Restoring Neighborhood to North Broad Street in Philadelphia

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dc.contributor.advisorRockcastle, Garth Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorJacks, Philip J.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-06T07:35:06Z
dc.date.available2013-02-06T07:35:06Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractA century ago, mansions of Philadelphia's industrial nouveau riche lined upper Broad Street. Today these neighborhoods are virtually cut off from City Hall and Center Square amid blocks of urban blight. One last relic of this gilded age is Willis Hale's Lorraine Apartments of 1894. Acquired by Reverend Baker in 1947, the Divine Lorraine became the city's first integrated hotel and beacon for the civil rights movement. Since its sale in 1999, the building has remained abandoned and its interior gutted, despite its designation as a national historic place. By adapting the Lorraine for multi-use occupancy, with additional residential and commercial development around the Fairmount Metro station, this thesis aims to restore a sense of place to the African-American community, while celebrating its significant achievement in music and theater. It joins the nearby Metropolitan Opera House, Freedom Theatre and Blue Horizon as living legacies along the newly dubbed "Avenue of the Arts."en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/13582
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledUrban planningen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAdaptive Reuseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPreservation Technologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUrban Renewalen_US
dc.titleRestoring Neighborhood to North Broad Street in Philadelphiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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