The primary features of this area, which became known as "Superblock", are three high-rise apartment-style dormitories.WPC also guided several other redevelopments that directly benefited Penn and Drexel.Of particular interest for redevelopment have been the large rail yards near 30th St. Station, now owned by Amtrak. The report said local businesses employed 63,878, with educational services employing 53.1% of them and health care services 21%. "According to City Manager Gregory Rose, Novus has not yet secured financing for the project, and the ostensible anchor tenant, Costco, has not yet determined if the site even meets its needs. As of 2015, most of these plans, including a baseball stadiumBeginning in 1991, Penn publicly expressed official interest in acquiring the 19.2 acres (78,000 mUniversity City District (UCD) is the name of a private, non-profit organization created by the University of Pennsylvania and other local institutions in 1997 in an effort to provide University City with additional safety, cleanup, and marketing services as well as help in coordinating district initiatives.In 2007, the University City District released a new edition of its University City Report Card, based on 2006 demographic statistics.The report said the area had 45,787 people living in 16,625 households, 29% of which are classified as "family" households and the rest as "non-family". Then, he got word the city was done negotiating.Now, he's in limbo: "We've heard nothing for several months. There are 32,935 white collar workers and 11,555 blue collar workers.The area is ethnically and economically diverse, although the compositions of its 12 census tracts vary widely; for example, the population in the mid-2000s of the easternmost tract was about half white and one-third Asian, while that of the northwesternmost tract was almost entirely black.Before the European colonization of the Americas, Philadelphia was home to the In 1677, William Warner purchased 1,500 acres (6.1 kmA small section on the northern side of this area was once known as Greenville.The arrival of electrified streetcars in the 1890s kick-started development to the west of 43rd Street, and bridges and a tunnel in the first decade of the 20th century allowed people to easily commute into Center City.In the mid-1950s, two realtors and Penn graduates coined the name "University City" in an attempt to attract Penn faculty back to the neighborhoods near Penn.University City's boundaries, as defined by the non-profit For decades, 40th Street was generally considered the "invisible campus boundary" between the residential neighborhoods to the west and the Penn campus to the east.Unit 3, the largest of the identified areas, spanned roughly from 34th to 40th streets and North of Chestnut to Lancaster and Powelton streets,Much of what is now the center of Penn's campus, including Locust Walk and Superblock, was part of the redevelopment of Unit 4.Over the course of 1968 to 1970 and with the assistance of the local redevelopment authorities, Penn acquired, cleared and redeveloped the four-block area between 38th, 40th, Spruce, and Walnut streets. The average monthly rent for a studio apartment was $667; a one-bedroom apartment, $823; and a two-bedroom apartment, $1,174. To promote your local classified on Patch, create an account and start posting The latest University City news delivered to your inbox every morning.Real-time updates on breaking stories in University City.
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