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University City (UPENN) Neighborhood,
Philadelphia PA Real Estate
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If you want detail on real estate in University City (UPENN) area of Philadelphia including Condos, Townhomes, Row Houses, Single Family Homes etc.
Please feel free to contact me, Reid Rosenthal at 215-790-5225
University City UPENN Area Listings. |
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| About University City Area |
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University City is the easternmost neighborhood of West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its boundaries, as defined by the non-profit University City District organization and the City of Philadelphia, are: the Schuylkill River to the east; Spring Garden Street, Powelton Avenue, and Market Street to the north; Civic Center Boulevard, University Avenue and Woodland Avenue to the south; and 52nd Street to the west. These boundaries encompass the neighborhoods of Cedar Park, Garden Court, Spruce Hill, Squirrel Hill, Powelton Village, Walnut Hill, and Woodland Terrace. The boundaries also encompass several historic districts and the zip codes 19104, 19139, and 19143.
The name University City was coined in the mid-1950s in an effort to encourage University of Pennsylvania faculty to move into the nearby neighborhoods as part of an urban-renewal effort.[4] At that time, Penn was the only university in the area, but the name now reflects the proximity of other institutions of higher education, including Drexel University (formerly the Drexel Institute of Technology) and the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (formerly the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy), and Lincoln University, PA Graduate Center (now know as Lincoln University Plaza). The eastern area of University City is home to the Penn and Drexel campuses, several medical institutions (including the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), independent centers of scientific research, 30th Street Station, and the Cira Centre. The western area, with its Victorian and early 20th-century housing stock, is primarily residential and is home to an ethnically and economically diverse population.
Courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_City,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania |
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