Map of Philly Gangs (Full Tour of Philly Hoods) - Kulture Vulturez
WEBJul 28, 2024 · North of North Philly are the neighborhoods of Germantown, West Oak Lane, Ogontz, and Olney, all representing the Uptown section of Philadelphia. What was once a predominantly white community, many of these neighborhoods began experiencing white flight during the 1960s and 1970s.
Philadelphia Badlands - Wikipedia
WEBThe Philadelphia Badlands is a section of North Philadelphia and Lower Northeast Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is known for an abundance of open-air recreational drug markets and drug-related violence. [1]
Roots of Hypersegregation in Philadelphia, 1920-1930
WEBFeb 22, 2016 · And in Philadelphia, hypersegregation took root in the 1920s, when North Philadelphia’s African-American population about doubled. The western side of North Philadelphia (from Poplar to Lehigh), approximately 3.4 square miles, saw an increase of the African-American population from 16,666 to 41,270.
North Philadelphia - Wikipedia
WEBThe race riots of 1964 became iconic for the rising ethnic tensions in the region, and the continued withdrawal of white residents. The riot, which virtually destroyed the central shopping district of North Philadelphia, signaled the beginning of the end for the North's commercial sector.
Neighborhoods in North Philly focus on violence - Generocity
WEBAug 31, 2021 · Increasing violence in North Philadelphia neighborhoods. Homicides in Southeastern Pennsylvania have reached epidemic proportions with communities in North Philadelphia becoming the epicenter, having suffered through an alarming increase of gun violence over the past two years.
1964 Philadelphia race riot - Wikipedia
WEBRumors then spread throughout North Philadelphia that a pregnant black woman had been beaten to death by white police officers. Later that evening, and throughout the next two days, angry mobs looted and burned mostly white-owned businesses in North Philadelphia, mainly along Columbia Avenue.
Generocity Commentary: North Philadelphia residents fight for …
WEBJul 21, 2021 · There are numerous examples of cultural displacement in North Philadelphia. The names of neighborhoods have been changed and the official boundary of North Philadelphia has been moved to the Cheltenham Avenue cityline by the media and those who have never lived there.
3 maps that explain gentrification in Philadelphia - WHYY
WEBMar 14, 2018 · The map shows gentrification clustered in census tracts close to Center City including Graduate Hospital, the East Passyunk section of South Philadelphia and Northern Liberties while showing that many more neighborhoods across the city experienced “statistically significant drops in income” in the 14 years studied.
Here’s How Black People Are Really Doing in Philly
WEBFor 2018, 145.5 violations per 1,000 occupied housing units were issued, the report states, with rates the highest “in low-income neighborhoods, particularly in North Philadelphia.”
Remembering the 1964 riots in North Philadelphia [photos]
WEBAug 25, 2014 · A rumor spread 50 years ago this week that police officers had assaulted — maybe even killed — a pregnant African-American woman in North Philadelphia. While that description was a vast exaggeration, it sparked two days of …
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