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$5 million donation will help Drexel University create new plaza

Feb. 8, 2013
The Raymond G. Perelman Plaza will become the university's primary outdoor event space.
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Rendering of the Drexel University's Raymond G. Perelman Plaza. Rendering from Drexel University

A $5 million gift from the Raymond and Ruth Perelman Education Foundation will enable Drexel University in Philadelphia to reimagine the center of its campus. The resulting hub for the Drexel community will be known as The Raymond G. Perelman Plaza. The university says the location will be the Drexel's primary outdoor social and event space. It has the university's largest academic building, the home for the LeBow College of Business, rising at one end and a new residential and retail center, Chestnut Square, at the other end.

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