Exciting Area around Campus

JHS
Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:02:41 +0000

ImmanuelKant is right that the University created the somewhat drab atmosphere in Hyde Park. I believe that is viewed now as a mistake, although at the time it probably seemed like something that ratcheted down the danger level.

In any event, the University of Chicago could probably benefit a lot from looking at how Penn has increased the vibrancy of its campus area substantially over the past 15 years or so. In 1990, the area around Penn felt a lot more like Hyde Park than like Harvard Square, but today I think that’s reversed.