Philadelphia Apartment Rental Leasing Office: 215.222.2233

Exactly as its name suggests, University City is an area bounded by college campuses, teaching hospitals, museums, theaters and the hum of academic life. Two of the larger institutions, University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University, serve as temporary homes to 30,000 students plus thousands more professors, residents and related staff.

The historic Penn campus, founded in 1749 by Benjamin Franklin and a group of fellow civic leaders as an academy for men, now sprawls over 250 acres and encompasses 100 academic departments. Many of Philadelphia's leading architects of the 19th and early 20th centuries had a hand in shaping the university, designing an interesting juxtaposition of ivy-covered brick, Victorian-style buildings alongside impressive modern structures.

Drexel University, which excels in engineering, business and computer sciences is growing as well, and now serves as the centerpiece of a thriving technology district. Both campuses come together as integral neighbors,offering the combined amenities and comforts of a small college town, yet all the conveniences of big city living.

Take a walk around Old Quaker's Powelton Village neighborhood in University City and you'll find peaceful streets lined with huge old row homes, former mansions of many of Philadelphia's wealthiest citizens between the years 1850-1950, and in more recent years they became homes and apartments of people associated with academic life. Many of the streets are offset by courtyards and landscaped squares. And on most every street you'll see an important structure--a museum, a theater, a library, a college hall, a research building, a medical facility, a gallery--all vital building blocks of a city within a city.

The area is now in an exciting transition. As the colleges and hospitals and technology centers continue to expand, many new developments are taking shape--new shopping centers and retailers, an appetizing array of restaurants with an international flavor, entertainment venues, arts & cultural facilities, essential services and corner stores--everything is coming together to transform University City into one of the most dynamic neighborhoods in Philadelphia and along the east coast.

Living in a landmark building like Old Quaker, and being in the center of it all, exemplifies all that is great about a cosmopolitan lifestyle.

Philadelphia Apartment Rental Leasing Office: 215.222.2233