you will be here on Saturday, feel free to take the train out to Philly.NET Code Camp! I can probably arrange a ride from the Ft. Washington station to the venue for you – just contact me using the info in Udi’s email.
The user group I run, Philly ALT.NET, will be having a social pub night right across the street from 30th St. Station on Wednesday, April 14th, you should definitely swing by – please RSVP for head count – the event is free, but you pay for your own drinks/food.