Spruce Hill, Philadelphia
[2] Among its most prominent developers was financier Clarence Howard Clark Sr. (1833 – 1906), who built dozens of rowhouses, donated land for the Walnut Street West Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, settled a tax assessment by founding the 9.1-acre Clark Park, and established his mansion on the grassy block that today holds the Penn Alexander public elementary school.The initiatives involved increased police presence, incentives for faculty buying homes in the neighborhood, and building a new school.[5] In modern times, Spruce Hill is a racially and ethnically diverse part of the city, where multiple examples of historic architecture have been preserved, including a large number of Victorian rowhouses, many of which have been converted to multi-family apartments.The racial composition of the neighborhood was 47.7% White alone, 27.3% Asian alone, 14.1% Black alone, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 2.8% some other race, and 7.8% multiracial.When the tunnel is closed, diversion tracks run through Spruce Hill to shuttle passengers to 40th Street Station for transfer to the Market-Frankford Line.