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This opened up the site to the private development of Packer Park on what was reclaimed swampy land and preserved the vitality of the borders of Broad Street's Southern Blvd, together with the Olmsted Brothers architecturally designed landscaped FDR Park on the south and Marconi Plaza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Park on the upper north. FDR ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Park (originally named League Island Park) is a park located along the Delaware River in the southernmost point of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, comprising some 348 acres (1.41 km 2), about 125 acres (0.51 km 2) of buildings, roadways, pathways for walking, landscaped architecture, and a variety of picnic and recreation areas placed within about 77 acres ...
As of the 2010 Census, there are 168,782 people in 78,440 housing units. The population density is 16,771 people per square mile. 46.6% of the population is male, and 53.4% is female. The South Philadelphia area comprises the zip codes of 19145, 19146, 19147 and 19148. [18]
South 4.6 † Stephen Girard Park: Girard Estate: 4 [31] Dickinson Square Park: Pennsport: 3 [32] Jefferson Square: Southwark: 3 [33] Mifflin Square: South 4.6 † Starr Garden Park: Queen Village: 2.2 [34] Pier 68: Pennsport 0.8 † Gold Star Park: South 1 † Palmer Park: Fishtown 0.9 † Girard Fountain Park: Old City 0.15 †
Whitman is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded on the west by Sixth Street, on the east by Front Street, on the south by Bigler Street, and on the north by Snyder Avenue. The name "Whitman" was adopted when the nearby Walt Whitman Bridge was being constructed in the 1950s. [1]
Point Breeze is a multicultural neighborhood in South Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded by 25th Street to the west, Washington Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and Moore Street to the south. Southwest Center City lies to its north. Passyunk Square and East Passyunk Crossing lie to its east.
Passyunk Square is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded by Broad Street to the west, 6th Street to the east, Tasker Street to the south and Washington Avenue to the north. [1] Passyunk Square is bordered by the Bella Vista, Hawthorne, Central South Philadelphia, Wharton, and Point Breeze neighborhoods.
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 ...