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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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Spring Garden Civic Association

Paddle powered steamboat by John Fitch
The concept for John Fitch's paddle powered steamboat emanated from a dream. 
The Vine Street Landing
Going down the shore?
Poplar Street Lumber Wharves
In the hey day of Philadelphia’s working waterfront, every pier was known for something. For Poplar Street, it was lumber.
Occupy Philadelphian? Residents' group defeats plan to alter mid-century facade

A proposal had called for glass panels to replace the aluminum sides on the distinctive terraces of the landmark building on Pennsylvania Avenue. 

Ideas for the Columbia Avenue Connector project

Planners say a greener street with improved lighting at the underpass could better link Fishtown to the waterfront and PennTreaty Park. Some neighbors are concerned that too many trees could take up too many parking spaces. A compromise is in the works.

2011 Endangered List spotlights anchors of the community

The Preservation Alliance shifts its focus to resources that bind the cultural fabric of their neighborhoods.

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First public input meeting for the proposed Spring Garden Street Greenway
October 27, 2011 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm
First Friday at Race Street Pier
August 5, 2011 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
GROWING GREENER in PHILADELPHIA
June 20, 2011 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation hosts a final public presentation of the ‘Plan for the Central Delaware’
June 13, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Ribbon cutting for new Race Street Pier
May 12, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
NLNA Citywide Meeting on Riverfront and Spring Garden
October 19, 2010 - 6:30pm
Sippin' by the River
October 3, 2010 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Ukrainian Arts Philadelphia participant of POST
October 1, 2010 - 7:00pm
YIP: Business and Entrepreneurship
September 27, 2010 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Philadelphia's Historic North Central Waterfront: From Market to Spring Garden Streets, Or: What Hath I-95 Wrought?
August 21, 2010 - 2:00pm - 4:30pm
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