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Lower North Philadelphia is a section of Philadelphia that is immediately north of Center City and below Upper North Philadelphia and can be described as a section of Philadelphia that was designated as a "Model City" target, in hopes of overcoming poverty and blight through a federal funding program since 1966. Bounded by Spring Garden Street ...
The term neighborhood association is sometimes incorrectly used instead of homeowners association. But neighborhood associations are not homeowners associations - groups of property owners with the legal authority to enforce rules and regulations that focus on restrictions and building and safety issues. A neighborhood association is a group of ...
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is an international collection of autonomous community-based organizations that advocates for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues.
The Norman Blumberg Apartments, also known as the Blumberg Homes, were a 510-unit high rise public housing complex in the Sharswood neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owned and operated by the Philadelphia Housing Authority , they were viewed by many as a symbol of the City's failure to address concentrated poverty and crime and were ...
Lower North Philadelphia is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that is immediately north of Center City and below Upper North Philadelphia and can be described as a section of Philadelphia that was designated as a "Model City" target, that has overcome poverty and blight through key developments and a recipient of a federal funded program in 1966 to improve the neighborhood and extend ...
A category for local groups geared towards or based in a specific neighborhood, or geared towards neighborhood planning, dynamics or issues. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Commercial activity within Bella Vista is focused around the 9th Street Market and South Street Headhouse District.. Bella Vista was voted 2016 best neighborhood to live in Philadelphia by Niche.com [5] and is undergoing a new residential construction housing boom to meet demand; [6] in some cases adaptively reusing, [7] [8] in other cases replacing existing structures by destroying historic ...
A 1919 report by the Philadelphia Tribune newspaper stated: "The most notable thoroughfare in Philadelphia to become the social centre of colored wealth and pride is Christian Street from Broad to 20th Street." The same report stated that the property values of the properties in the neighborhood owned by African-Americans were in excess of US ...