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Jones and George families’ lands above and below the West Philadelphia Railroad and Lancaster Pike.

This map, recreated from the Redevelopment Authority's 1965 Annual Report, represents the approximate boundaries of the major initiatives from 1948–1965.

The Community Advisory Board, formed in 1992, provides essential guidance and advice to the Netter Center for Community Partnerships.

Sheldon Hackney (second from left) discusses divestment in apartheid South Africa in 1986. Student protests for divestment were part of the turbulent campus politics Hackney experienced during his tenure as President of the University of Pennsylvania. 

The Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander School, a pre-K–12 school, formed as the education hub of the West Philadelphia Initiatives.

A semi-aerial view southwest along Woodland Avenue near the intersection with 37th and Spruce Streets. Today a full-sized reproduction of a Woodland Avenue trolley can be found at this location on the north side of Spruce Street.  

Crowds gather to watch the demolition of buildings along Woodland Avenue.

In the early 20th century, the University of Pennsylvania campus was divided by Woodland Avenue.

Image shows Market Street between 34th and 40th Streets following demolition for redevelopment projects. The area shown was once the heart of "Black Bottom," a former neighborhood in West Philadelphia.

Looking northeast on Woodland Avenue between 36th and 34th Streets in the late 1950s.