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Southwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the northern border defined by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission as east from the city line along Baltimore Avenue moving south along ...
Yishun Park (Neighbourhood 8) Yishun Neighbourhood Park is a park located in Yishun, Singapore. The 7.7 hectares park was developed on an old rubber estate and features a hill with an open lawn, ideal for picnics. Facilities include children's playground and fitness equipment. [1]
All facilities are administered by the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation department since a merger of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Department of Recreation in 2010. [5] The new Parks & Recreation department also administers six older adult centers, three environmental education centers, 40 historic sites and 25 KEYSPOT computer labs.
A neighborhood park primarily serves residents within about 1/4 mile of the park, without physical or social barriers to the boundaries. Ease of access from the surrounding neighborhood, central location, and linkage to greenways are key concerns when selecting a new park site. The site itself should allow active and passive recreation uses.
Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] Its boundaries are north of Fairmount Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River. [2] [3] While this may be the most accurate demarcation, the area's boundaries fluctuate depending how the neighborhood is ...
Strawberry Mansion is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, located east of Fairmount Park in North Philadelphia. The neighborhood is bounded by 33rd Street to the west, 29th Street to the east, Lehigh Avenue to the north, and Oxford Street to the south. As of the 2000 census, the neighborhood had a population of 22,562.
Girard Avenue (US 30) westbound past 38th Street in West Philadelphia. Girard Avenue was named for banker Stephen Girard (1750–1831) who, at his death, was the richest man in the United States [3] – who directed that his fortune be used to found a trade school for orphaned boys.
Philadelphia Chinatown is a predominantly Asian American neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation supports the area. The neighborhood stretches from Vine Street on the north, Arch Street on the south, North Franklin Street and N. 7th Street on the east, to North Broad Street on ...