Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods...or so I'm told. New York is a city of neighborhoods. Chicago is a city of neighborhoods. Philadelphia? I'm not sure because unlike these other "neighborhood" cities Philadelphia's core is more compact and walkable meaning the neighborhoods weave into one another and blend compared to a New York or Chicago. Then the neighborhoods that are truly unique and different like all the ones in Northwest, Southwest, and Northeast Philadelphia don't receive any love or attention.
Visit Philly Neighborhood Link
I view Philadelphia's neighborhood organization as a series of rings. There's an inner, Center City core, around which several neighborhood rings eminate with the neighborhoods getting more distinct, the more you are removed from this center core. After Center City there's South Philadelphia and a stretch north of the Vine Street Expressway that bookend Center City from South and North, respectively. From here the city splits out into a Southwest, West, Northwest, North and Northeast neighborhoods which feel separate and distinct from this central corridor and from each other. The nuances of each neighborhood are detailed in the links below.
Visit Philly Neighborhood Link
I view Philadelphia's neighborhood organization as a series of rings. There's an inner, Center City core, around which several neighborhood rings eminate with the neighborhoods getting more distinct, the more you are removed from this center core. After Center City there's South Philadelphia and a stretch north of the Vine Street Expressway that bookend Center City from South and North, respectively. From here the city splits out into a Southwest, West, Northwest, North and Northeast neighborhoods which feel separate and distinct from this central corridor and from each other. The nuances of each neighborhood are detailed in the links below.
CENTER CITY
CITY HALL
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OLD CITY AND SOCIETY HILL
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PENN'S LANDING
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WASHINGTON SQUARE
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RITTENHOUSE SQUARE
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THE PARKWAY
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CHINATOWN
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SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
SOUTH STREET AND QUEENS VILLAGE
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EAST PASSYUNK AND THE ITALIAN MARKET
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GRADUATE HOSPITAL
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SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
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THE STRETCH NORTH OF THE VINE STREET EXPRESSWAY
FISHTOWN
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NORTHERN LIBERTIES
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CALLOWHILL
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FAIRMOUNT
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BREWERYTOWN
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WEST PHILADELPHIA
UNIVERSITY CITY
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SPRUCE HILL
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WEST PHILADELPHIA
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NORTHWEST PHILADELPHIA
MANAYUNK
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FAIRMOUNT AND WISSAHICKON PARK
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CHESTNUT HILL
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MT. AIRY AND GERMANTOWN
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NORTH PHILADELPHIA AND THE NORTHEAST
NORTH PHILADELPHIA
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THE NORTHEAST
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