| The following histories deal with the University's presence in West
Philadelphia from 1948 to 1975: - Information
for Owners and Residents, 1960, prepared during neighborhood redevelopment
for construction of the Annenberg School
"Come
to Where the Knowledge Is": A History of the University City Science Center
by Mackenzie S. Carlson The
Closing of the 200 block of South McAlpin Street for Construction of the Annenberg
School of Communications: Images from the Saalbach Collection
Displacement Demonized?:
Towards an Alternate Explanation for Penn's Poor Relationship with West Philadelphia,
a senior thesis by Elyse Sudow
(available as a PDF file -
203 kb, 90 pages) Private
Taking, Public Good?: Penn's Expansion in West Philadelphia from 1945 to 1975,
a senior thesis by Adam B. Klarfeld
(available as a PDF file
- 219 kb, 100 pages) The
Quality of Life in Two West Philadelphia Neighborhoods: The Case of Belmont and
Mantua by Britt Fremstad, Jodine Gordon, Josh Hoffman, Hollis Savage,
Paul Vande Stouwe, and Andy Turner University
City High School: An Experiment in Innovative Education, 1959-1972, a
senior thesis by Jessica Lee Oliff
(available as a PDF file
- 531 kb, 130 pages) Urban
Renewal in West Philadelphia: an Examination of the University of Pennsylvania's
Planning, Expansion, and Community Role from the Mid-1940s to the Mid-1970s,
a senior thesis by Scott Cohen
(available as a PDF file -
477 kb, 103 pages) 19
student papers from the research seminar, Penn's past,
present, and future relationships with West Philadelphia / Philadelphia, from
1870 to 2010, taught by Mark Frazier Lloyd in the fall of 2005 More
on Penn and West Philadelphia |