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The Irish in Philadelphia: Ten Generations of Urban Experience. Temple University Press, 1981. ISBN 0877222274, 9780877222279. Leigh, Wendy (2007). True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 978-0-312-34236-4. Poxon, Marita Krivda. Irish Philadelphia. Arcadia Publishing, January 28, 2013.
Other Irish neighborhoods are located in the northwestern area of South Philadelphia, including Grays Ferry, Devil's Pocket and areas of Girard Estate, Southwest Center City and Schuylkill. Philadelphia's large Irish community, however, is more prominent in other sections of the city, most notably Northeast Philadelphia.
Development of the Christian Street Neighborhood began in earnest in approximately 1866 as it became incorporated into the city of Philadelphia. Initially the neighborhood was Irish-Catholic in ethnicity. During the nineteenth century, the district was often known as St. Charles Parish, because of the location of St. Charles Borromeo Roman ...
Pennsport is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.. Pennsport is home to a large working-class Irish American population, many of them descendants of immigrants from the mid to late 19th century.
Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names; Philadelphia neighborhoods: data and interactive map. Ferrick, Tom (February 11, 2011). "Median Household Income 1999-2009 (by Neighborhood)". Philadelphia Metropolis. The Public Media Lab; Ferrick, Tom (February 11, 2011).
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]
Bridesburg is the northernmost neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] A mostly working-class neighborhood, Bridgesburg is an historically German and Irish community, with a significant community of Polish immigrants who arrived mostly in the early- to mid-twentieth century.
More than 80,000 people live in Southwest Philadelphia. It is approximately 60% black, 36% white, and 4% Asian. [10]Until the late 1960s, the Southwest section of Philadelphia was commonly associated with Irish-Americans until Southeast Asian refugees settled in the area along with African-Americans from nearby West Philadelphia.