Map of Philadelphia area placing West Philadelphia in context
West Philadelphia Community History Center

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.

Click for the Home page for the West Philadelphia Community History CenterClick for historical summaries of West PhiladelphiaClick for descriptions and histories of West Philadelphia neighborhoodsClick for personal perspectives on West PhiladelphiaClick for special exhibitsClick for maps of West PhiladelphiaClick for statistics on West PhiladelphiaClick for a bibliography of resources for the study of West PhiladelphiaClick for teacher guides for studying West Philadelphia

 

OVERBROOK

 

Featured West Philadelphia Neighborhoods:

Overview

Cedar Park

Cobbs Creek

Mantua

Overbrook

Parkside

Powelton Village

Spruce Hill

Other neighborhood histories in progress

 

 
Map showing placement of the Overbrook neighborhood within West Philadelphia

WEST PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS:
Overbrook

Overbrook is northeast of Cobbs Creek Park, bounded by City Line Avenue on the northwest and Woodbine Avenue, Lancaster Avenue, Lansdown Avenue, and 63rd Street on the southeast.

Tracts in 2000 Census: 97, 98, 99, 100, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 120


View Overbrook in a larger map

Histories

Overbrook: A Historical and Recent Socio-Demographic Overview by Darryl Oliver (University of Pennsylvania undergraduate)
(available as a PDF file - 79 kb, 7 pages)

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