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The properties are distributed across all of Philadelphia's 12 planning districts. East/West Oak Lane, Olney, Upper North and Lower North are included as North Philadelphia. Kensington, Near Northeast and Far Northeast are part of Northeast Philadelphia. Roxborough/Manayunk and Germantown/Chestnut Hill are a part of Northwest Philadelphia.
There are more than 600 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Philadelphia, including 67 National Historic Landmarks. Northwest Philadelphia includes 80 of these properties and districts, including 6 National Historic Landmarks; the city's remaining properties and districts are listed elsewhere. One site is split between ...
Washington Avenue Historic District, or Washington Avenue Factory District, is a national historic district located in the Hawthorne and Bella Vista neighborhoods of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It comprises the remaining four blocks of one of the last industrial neighborhoods in Philadelphia, and encompasses eight contributing buildings ...
May 11, 1976 (North Philadelphia Eastern banks of the Schuylkill River: Fairmount Park: First municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822, it operated until 1909.
North Central, Philadelphia is located to the east of North Philadelphia West. A district office plan was proposed as a future major development. [2] The neighborhood's zip codes are 19121, 19129, 19130, and 19132.
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 ...
United States historic place Cliveden U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property Location 6401 Germantown Avenue Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Coordinates 40°02′46″N 75°10′56″W / 40.0461°N 75.1822°W / 40.0461; -75.1822 Area 5.4 acres (2.2 ha) Built 1767 Built by ...
Northwest Philadelphia is known for its hilly terrain, especially in the western half between the Wissahickon and the Schuylkill River.This hilly terrain is a distinct characteristic of Manayunk and Roxborough, making them popular for any recreation that can use a good hill (such as sledding and soapbox derbies, or especially challenging sessions of running and biking).