Apartment Review for Alden Park - Philadelphia, PA

When I moved in there was security that would sit at the front doors of all the buildings and they installed cameras at all the doors that entered the property. These cameras were watched by the security but now that they let the security go no one is watching the cameras. Alden Park is located on the edge of Germantown and now we have no security at night to keep us safe. Cars along the street on both School House Ln. and Wissahickon Ave. have been getting broken into for a while now. Now they are breaking into cars parked in our parking lot which per the leasing office was supposedly secure. Yes there is someone sitting in a booth but they do nothing to stop people entering the parking lot on foot. So now they took the security away from the lobbies there is no one in the lobbies at night and you can easily see this if you looked into the windows. So what is going to stop someone from walking along the street at night to break a window and enter the property. Absolutely nothing because there is no security, no one watching cameras, and no alarm systems of any kind. Most of the residents I have spoken with expressed this concern, that their decision to get rid of the security has now made us all sitting ducks for someone to rob us. And lets not mention the safety of the single female residents. All of this is reason enough not to rent an apartment here. But I also have to mention that the buildings may look nice at first but once you are here you start to notice how run down everything is. From the windows leaking to the crumbling plaster to the rusty gym equipment to the mosquito breeding grounds that once was a fountain to the swampy area where they have the picnic tables, you will start to see the place for what it really is, a non safe dump.