Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation

Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation

Share

The Lindy Institute serves as a university-wide hub to engage in multidisciplinary problem solving for urban challenges locally, nationally, and globally.

The Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation is built around a single ambitious goal – that of making Drexel University the most civically engaged university in the nation. The institute serves as a university-wide think tank established to engage in multidisciplinary problem solving for urban challenges locally, nationally, and globally, and provides a hub for Drexel and its partners to incubate and

07/21/2025

Thank you to everyone who registered for and attended "Beyond the Boot: Parking, Trust, and What Moves a City" with Richard Lazer & our host, Patrick Morgan!

We spoke with Lazer about the history and recent changes at the Philadelphia Parking Authority , including the implementation of speed cameras and red-light enforcement, as well as efforts to address abandoned vehicles on neighborhood streets.

View our full conversation with him here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-UAkrMh8EI

Urban Strategy in the Present Tense is produced by the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation in partnership with the Urban Strategy Masters Program in the Drexel Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.

Photos from Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation's post 07/15/2025

Please join us tomorrow, July 16, from 4-5 PM for our conversation with Patrick Morgan & Richard Lazer from the Philadelphia Parking Authority!

From smart city initiatives to addressing neighborhood blight, their discussion will highlight how a city agency is reinventing itself to rebuild trust and improve quality of life.

Register here: https://drexel.zoom.us/webinar/register/4017428390262/WN_76pjM4-IQ6mKcRR4qQzItw

Let’s Rethink What it Means to “Touch the Bell” 07/12/2025

A piece about belonging and the chance to see our city with fresh eyes. Philadelphia is not only the birthplace of liberty; we’re still building it.

Let’s Rethink What it Means to “Touch the Bell” Philadelphians don't rest on history. We show up, we work, we celebrate, and find ways to "touch the bell" without literally laying hands on bronze

Want your school to be the top-listed School/college in Philadelphia?

Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.

Location

Telephone

Address


3600 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19104

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm