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In the 1960s, six major Philadelphia gangs maintained a major presence in a 10.5 block area of Mantua. Between 1960 and 1969, Mantua recorded about 10% of total city gang killings. Mantua became one of the worst areas of the 16th precinct, and the Philadelphia Police Department often assigned patrols in Mantua to officers as punishment.
Southwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the northern border defined by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission as east from the city line along Baltimore Avenue moving south along ...
The boundaries also encompass several historic districts, including the West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District, and the ZIP codes 19104, 19139, and 19143. Homes in Cedar Park Homes in Garden Court
Samuel Powel served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1775 to 1776 and again from 1789 to 1790. As in other parts of West Philadelphia, in the late 1800s trolley lines opened the area up to urbanization. Powelton soon became a choice residential spot for Philadelphia industrial tycoons.
West Philadelphia, nicknamed West Philly, is a section of the city of Philadelphia.Although there are no officially defined boundaries, it is generally considered to reach from the western shore of the Schuylkill River, to City Avenue to the northwest, Cobbs Creek to the southwest, and the SEPTA Media/Wawa Line to the south.
Map of Belmont Village. Belmont Village is a middle class neighborhood located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The zip code is 19131. Known as Blockley in the early 1900s, when developers first built homes in the area, the region now comprises Overbrook, Wynnefield, Belmont Village, and Wynnefield ...
Modena Park is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located east of Northeast Philadelphia Airport at Morrell Avenue. [1] The ground was owned by the estate of William Dudley in 1910. The neighborhood was built in 1963, and features short blocks of two-story rowhouses with basements.
Mayfair is a working class neighborhood in lower Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, centered on the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues. [1] It is bordered by Tacony and Wissinoming to the south and east, Holmesburg to the east, Pennypack Park to the north, and Oxford Circle and Rhawnhurst to the west. [2]