Philadelphia Neighborhoods - West
Philadelphia Real Estate
Beginning at the west bank of the Schuylkill River, West Philadelphia
is a widely divergent community. In the area closest to Center City
lie many of the city's major colleges and universities including Drexel
University, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and the
University of Pennsylvania. City Avenue serves as the northwestern boundary
of West Philadelphia. Here you will find St. Joseph's University as
well as major areas of Fairmount Park. The Philadelphia Zoo and Mann
Music Center, while in Fairmount Park are also in West Philadelphia.
220,000 people, or about 14% of the Philadelphia's population, live,
shop, and in many cases work in West Philadelphia. These residents share
many experiences, some of them unique to West Philadelphia: riding the
trolleys into Center City, shopping at 52nd Street (West Philly's Main
Street), picnicking and playing ball in Fairmount Park, driving between
the support columns of the Market-Frankford El, tending neighborhood
garden plots, participating in community meetings or school functions,
attending the annual May Fair at Clark Park, and keeping up their houses."
West Philadelphia is areas with names like Belmont, Carroll Park, Cobbs
Creek, Haddington/Dunlap, Mantua and Parkside. West Philadelphia also
has areas like the Overbrook and Wynnefield sections of the city.
Philadelphia Neighborhoods
Benjamin Franklin Parkway real estate
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Fairmount Park real estate
Germantown real estate
Manayunk and Roxborough real estate
Mt. Airy real estate
North Philadelphia real estate
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Oak Lane and Olney real estate
Society Hill real estate
South Philadelphia real estate
South Street real estate
Southwest Philadelphia real estate
University City real estate
West Philadelphia real estate
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