West Philadelphia
West Philly is a mostly residential section of Philadelphia west of the Schuylkill River, which represented the western boundary of William Penn's original plan for the colonial city.Photo: Axcordion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Kevin83002, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb with 216,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “West Philly”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital and Malcolm X Park.
Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, also known as Kirkbride's Hospital or the Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, was a psychiatric hospital located at 48th and Haverford Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Malcolm X Park
Park
Malcolm X Park is an urban park in West Philadelphia named in honor of Malcolm X. It is a six-acre park located around 51st Street and Pine Street. The park is known for its jazz festival during the summer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cobbs Creek and Haddington.
Cobbs Creek
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Cobbs Creek is a neighborhood located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, named for the creek which forms part of Philadelphia's western border.
Haddington
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Haddington is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its borders are defined as Haverford Avenue/Girard Avenue to the north, 52nd Street to the east, Market Street to the south, and 67th Street to the westernmost edge of the neighborhood.
Spruce Hill
Neighborhood
Spruce Hill is a neighborhood in the University City section of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated between 38th and 46th streets and stretches from Market Street south to Woodland Avenue.
West Philadelphia
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.96° or 39° 57′ 36″ northLongitude
-75.22489° or 75° 13′ 30″ westPopulation
216,000Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
87F6XQ6G+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 12745364746OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
12217924Wikidata ID
Q767950
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“West Philadelphia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيلادلفيا الغربية”
- Armenian: “Արևմտյան Ֆիլադելֆիա”
- Catalan: “West Philadelphia”
- Chinese: “西費城”
- Chinese: “西费城”
- Dutch: “West Philadelphia”
- French: “West Philadelphia”
- Hebrew: “פילדלפיה/מערב העיר”
- Italian: “Filadelfia ovest”
- Italian: “Filadelfia Ovest”
- Italian: “West Philadelphia”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・フィラデルフィア”
- Korean: “웨스트 필라델피아”
- Korean: “웨스트필라델피아”
- Russian: “Западная Филадельфия”
- Slovenian: “West Philadelphia”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna Filadelfija”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna Philadelphia”
- South Azerbaijani: “وزت فیلئیدلفیا”
- Spanish: “Oeste de Filadelfia”
- Turkish: “West Philadelphia”
- Ukrainian: “Західна Філадельфія”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Philadelphia”
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