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.
HISTORIES of WEST PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS
Neighborhoods are fictions, often creations of real estate developers or mobilized members of communities. Their boundaries and even their names evolve and are contested. The borders noted in our neighborhood histories are approximations.
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