I invented the Hidden Histories Tour as an abbreviation of a larger project that seeks to narrate some of Penn’s most iconic symbols but offer their hidden histories from a design justice perspective: architecture, urban policy, and urban landscape design. Three types of monuments and memories this organizes:

1. Countericons of dignity – narrating Penn in color beyond some of white and male figures.
2. Displacemaking – symbols of urban renewal by University to make campus planning happen
3. Othered diasporas – hidden populations in the shadows of these efforts.

This was debuted at the Weitzman School of Design New Student Orientation and attracted over 90 students in a span of 2 hours.

Images of the 2022 Tour by Eric Sucar, University of Pennsylvania.