FIRST - Racially Integrated Housing Development in Philadelphia-Greenbelt Knoll - Philadelphia PA
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Don.Morfe
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Greenbelt Knoll is the first racially integrated housing development in Philadelphia, and a model for the nation, was built in 1956 by Morris Milgram, a nationally recognized developer and civil rights proponent.
Waymark Code: WM16ZCC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2022
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LOCATION: Intersection of Holme Avenue and Longford Street on Holme Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19136
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Greenbelt Knoll
The first racially integrated housing development in Philadelphia, and a model for the nation, was built in 1956 by Morris Milgram, a nationally recognized developer and civil rights proponent. Prominent building and landscape architects, including Robert Bishop, Margaret Duncan, and Louis Kahn, created Modernist houses in the natural setting of Pennypack Park. Original residents include Milgram, Rep. Robert N.C. Nix, & Rev. Leon Sullivan.
Erected 2007 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1956
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