Spring Garden
Amid sound and fury, Historical Commission approves Feibush Cafe
A surprise — and quite dramatic — appearance by the City's Chief Integrity Officer, Joan Markman, capped the Historical Commission meeting on Friday morning. Ms. Markman was the last to testify…
Draft plan for Central District released
The draft comprehensive plan for Philadelphia's Central District calls for revitalizing civic spaces in Center City, encouraging more development along Ridge Avenue and North Broad Street in West Callowhill, and making…
Hort Academy at Abraham Lincoln High wins Sustainability Award at Flower Show
Last October, PlanPhilly graduate intern Amanda Mazie wrote about VIADUCTgreene's grassroots efforts to get the public to imagine what it would be like to transform an abandoned rail viaduct's unplanned green…
ABOUT SPRING GARDEN
Spring Garden is a neighborhood in Central Philadelphia. The area extends from Benjamin Franklin Parkway to Fairmount Avenue and from Broad Street to the Schuylkill River. The area was originally known as the city’s “Victorian area" and was developed as residential housing for a newly emerging class of comparatively wealthy working class citizens. The area’s impressive Victorian architecture has for the most part been preserved thanks to efforts by the Philadelphia Historical Commission and members of the community. This neighborhood's civic association was developed in the 1960s to help fight off drugs and crime within the neighborhood. Since then, this neighborhood has remained a safe and well regarded area. Today Spring Garden boasts inexpensive historic housing as well as newly developed row houses and rental properties.
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