Cobbs Creek Neighborhood, West Philadelphia Community History Center

Map of Philadelphia area placing West Philadelphia in context

Faculty and Students at the University of Pennsylvania inaugurated this heritage site in the spring of 2008.
This virtual history center will be an ever-revised and expanded resource by and for members of the
West Philadelphia community, and especially for teachers and their students.

Map showing placement of the Cobbs Creek neighborhood within West Philadelphia

WEST PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS:
Cobbs Creek

Cobbs Creek is in the vicinity of Cobbs Creek Park, bounded by Market Street on the north, Baltimore Avenue on the south, between 52nd and 63rd Streets.

Tracts in 2000 Census: 81, 82, 83, 84, 85

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Histories

Cobbs Creek: An Historic West Philadelphia Neighborhood by Rochelle Lennon (University of Pennsylvania undergraduate)
(available as a PDF file - 1 MB, 17 pages)

Cobbs Creek: An Integration of the Community and Local Institutions by Jessica Levine, Emma Thadani, Nathan Davis, Tomoyo Nakamura and Jens Von der Linden (University of Pennsylvania undergraduates)
(available as a PDF file - 420 kb, 44 pages)