Hybrid Event: Book Talk and Discussion on Race, Real Estate, and Education: Inventing Gentrification in Philadelphia, 1960-2020 – Nov 18
Posted by Temple University Libraries on October 14, 2025
Race, Real Estate, and Education is about the connection between efforts to change K-12 schools and Philadelphia’s transformation from an industrial city into one focused on tourism, higher education, and medicine. It focuses on the racial implications of the University of Pennsylvania’s use of schools to attract more affluent populations to West Philadelphia. Author Edward M. Epstein (University of Pennsylvania) will be in conversation with Prof. Linn Posey Maddox (Temple CEHD).
In his book, Edward Epstein outlines the citywide context for the plan to create “University City” in West Philadelphia. He recounts the attempts to correct the segregation, overcrowding, and authoritarian management that plagued Philadelphia’s public schools. As the West Philadelphia Corporation, the proxy for the universities and hospitals, initiated gentrification efforts, the local community resisted and protested, causing the project to fail. The effort was revived with spectacular success, however, with the launch of the well-funded Penn Alexander School in 2001.
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 2:00-4:00 PM
Location: Temple University, Charles Library Event Space or Online
Registration is required. There are 95 in-person seats available. There are 99 online seats available.
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