文档介绍：Penn connects: a vision for the future
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
More than a century ago, the University 24-acre industrial zone with a vibrant,
of Pennsylvania embarked on a building mixed-use neighborhood. essful
plan to support its burgeoning role as pletion of this project also will
home for innovation and discovery. Penn integrate our entire Penn and West
has since grown into a world leader in munity within the City
research and academic practice. of Philadelphia as never before.
Now we have another once-in-a-century We named our plan Penn Connects
opportunity to redefine Penn; this time to underscore mitment to
as a premier urban research university build ever stronger connections to our
with the most far-reaching local and region and our world. We at Penn are
global perspectives. committed to working collaboratively,
locally and globally, to ensure that our
Expanding our campus to the east will
contributions to human progress will
profoundly transform our teaching,
benefit all who live and work in our
research, student life, and clinical
community.
practice at Penn, while also replacing a
Amy Gutmann
President, University of Pennsylvania
executive summary
Table of
Contents
Executive Summary i
Planning Background 1
Analysis 9
Development Alternatives 23
The Penn Connects Vision 27
Circulation 57
Sustainability 69
Architectural Feasibility
& Sub-Area Studies 75
Achieving the Vision 99
Phasing 109
Penn Connects: a Vision for the future niversity U OF PENNSYLVANIA
Executive
Summary
The acquisition of the postal properties
by the University of Pennsylvania
provides an unprecedented opportunity
to transform the Penn campus. The land
will enable the University, for the first
time in its history, to establish a major
physical presence along the Schuylkill
River corridor, to create new gateways
to the campus from Center Ci