Description: "Explores the history of Philadelphia as a gentrifying city and the role of educational institutions in the city's transformation"--
Review Quotes: "Epstein presents a nuanced, textured history that is enriched by personal accounts, informative maps, and wonderful, vivid illustrations. In clear prose and with thorough documentation, he fleshes out the many ways that good intentions, naivete, and idealism have combined with greed, concentrated power, and racism to shape West Philadelphia."--Hidden City