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Demolishing the Black Bottom

Aerial view looking south, 1968, showing RDA Unit 3 demolition sites for the Science Center (along Market Street) & University City High School (bounded by the trapezoidal fence in foreground), with the University of Pennsylvania (background) south of Chestnut St. The building on the south side of Warren St. is the Drew Elementary School.

18 August 1968
Attribution/Credit

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection; courtesy of Temple University Libraries