The educational institutions and city planners wanted to establish a research park like Stanford Universitys Industrial Park to revitalize the community. number of members in ethno-racial group. With the exception of Market Street, these streets can be regarded as being "named after" the streets in West Philadelphia, not continuations, as they are cut off by the park. To examine these statistics, go to the page for a given census year and follow the links for aggregate statistics and for statistics for individual census tracts. On the far side of the Schuylkill, the new housing developments were mostly marketed for the middle and upper classes, whose westward movement was further enabled by the replacement of the omnibus by horse cars in 1858. The site of Philadelphia General Hospital became the multi-institution Philadelphia Center for Health Care Sciences. Since the dawn of rail transportation, Philadelphia has been home to a number of grand railroad stations. 215, 267, and 445. In . The street was unified by front yards, and enclosed by decorative iron fences. The information is updated yearly, as soon as new data is made available by the US Census Bureau. American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service. The NeighborhoodScout search engine is covered under US Patents No. Black Bottom was a traditionally black, working-class neighborhood along the Market Street corridor, between the Powelton Village and Mantua neighborhoods and the campuses of Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania. The neighborhood of Eastwick in Southwest Philadelphia, near Philadelphia International Airport, showed the greatest poverty-rate increase of any community, rocketing from 12 percent during 2006-10 to 26 percent in the newest survey. The main thoroughfare, Market Street, runs East and West, paralleled to the north and south by smaller streets named for tree species. Cultural venues include the Mann Music Center of the Performing Arts and the Bushfire Theater of the Performing Arts on 52nd Street. It was not until 1805 that the first bridge was constructed spanning the Schuylkill River at what is now Market Street. Developers found they could increase profits by catering to this emerging group, shrinking lot sizes, and building more compact, less ornate houses. Some, like the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing, continue to educate men and women in the field. West Philadelphia is also served by five of SEPTA's thirteen Regional Rail Lines, which transport thousands of commuters daily to and from Center City and University City, and provide a quick and inexpensive link to the Philadelphia International Airport. But he abandoned the idea by 1684, two years after his arrival. For eight remarkable decades, local Philadelphia fans consistently supported a series of Black baseball clubs whose successes generated racial pride and represented a triumph of African American institution-building. An alternate definition includes all city land west of the Schuylkill; this would also include Southwest Philadelphia and its neighborhoods. West Philadelphia did not exist until the middle of the nineteenth century. University City Science Center, the nation's first urban research park was conceived as an ambitious urban renewal project, but ignited racial tensions in a city marred by poverty. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (now USciences) was the nation's first pharmacy college. Persons per household, 2017-2021. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2022. West Philadelphia drew national attention in 1978 and 1985 for violent clashes between police and an Afro-centric, back-to-nature group called MOVE. [citation needed] Harrity Elementary School is a district-owned school operated by Mastery Charter Schools.[6]. The Paoli/Thorndale Line serves Overbrook and Wynnefield, and continues to the Main Line communities and Paoli. A controversial Philadelphia-based organization often associated with the Black Power movement, MOVE is best known for a 1985 incident in which the Philadelphia police dropped an incendiary device on their West Philadelphia headquarters. Population Estimates, July 1 2022, (V2022), Population Estimates, July 1 2021, (V2021), Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2022), Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2021), Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2022, (V2022), Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2021, (V2021), American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2017-2021, Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017-2021, Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2017-2021, Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2017-2021, Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2017-2021, Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2017-2021, Households with a computer, percent, 2017-2021, Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2017-2021, High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021, Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021, With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2017-2021, Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent, In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021, In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021, Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000), Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000), Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000), Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2017-2021, Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021, Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021, Total employment, percent change, 2019-2020, Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017, Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017, Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017, Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017, Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017, Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017. On the morning of August 8, 1978, Mayor Frank Rizzo ordered police to enter the property by force. As a consequence, large swaths of the area became deteriorated and underpopulated, despite a vibrant Black political and cultural scene and, in the twenty-first century, a resurgent higher education and medical cluster. On Chestnut Street, Drexel Universitys WKDU regularly welcomed local talent into its studio for live events, as did WPEN, which lent its studio to college broadcasters. The 36 trolley leaves the 40th Street transit tunnel running along Woodland Avenue until 49th Street where it turns south to continue along Lindbergh Boulevard turning at Elmwood Avenue starting at 55th Street. The Black population swelled again during World War II, breaking West Philadelphia's racial boundaries by moving south of Market Street and west of Fifty-Ninth Street. As West Philadelphia became majority African American, the University of Pennsylvania began an ambitious expansion framed by its 1948 master plan (the universitys first update in almost half a century). 302 South 12th Street. Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University, 19502000. The North Philadelphia neighborhood, which straddles Germantown Avenue just west of Broad Street and Erie Avenue, has seen its population rise 4 percent (above the city's 1 percent increase), its housing prices rose 11 percent again above the citywide average. West Philadelphia is the home to several universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, and Saint Joseph's University. Route 36 terminates in Southwest Philadelphia at Island Avenue west and 73rd Street, near the Philadelphia International Airport. Initial development was divided into block lots and sold in 1852 with the condition that "substantial stone or brick buildings" be erected. The educational status of the citys residents who are 18 and older. (Author information current at time of publication.). DJs have shaped musical tastes since the 1950s, broadcasting from stations such as WFIL, originally located at 4548 Market Street (the Enterprise Center in 2016). Thus, it is sometimes, but not always, possible to track changes over time. From designs evoking Greek temples built at the dawn of the automobile age to the ubiquitous utilitarian structures of the twenty-first century, gas stations have become a fixture of the Philadelphia area's landscape. Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Over the city's three centuries, it has evolved into a diverse and vital aspect of the city community. By this standard, about 231,000 Philadelphia householdsor about 529,000 peoplewere cost-burdened in 2018, the last year for which data was available. The eastern side of West Philadelphia is also known as University City. After 1880 the larger houses closer to the river and the university, which dated to earlier in the century, began to be carved into smaller units. By the early twenty-first century West Philadelphia was about as populous as it had been in 1910, having lost more than a hundred thousand residents after 1950. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1990. When the smoke cleared, sixty-two houses had been destroyed and eleven people, including founder John Africa and five children, were dead. Like the rest of the citys manufacturing sector, West Philadelphias industry enjoyed great diversity. Scope: population of Philadelphia and Allegheny West. West Philadelphia High School was one of the biggest and most diverse schools in state when it was opened in 1911. 77th and 86th Streets run just a few blocks before they leave the city for surrounding jurisdictions. The streets were once lined with American Chestnut and walnut trees that touched across the five lanes of roadway, but many were removed due to Chestnut blight and replaced with a mix of sycamore and poplar trees. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In 1850, it was destroyed by fire. QuickFacts provides frequently requested Census Bureau information at the national, state, county, and city level. The new bridge spurred growth, prompting a network of industries, including stockyards, lumber mills, slaughterhouses, coal yards, foundries, and glass factories to serve the city across the river. The original bridge, often called the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge, was first built with exposed trusses, but covered a few years after its completion with a wooden roof and walls adorned with sculptures by William Rush. After Hamiltons death, much of the land was sold for residential and commercial development. Professional basketball has a long history in the Philadelphia region, from the first professional league, formedin 1898,to the NBA. The Callowhill Depot built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to house their fleet of streetcars. These include mosques such as Masjid Al-Jamia, a Sunni Muslim institution at 4228 Walnut Street. U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania QuickFacts Table (a) Includes persons reporting only one race (c) Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories Other settlements followed, including Mantua Village, carved from the holdings of a local landowner, Judge Richard Peters (1743-1828), and laid out in 1809. Penn also competed with other parts of the city for urban renewal funds (much of the money allocated within West Philadelphia went to the universitys ends). Hamiltonville as a continuation of Penns grid in Philadelphia proper. "Match Any Neighborhood" calculates the Match Level of one neighborhood to another using more than 200 characteristics of each neighborhood. In 1963, four stone eagles were added to the bridge approaches after being salvaged from New York Citys recently demolished Penn Station. For the 1844-54 legal entity, see, Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Police bombarded the home with water cannons and teargas, and the sides exchanged gunfire. No representation, guarantee or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of information modified or aggregated for specific neighborhoods and/or zip codes. [28] It holds the graves of many famous Philadelphians. American Bandstand (1952-89) was a massively popular music television program with strong Philadelphia roots, storied national success, and the power to shape the music industry and society. Select your ideal criteria and let Scout do the rest. None of the households in Philadelphia, PA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. The Media/Wawa Line also serves University City and portions of Southwest Philadelphia before continuing to Media and points beyond. West Philadelphia High School's student population of 372 students has declined by 22% over five school years. It remained to be seen whether the ascendancy of the eastern section of West Philadelphia, where old industries and worker housing were giving way to new investment, would be enough to buoy the fortunes of the outlying, formerly middle class areas. The area has declined in prominence over the last 50 years, thanks in part to increasing crime and the migration of many middle and upper-class residents to suburbs and other sections of the city. Miller, Rogerand Joseph Siry. Some of the largest concerns included the metal workings at Job T. Pughs Auger Works, the Otto Gas Engine Manufacturing Company, and the Allison & Sons Car & Tube Works, one of the biggest wagon firms in the nation until its destruction by fire in 1872. Apartment buildingsunusual in this row-house-dominated citybegan to spring up as well. In the early days of decline, the major universities reacted to changes in their surrounding areas aggressively, displacing residents and creating barrier zones between their campuses and city residents. This gradual elevation makes the skyline of Center City visible from many points in West Philadelphia. The next most-common racial group is black at 20.3%. Most recently many of these retail districts with the exception of 52nd Street have been converted to largely residential areas. Population by Neighborhood in Philadelphia There are 158 neighborhoods that are fully or partially contained within Philadelphia (144 fully and 14 partially). Of this, 45.85% are males and 54.15% are females. One of the single largest sectors of the city of Philadelphia at almost fifteen square miles between the Schuylkill River to the east and Delaware County to the west, West Philadelphia at its peak, in the early twentieth century, attracted an influx of new residents to its verdant, suburban-feeling neighborhoods. of Pa. U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library, National Museum of American Jewish History, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Philadelphia&oldid=1128789657, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox settlement with no coordinates, Articles needing additional references from July 2017, All articles needing additional references, Articles to be expanded from December 2009, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2009, Articles needing additional references from December 2010, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2012, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2010, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Non-Hispanic Black or African-American: 164,921 (76.2%), Non-Hispanic White/European: 37,010 (17.1%), This page was last edited on 22 December 2022, at 00:50. and the West Virginia border. Households with a computer, percent, 2017-2021. The least populous of the compared neighborhoods has a population of 11,228. The introduction of electric streetcars in the 1890s further altered the area, as those with more resources moved farther out, leaving behind a more broadly based middle class. Users should exercise caution when comparing 2017-2021 ACS 5-year estimates to other ACS estimates. The numbering pattern is mixed; someone traveling along Market Street into Upper Darby would cross 62nd Street, then Cobbs Creek Parkway/63rd St, then several named streets until finally arriving at 69th Street, skipping 6468. The device ignited fuel in a generator on the roof, causing a fire that spread through the neighborhood. Farther west, African American neighborhoods tended to be more stable, with larger populations of public sector workers and private sector white collar workers, but that was little comfort to the displaced residents of Black Bottom. The topography of West Philadelphia is composed of rolling hills rising slowly from the Schuylkill River toward Cobbs Creek in the west and toward Belmont Plateau in the northwest. 1 Baths Ba; 320 S. 10th Street. This photograph shows two clusters of houses on an otherwise vacant street, awaiting the relocation of residents before demolition. Updated annually. Many young professionals and families have moved into the area. 1 non-Hispanic 2 excluding black and Asian Hispanics. Asian and Hispanic residents may identify with one of the more specific subcategories. Click the Quick Info icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error. These include five of Philadelphia's remaining six streetcar lines. What resulted was a collection of Colonial Revival houses with Arts and Crafts influences, which reflect the sophisticated tastes of post-World War I Philadelphians. [3] One of the major retail strips in West Philadelphia, it is lined with shops and restaurants through to 64th Street in the Wynnefield neighborhood. CLOSE. Outbreaks of violence, like the 1844 Nativist Riots in Kensington and Southwark, exposed the Philadelphia police departments inability to police areas outside of center city, spurring calls for consolidation. Elementary schools include Morton McMichael Elementary School and Lea Elementary School. Age is classified into groups; each percentage listed is that groups percentage of the total population. West Philadelphia's streets are laid out in a modified grid. Estimates are not comparable to other geographic levels due to methodology differences that may exist between different data sources. The most comprehensive, authoritative reference source ever created for the Philadelphia region. This photograph is from a street festival on Baltimore Avenue in the Cedar Park section of University City. In the mid-1980s, crack cocaine reached West Philadelphia and wreaked havoc in many neighborhoods, resulting in a crime wave that scared off many middle-class African Americans and some of the remaining white families as well. The map below highlights areas of . The land that makes up West Philadelphia was not always part of the city. Additionally, 6.11% of the population is represented by non-citizens. Total Population by Neighborhood#5 A pivotal factor in the development of West Philadelphia was the construction of the University of Pennsylvanias campus. It stood divided, like much of the city and the country, between the haves and the have nots. Rodin, Judith. Today several bridges span the river, connecting West Philadelphia neighborhoods to the citys commercial heart. US-born citizens make up 88.6% of the resident pool in West Philadelphia, while non-US-born citizens account for 5.29%. In two of West Philadelphias most infamous turns of events, a conflict between the urban black liberation organization MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department left people dead and many other West Philadelphia residents without homes. The 5 largest ethnic groups in Philadelphia, PA are Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (40.1%), White (Non-Hispanic) (34.1%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (7.36%), Other (Hispanic) (6.86%), and White (Hispanic) (5.2%). The highest numbered street to run any considerable distance contiguously is 58th Street, which runs from the northern frontier of West Philadelphia at City Avenue south to the Schuylkill River. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. All of this information was taken from the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau. Data.census.gov, Census Data API, and Census Search will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. The renowned Penn Relays draw high school and college track and field athletes from around the country. Promise Zones are advertised as entities organized to "leverage federal resources to increase economic activity and opportunity, create jobs, improve education and reduce violent crime. The city held public unwrappings in the nineteenth century and is home to several important collections, including the holdings of the Penn Museum. Throughout the eighteenth century much of what would become West Philadelphia remained sparsely populated farmland. 2023 University of Pennsylvania University Archives and Records Center, The West Philadelphia Community History Center is sponsored by the, University of Pennsylvania University Archives and Records Center. These neighborhoods were subjected to redlining, a discriminatory practice that prevented residents of undesirable neighborhoods from procuring mortgages or loans and exacerbated the poverty. A reinforced, bunkerlike structure built on the roof supported this belief. View All Data Tools and Apps [8], The area gained some fame through the DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince song "Yo Home to Bel-Air", which became the theme song to the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in which Wynnefield native Will Smith raps, "In West Philadelphia, born and raised.". The Cynwyd Line is a limited-service express line from Center City to the Bala Cynwyd neighborhood of Lower Merion Township. But during the early decades of majority-Black West Philadelphia, these challenges were attenuated by the growth of African American political power and the slowly declining, but still available, unionized industrial jobs. A series of wooden and iron bridges were constructed to replace it until the modern-era span was completed in 1932. This is how city residents have self-reported their race and ethnicity to the US Census. Along with a decrease in crime and a trend toward urban living, most of University City underwent gentrification. The 77th Street in Overbrook is not contiguous with the 77th Street in the column of streets that ends with 90th Street in Southwest Philadelphia. The Route 13 trolley runs along Chester Avenue from the transit tunnel at 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue to 67th Street where it turns off Chester Avenue and continues along PA Route 13 into Yeadon, Delaware County on to its terminus at Green Lane. The second story, projecting, semi-hexagonal bay is incorporated into this design, an element which defines the later rowhouses. Philadelphia police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 44-year-old man in Germantown. Multiple business corridors sprouted on Fifty-Second Street and Baltimore, Lancaster, Woodland, and Girard Avenues. The teacher population of 32 teachers has declined by 17% over five school years. Its western majority African American neighborhoods were declining in population and median income. By the end of the 1920s, 220,000 African Americans lived in Philadelphia, and they desperately needed housing beyond the older Black ghetto in North Philadelphia. Philadelphia Population & Age Distribution Age. In that year, 40% of the city's households were cost-burdened, a figure that is in line with many other major cities. 8,376,755. Instead, it provided unarmed security services to patrol the area and exercised soft power to provide incentives to staff, from professors to janitors, to buy and repair homes in a catchment area around the university. The earliest developments began in 1850 and the final period of mass construction ended in 1930. Arrivals from East Asia and Latin America, mainly Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans, have given the area small Hispanic and Asian American populations. The resulting explosion sparked a conflagration that consumed much of the block and killed eleven people. Under the guidance of university president Judith Rodin (b. The Wynnefield neighborhood is a location frequently used by photographers and organizers of civic events. One of West Philadelphia's most prominent features is the "El", or SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line or Blue Line. MOVE, founded in 1972 by West Philadelphia native John Africa, was originally headquartered in the Powelton Village neighborhood. The street grid ends at Cobbs Creek Park along with the western political boundary of Philadelphia, but many of the street names and a roughly similar street grid (it begins to degrade outside the city) continue beyond the city limits into Upper Darby Township, into which Market Street runs uninterrupted to 69th street at the El terminal, where it turns into West Chester Pike and runs through Delaware County and into Chester County. Housing was at a premium, and due to the desirability of the area, the newspaper of record noted that more than any other section of the city, West Philadelphia encouraged the construction of apartment buildings and the subdivision of old mansions to accommodate the boom. Connecting the Past with the Present, Building Community, Creating a Legacy, TheEncyclopedia For a complete list of the variables and breakdowns of data available, consult the professional version of Social Explorer available from the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and other institutional subscribers. Etienne, Harley F. Pushing Back the Gates: Neighborhood Perspectives on University-Driven Revitalization in West Philadelphia. Since the 1980s, gentrification, immigration, and the Urban Indian relocation movement have brought more racial diversity. These are the most common groups that city residents self-reported as their ancestry. The average annual household income in Overbrook Park is $63,686, while the median household income sits at $47,174 per year. Unlike the bucolic landscape of Stanfords park, the University City Science Center was to be located in the densely populated areas just north of the college campuses. Philadelphia's love affair with the bicycle began with its public debut at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, held in Fairmount Park. Completed in 1907, this elevated subway line linked West Philadelphia, Millbourne and Upper Darby to Center City and then later to Frankford. The world view has basic facts, trade, and projections by country. A map showing West Philadelphia in relation to the rest of the city. As of early 2017, large proposed developments in West Philadelphia include the 30th Street Station District and Schuylkill Yards. The population density in City Center West is 97% higher than Philadelphia; The median age in City Center West is 7% higher than Philadelphia; In City Center West 78.92% of the population is White; In City Center West 6.11% of the population is Black; In City Center West 11.66% of the population is Asian The police department made matters worse by becoming the first U.S. law enforcement institution to bomb its own city. Commuter trains have helped to shape and define Philadelphia and its region since their introduction in 1832. University City is the easternmost portion of West Philadelphia, encompassing several Philadelphia universities. This process accelerated with the full extension of the Market-Frankford line in 1907, which boosted settlement, including that of immigrant and Black laborers living close to the line. For a detailed map and demographic statistics for a specific census tract, click on a tract number in the map or as listed below: We apologize for the inconvenience. Later Tudor and Spanish Revival houses, and the Art Deco influenced apartment houses also filled in available lot spaces between developments and made it possible for more middle-class Philadelphians to move to the area.
Crans Montana Switzerland Hotels,
Nipher Middle School Staff,
Who Killed Fbg Brick,
Revlon Shampoo Outrageous,
Articles W
