R5 Lower Merion Sledding Spots

Sledding in Valley Forge is much  more fun than War

It's no Killington or Vail but there are quite a few prime sledding spots in the area, most notably Valley Forge National Park. Closer to R5-country, Gladwyne Elementary School offers a nice steep incline and a very picturesque setting. Parking is easy, too, but beware - when you get to the bottom of the hill - you might hit a back-breaking final bump, just when you thought the ride was over. Nice quiet setting as well.
Shortridge Park in Wynnewood is another beautiful place for sledding. Perhaps not as steep as Gladwyne but still a fine ride and worth the trip. Parking is generally easy here as well and there's plenty of room for non-sledders to kick back and watch the show.
Lankenau Hospital is a somewhat less desirable venue as parking is a bit awkward and the ride can end up in a slushy mess if you go too far toward the creek at the bottom of the hill. Nevertheless, a good time can still be had and there's no more convenient location to the ER should things go awry.
Bryn Mawr College has slopes behind the library and by the track which I am told are good as well. Penn Wynne Park and General Wayne Park in Merion are other sanctioned sledding site in Lower Merion, as well The Willows Park in Radnor Township.
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Philadelphia's Dangerous Delight

It's a Saturday morning in the winter of 1981 and the Drivers Ed classroom at the CenterCity 3As school for wanna-be-wee-wheelers is deathly silent. The instructor has just switched-off the clickety-clackety 16mm projector and we teens are awash in sober quiet, with images of blood and flayed-flesh marinating our minds.

We've just witnessed  "Drink, Drive, Rationalize," featuring the brutal automotive-artery-dicing deaths of a half-dozen fictional yet similarly judgement-challenged peers.
"Do you know the most dangerous road in Philadelphia?" the instructor boomed rhetorically.
"It is Lincoln Drive and  it is a raceway of death! Do you hear me?!"
We did. And, of course, we couldnt wait to find out for ourselves as soon as we were licensed. Nearly 30 years later, the Lincoln Drive hammer and sickle brigade has yet to come calling, despite the ongoing irresistable urge to cruise its slender, tight curves at suspension-shifting speeds.
Yes it's wrong, Yes it's stupid, Yes its the closest I can get to reliving my all-time peak Farfegnugin driving-experience some 20 years ago in the Napa Valley. So here's to you Lincoln Drive, with your soaring Wissahickon/Henry Avenue Bridge and easy access to Weaver's Way Coop.
With respect to the residents who suffer the mayhem along your curbs, you are an engineering and driving delight worthy of awe and respect.

Lower Merion/ R5Realty-area Home Sales Nov-Dec

Note this chart includes only non-condominium sales from 150k-999k. Most importantly, the asking price, or 'Last Price' on the chart, indicates the home's price before selling. In many cases the original asking price started out much higher.  
For more details, comments, questions email Ted Gross: info@R5Realty.com

Street Address	Bed	Bath	Last Price	Sold Price	City/Station
805 Aubrey Ave	3	1	$211,000	$195,000	Ardmore
2423 Avon Rd	3	1	$239,900	$230,000	Ardmore
704 Georges Ln	3	2	$269,900	$269,900	Ardmore
2942 Berkley Rd	3	1.2	$305,000	$285,000	Ardmore
2945 Morris Rd	3	1.1	$294,900	$293,000	Ardmore
144 Valley Rd	5	4.2	$889,000	$845,000	Ardmore
1423 Wynnewood	4	2.1	$479,000	$467,000	Ardmore
416 E Athens Ave	8	3.1	$529,900	$520,000	Ardmore
783 N 25th St	3	1.1	$385,000	$382,500	Art Museum
2538 Brown St	3	2	$535,000	$535,000	Art Museum
168 Maple Ave	3	1	$234,900	$235,000	Bala Cynwyd
19 Llanberris Rd	4	3.1	$595,000	$560,000	Bala Cynwyd
188 School St	3	1.1	$319,000	$310,000	Bala Cynwyd
6 Snowden Rd	3	2	$449,000	$437,500	Bala Cynwyd
504 Cynwyd Cir	4	2.2	$524,000	$499,500	Bala Cynwyd
223 Hamilton Rd	6	4.1	$500,000	$500,000	Bala Cynwyd
108 RightersFerry	4	3.1	$550,000	$525,000	Bala Cynwyd
312 Llandrillo Rd	5	3.1	$748,731	$720,000	Bala Cynwyd
629 Old Lancaster	4	2.1	$499,000	$495,000	Bryn Mawr
312 Thornbrook	4	3.2	$915,000	$870,000	Bryn Mawr
1063 Floyd Ter	3	1	$200,000	$198,000	Bryn Mawr
845 SummitGrove	5	1.2	$299,999	$225,000	Bryn Mawr
49 Thomas Ave	3	3	$385,000	$375,000	Bryn Mawr
7 Old Oaks Rd	5	2.1	$489,900	$483,000	Bryn Mawr
113 Pennswood	3	2.1	$599,900	$530,000	Bryn Mawr
1407 County Line	5	3	$599,000	$575,000	Bryn Mawr
126 N Roberts Rd	5	3.1	$895,000	$895,000	Bryn Mawr
1837 Spruce St	4	3.2	$995,000	$905,000	Center City
1401 Monk Rd	5	4.1	$509,850	$525,000	Gladwyne
773 Millbrook Ln	5	3.1	$449,000	$435,000	Haverford
119 Booth Ln	3	2.1	$839,000	$700,000	Haverford
454 Booth Cir	4	3.1	$699,000	$635,000	Haverford
141 S Eagle Rd	3	1	$169,900	$165,000	Havertown
140 Golf Hills Rd	4	3	$279,900	$275,000	Havertown
217 Stoneway Ln	3	2.1	$239,900	$230,000	Merion
510 S Narberth	5	3.1	$565,000	$576,000	Merion
109 Winchester	3	1.1	$284,900	$289,000	Merion
529 Valley View	4	1.1	$335,000	$320,000	Merion
512 Monroe Rd	3	2.1	$485,000	$458,500	Merion
551 Howe Rd	4	2.2	$719,000	$695,000	Merion
411 Haywood Rd	5	4.1	$849,000	$849,000	Merion
232 Forrest Ave	4	2	$385,000	$375,000	Narberth
310 N Essex Ave	6	2.1	$399,500	$393,000	Narberth
104 Sabine Ave	3	1	$265,000	$245,000	Narberth
815 N Woodbine	6	4.2	$891,000	$855,000	Narberth
7320 Malvern	3	1.1	$153,000	$153,000	Overbrook
6534 Lebanon	3	2	$169,972	$160,000	Overbrook
852 Margo Ln	3	3.1	$489,000	$450,000	Penn Valley
1327 HagysFord	4	3.1	$439,900	$400,000	Penn Valley
848 Margo Ln	4	2.1	$459,900	$405,000	Penn Valley
910 Centennial	4	2.1	$647,500	$580,000	Penn Valley
1320 Bobarn Dr	5	5.1	$890,000	$898,000	Penn Valley
1214 Valley Rd	6	5.1	$780,000	$735,000	Villanova
264 Willow Ave	2	1.1	$235,000	$220,000	Wayne
257 Harrogate Rd	3	1.1	$299,950	$302,000	Wynnewood
821 Powder Mill	3	1.1	$339,900	$340,000	Wynnewood
608 Latham Dr	3	2.1	$375,000	$360,000	Wynnewood
816 Dover Rd	3	2	$389,900	$370,000	Wynnewood
360 Wister Rd	3	2	$399,000	$399,000	Wynnewood
927 Remington Rd	3	2.1	$519,000	$495,000	Wynnewood
1501 Manoa Rd	4	2.1	$495,000	$495,000	Wynnewood
904 Nicholson Rd	4	2.1	$520,000	$502,500	Wynnewood
1164 Morris Rd	3	2.1	$575,000	$545,000	Wynnewood
1138 Morris Rd	4	2.2	$595,000	$563,000	Wynnewood
310 Penn Rd	5	3.1	$699,900	$675,900	Wynnewood