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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.
Fight over Church of the Assumption to pivot on powers of city departments

The future of the historic Spring Garden building is now in the hands of a Common Pleas Court judge, who will base her decision on a similar preservation debate.

Historical Commission approves canopy on new Inquirer/Daily News headquarters, denies church adaptive reuse

The Commission wrestled with how far to tinker with beloved institutional buildings.

CDAG's overlay angst: Group worries about blocked river views, developments fronted with parking lots and too much signage

The last version of the overlay the Central Delaware Advocacy Group discussed with city planning prohibited permanent structures that would block the future extension of key river access streets. The new version allows development, but requires a 12-foot access path to any already existing trail or park.

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Events

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Race Street Connector meeting
February 28, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
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
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