Directions to Houston Hall on Penn’s Campus

Houston Hall is at 3417 Spruce Street.  A pdf map of the immediate Houston Hall area is at http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/perelmanquad/images/Area_Map.pdf.

An interactive map of campus, with directions, is at http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/map.php.  Please remember that the South Street Bridge is closed.

SEPTA to Campus

The campus can be reached on SEPTA’s Green Line (to either 36th and Sansom Streets or 37th and Spruce Streets) or the Market-Frankford Line (to 34th and Market Streets), or by foot from 30th Street Station ( a fifteen-minute walk to the heart of campus).  For other routes, SEPTA’s website is at http://www.septa.org/.

Parking on Campus

A map of parking lots can be found at http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/parking/map.html.

There are several parking facilities located on or near campus, as well as very limited metered street parking.  Street parking spaces are usually limited to either 2 or 3 hours and cost $1.50 per hour, so be sure to bring quarters.

  • 34th Street just south of Spruce Street -  flat lot – closest but very limited space
  • 34th and Chestnut Street
  • Penn Tower Hotel (34th and Civic Center Boulevard);
  • Sheraton Hotel (36th and Chestnut Streets);
  • South Street and Convention Avenue
  • 32nd and Walnut Street;
  • 38th and Walnut Street (please use the 38th Street entrance).