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Article: United States : Falls Center undergoing new transformation.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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Byline: manish03
The identity of the 12-acre campus on Henry Avenue in Philadelphia's East Falls section continues to evolve.
In 1929, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania opened there as the first medical school for women in the United States. That became Medical College of Pennsylvania, long known as MCP. Most recently, if only briefly, Woman's Medical Hospital operated there through part of 2005.
Today, a transformation that could cost $103 million is under way to convert the once-institutional site into a trendy complex of apartments, offices, and stores.
It comes at a time when the region already has an abundance of unused ...