Southwest Philadelphia - Wikipedia
WEBSouthwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The section can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the SEPTA.
Southwest Philadelphia - Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
WEBSouthwest Philadelphia encompasses the city’s Fifty-First and Fortieth Wards and includes the neighborhoods of Kingsessing, Elmwood, Paschall, and Eastwick; below Seventy-Fourth Street, Eastwick is known to residents as “the Meadows.”
Home - Southwest CDC
WEBSince 1987, we’ve offered compassionate care to improve the quality of life for our neighbors throughout Southwest Philadelphia. We make a difference to more than 1,200 households each year. Learn More.
The Southwest Globe Times | Bringing Good News to SW Philly
WEBSep 20, 2024 · Community News, Featured, General News. The Southwest Globe Times has been serving the community with insightful journalism, opinions, and events since 1945. Published by Southwest CDC.
Bartram's Garden | Southwest Philadelphia's Home for Horticulture
WEBBartram's Garden in Southwest Philadelphia is a public park and home for horticulture, an ancient riverfront, and an African Diaspora farm.
Philadelphia International Airport and Southwest Philadelphia
WEBLocated seven miles southwest of Center City Philadelphia, the airport serves 30 million people each year via 25 airlines and counting. But while the airport may be the most trafficked part of Southwest Philadelphia, there’s more to …
Southwest Philly: Five Places to Know
WEBFeb 23, 2014 · Southwest Philly: Five Places to Know. Southwest Philadelphia claims the city area from Baltimore Avenue south to the airport, and from the Schuylkill River west to Cobbs Creek. Its three primary neighborhoods from north to south are Kingsessing, Elmwood Park and Eastwick.
Southwest Philadelphia's Home for Horticulture - Bartram's Garden
WEBThe Garden is free and open to visitors every day. Bartram’s Garden is many things to many people: a home for horticulture, the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America, an ancient riverfront, Sankofa Community Farm, high school internship programs, and a place of untold histories.
Push for Southwest Philly's Africatown to make strides this fall
WEBSep 30, 2022 · Why it matters: Africatown, a neighborhood in Southwest Philly that's been in the works for more than 14 years, would give a name to an area long-established as a destination for African immigrants, Voffee Jabateh, CEO of the African Cultural Alliance of North America (ACANA), told Axios.
Champion Southwest Philly - Philadelphia Foundation
WEBReclaiming Local History and Championing An Inclusive Future in Southwest Philly. As gentrification, development and displacement come to Southwest Philadelphia, direct investments in local leaders and youth will amplify neighborhood voices, histories and …