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A Brutalist Style Building Designed to Promote International Understanding

One of the best examples of that earnest ambition in Philadelphia can be found at International House, a dormitory for foreign students at 37th and Chestnut. The organization that runs the West Philadelphia residence was founded in 1908, at a time when housing discrimination against foreign students, particularly those from Africa and Asia, was widespread in the city.

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