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The biweekly farmer's market is just one of the many ways that the West Philadelphia community has used Clark Park in recent years. And the improvements that the park has experienced over the past five years have further cemented its central status in University City.
The large 12-story factory building located at 2200 Arch St. that has stood vacant for over 20 years is finally scheduled to get a facelift.
With the debate over globalization taking the national and international spotlights, it is only natural that the topic was at the center of the inaugurating symposium of the Penn Urban Research Institute.
Over the last five years, the real estate values in the neighborhoods that surround the University have skyrocketed, and residents have been affected both positively and adversely by the change.
Even before the official opening of the Penn-assisted elementary school in September 2001, the idea was seen as an unprecedented step toward linking the University and its surrounding community.
For almost a decade now and without much fanfare, the University has been pursuing a policy of economic inclusion in an effort to help minorities, women, West Philadelphians and their businesses thrive in a difficult economic environment.
(See bottom of page for correction.)Last year, more than one-third of Penn's undergraduate population lived off campus, and a majority of those students lived in West Philadelphia neighborhoods like Spruce Hill. Such a vast number of temporary renters inevitably has had both social and economic consequences for the neighborhood that houses them.
The Recording Industry Association of America announced yesterday that it has filed a new round of lawsuits against illegal music file sharers at 21 universities across the nation, including Penn.
The revitalization of West Philadelphia is a long-term vision of bringing back the vibrancy of the community that has been lost in recent years. But as in any comprehensive project, progress has been made gradually, one step at a time.
Penn's Office of Community Housing announced this month that starting in April, it plans to expand the Enhanced Mortgage Program -- a program that offers forgivable loans to University and University Health System employees who decide to move into the surrounding geographically designated areas.
Despite the many attractions of the newly opened Sugar Hill Bakery -- its old-fashioned interior, friendly community atmosphere and distinctly homemade recipes and baking -- it is likely bound to remain a secret to most of Penn's students.
With the last of the seven community forums concerning the future of the 40th Street corridor taking place Monday night at the Rotunda, the second phase of the development project has come to a close.
Yesterday, the future of urban research at Penn became more certain with the official inauguration of the Penn Urban Institute.
Walt Disney Co. shareholders will come together today in the Philadelphia Convention Center to decide on issues that could greatly affect the future direction of the company.
The stretch of Baltimore Avenue from 45th to 50th streets has many stigmas, including a reputation for being uninteresting, unsafe and overrun with blight.
Every week, more than 60 Penn students and faculty travel westward to Sayre Middle School at 58th and Walnut streets.
With a Graduate Employees Together-University of Pennsylvania strike impending, the visibility of the unionization supporters is increasing on campus -- but graduate student ranks are not entirely unified in the crusade.
Although most of the discussions about the effects of Keystone Opportunity Zones have centered on the developments of the Cira Centre and the controversy surrounding the Center City locations, many smaller developments are beginning to take shape throughout the University City District.
When the announcement came early in 2003 that Plymouth Meeting-based Brandywine Realty Trust would build an unprecedented 28-story office building on the west side of the Schuylkill River, it was met with great enthusiasm across the city.
In an attempt to attract new business and increase industry throughout Pennsylvania, the state government has designated a number of tax-free incentive zones.