Pushing Back the Gates: Neighborhood Perspectives on University-Driven Revitalization in West Philadelphia

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abandoned properties, 73, 74 affordable housing, 7, 72, 74, 100, 101, 103, 108, 122 African Americans, 8, 18, 19, 20, 23, 48, 52, 60, 71, 72, 80, 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 97, 101, 115, 120 Allston, Massachusetts, 103–105, 107, 108 anthropology, 6, 86 Association of Urban Universities, 120–121 Baltimore Avenue, 59 Bayh-Dole Act, 124 biotechnology, 97, 124, 125 “Black-Me,” 20 blight, 18, 26, 56, 68, 73–74, 81, 83, 113, 120, 121, 127 bookstores, 59, 125 Boston, Massachusetts, 96, 99, 100, 104, 105, 115, 116, 126; Back Bay, 115 Boston University, 99 campus expansion, 8, 19, 34, 43, 105, 106, 107, 108, 128 campus planning, 26, 27, 36, 41 catchments area, 61, 62, 85 Chestnut street, 17, 43, 74 Chodorow, stanley, 31 Cinema de lux, 58 City College of newyork, 117 Clark, Burton, 118 Clark Park, 14 Cold War, 16, 18, 26, 45, 81, 117 Columbia University in the City of newyork, 36, 96, 117; students of, 99 community engagement, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 21, 22–26, 29–34, 52, 68, 74, 93, 95– 97, 106–109, 113, 120–122, 129 crime, 3, 9, 13, 14, 19, 31, 34, 37, 51, 53, 54, 55, 64, 65, 68, 69, 75 Dewey, John, 116 displacement, 7, 19, 29, 80, 84, 90, 111, 121 Drexel University, 22, 71 DuBois,W.E.B., 87, 88, 90 economic development, 2, 44, 53, 112, 113, 121, 122, 123, 127 index 168 i n d e x economic inclusion, 54, 69 employees, 54, 55, 58, 103 employment, 9, 10, 22, 70, 72, 99, 105, 106, 118 endowment, 22, 32, 55, 104, 105, 126 engineering, 16, 42, 124 Enhanced Mortgage Program, 58, 62 enlightened self-interest, 26, 122 faculty: amenities/competition for, 3, 6, 10–11, 20, 21, 41–42, 45, 113, 118, 120–121, 126, 128; and housing, 54– 55, 61, 70, 80, 98; and improvement of Penn/West Philadelphia, 27, 30–35, 37–39; and the netter Center, 25, 33– 35, 38–39; safety of, 14, 29, 31, 53, 63; at UsC, 102, 103 Faust, Drew, 104 Fiftieth street, 56 Fortieth street, 19, 20, 43, 46, 48, 56, 59, 60, 74 Franklin, Benjamin, 114, 117 Freeman, lance, 67 Fresh Grocer, 46–47 Fry, John, 27, 31, 39 Fund, the, 55, 56, 62, 70 Garden Court, 73 gentrification, 7, 48, 66, 67, 80, 81, 84, 90, 91, 92, 111 geography, 6, 55, 90, 100, 129 Girard Avenue, 73 Gutmann,Amy, 24, 29, 39 Hackney, sheldon, 24, 29 Halloween, 13 Harkavy, Ira, 21, 25, 34, 39, 47, 53 Harlem, 67, 96, 97, 99, 107 Harnwell, Gaylord, 15, 16, 21, 24, 29 Harrison, Charles C., 87 Harvard University, 16, 26, 37, 96, 99, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 114, 117 higher education, 28, 51, 92, 99, 112–116, 119, 121–124, 126, 128, 129 Hirschman,Albert, 19 HOPEvI, 73 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 18 Housing and Urban Development, U.s. Department of, 72 housing prices/values, 62, 72, 75, 103 homeowners, 54, 55, 58, 82, 83, 121 Humboldt,Wilhelm von, 17, 114, 115, 123 information technology, 18, 124–125 inner-city communities, 5, 11, 12, 19, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92, 96, 102, 107, 113, 120, 127 Kerr, Clark, 118, 128 knowledge economies, 6, 10, 12, 93, 127 knowledge region, 93 Kromer, John, 19, 23, 54, 67 lancaster Avenue, 59 land banking, 42–44 life sciences, 18, 124 los Angeles, 65, 96; south Central, 102, 103 low, seth, 98, 116 low-income communities, 12, 19, 71, 80, 90, 91, 94, 101, 119, 121 Marathon Grill, 60 Market street, 20, 75 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 26, 45, 99, 115, 118, 123, 124, 126 McDonald’s, 20 McPenntrification, 20 Meyerson, Martin, 24, 28, 98 middle class, 30, 54, 59, 74, 80, 83, 84, 85, 89, 91, 99, 115, 120 MIT. See Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Morrill Act, 114, 123 mortgage, 54, 55, 58, 62, 68, 70, 74 multiversities, 128 neighborhood associations, 55, 61, 101 i n d e x 169 neighborhood change, 3–7, 21, 22, 53, 64, 69, 71, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 93, 95, 108, 111 neighborhood disinvestment, 106 neighborhood Transformation Initiative (nTI), 72, 73 netter Center for Community Partnerships. See University of Pennsylvania (Penn): netter Center for Community Partnerships new England, 115, 116, 118 new Haven, Connecticut, 119 new Jersey, 125 newyork, 65, 75, 91, 96, 97, 106, 114, 116, 125...