Pennsport, Philadelphia
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Whitman Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia in Pennsport
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| Country |  United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Philadelphia County |
| City | Philadelphia |
| Area code(s) | Area code 215 |
Pennsport is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Pennsport is home to a large working-class Irish American population and is home to many of the organizations ("clubs") that perform in Philadelphia's annual Mummers Parade on new year's day. It was also the site of a controversial push for casinos along the Philadelphia waterfront.[1] [2] Foxwoods Casino was proposed for Christopher Columbus Boulevard at Reed Street.
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Location
Pennsport is bound by Passyunk Square to the west, the Delaware River to the east, the Queen Village neighborhood to the north, and the Whitman neighborhood to the south. The Pennsport Redevelopment Area Plan of 1968 listed the border streets as Washington Avenue on the north, Snyder Avenue on the south, and Fourth Street on the west.[3]
Demographics
The 2000 census listed Pennsport's population as 26,300, a figure that includes the populations of Southwark, Queen Village, & Whitman. [4]
Pennsport is 70% white, 17% black, 8% Asian, & 5% Latino. Roughly 40% of the population is under 18.[4]
History
According to the Genealogy of Philadelphia County Subdivisions, Pennsport was originally part of Moyamensing Township. Most of the area north of present-day Mifflin Street was included in the Southwark District from 1794 until the consolidation of Philadelphia in 1854. At that point, it was mostly contained in the First Ward. The First and Second Wards ran east of Passyunk Avenue and were divided by Wharton St. (First to the south, Second to the north). The southern boundary of the First Ward initially spanned south to the river, but it was stopped at Mifflin St. in 1898.[5]
Furness High School and the former Abigail Vare School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6] Historic rowhouse synagogue Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel was featured in the Hidden City Philadelphia 2013 Festival.[7]
Education
The School District of Philadelphia operates public schools serving Pennsport.
For grades K-8 Vare-Washington School serves area residents.[8] The school was previously named Abigail Vare School and had occupied a building in Pennsport.[9][10] In October 2013 the Philadelphia School Reform Commission (SRC) voted to close Washington School in Dickinson Narrows. Abigail Vare School moved from its previous building to the former Washington building.[11]
Furness High School serves area residents.[12]
Public libraries
The Free Library of Philadelphia Whitman Branch in Whitman serves Pennsport.[13]
Notable Residents
- Rob McElhenney (actor, creator of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
External links
- Second Street Irish Society
- Pennsport Civic Association
- Friends of Dickinson Square Park
- Pennsport School of Dance
References
- ↑ Philly.com article on casino proposals
- ↑ Philadelphia Weekly article on resident response to the casinos
- ↑ Pennsport Redevelopment Area Plan (Nov. 1968), Philadelphia Neighborhoods Project, University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 South Philly Review, October 7, 2004, "The Place Where You Live: Pennsport".
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- ↑ "School Finder." School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.
- ↑ Former Abigail Vare attendance boundary (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.
- ↑ Jennings, James. "Mt. Sinai Developer Plans Apartments, Townhomes at Shuttered Pennsport School." Philadelphia. June 10, 2015. Retrieved on November 30, 2015.
- ↑ Graham, Kristen. "SRC votes to spare four schools." Philadelphia Inquirer. Thursday October 17, 2013. Retrieved on November 30, 2015. "CLOSING:[...]George Washington Elementary School, 1198 S. 5th Street Abigail Vare Elementary School, 1621 E. Moyamensing Avenue (building only, moves into George Washington Elementary)"
- ↑ "Horace Furness High School Geographic Boundaries" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on October 4, 2011.
- ↑ "Whitman Branch." Free Library of Philadelphia. Retrieved on October 19, 2012.
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