Physical Plan for the Ten Year Development Program of the Philadelphia Museum College of Art
Publisher: Philadelphia Museum College of Art
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Philadelphia Museum College of Art--Buildings; Philadelphia Museum College of Art--Campus planning; Universities and colleges--Planning; Campus planning; Campus planning--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Description: Title given is from front cover.<br /><br />Page 1 is a letter to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia from Howard A. Wolf, chair, Board of Governors, Philadelphia Museum College of Art.<br /><br />Plans called for the campus to extend from Pine Street north to Spruce Street, and from Broad Street west to Fifteenth Street, and to tear down the Furness-designed dormitory buildings. New buildings were to include a library and student center; Design Center; small theater; a gymnasium/auditorium; men's and women's dormitories. None of this ever happened.<br /><br />Page [3] has a nice photograph of the Broad and Pine streets building (Hamilton Hall) viewed from the southeast (looking northwest).