820 South St (Headquarters of CCPDCC)

Here is the site of the former headquarters of the Citizens’ Committee to Preserve and Develop the Crosstown Community (CCPDCC), organized by Alice Lipscomb George Sugarman, and others to successfully oppose the construction of the Crosstown Expressway--and its association demolition of neighborhoods across the city.

Further Reading:

Tenenbaum, Jeremy Eric. “Saving South Street Through the Lens of Denise Scott Brown.” Hidden City. February 4, 2020. https://hiddencityphila.org/2020/02/saving-south-street-through-the-lens-of-denise-scott-brown/.

Hunter, Marcus Anthony. “Philadelphia’s Mason-Dixon Line.” In Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. 115-165. (e-book through Franklin)

See also many other course Crosstown-related readings and videos on the syllabus.

Image Source:
1960s photo collage of south side of 800 block of South Street, Venturi Scott Brown Collection, Architectural Archives