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Parkside, Philadelphia

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Field	Value
name	Parkside Historic District
nrhp_type	hd
nocat	yes
designated_other1_name	Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
designated_other1_date	December 11, 2009
designated_other1_abbr	PRHP
designated_other1_link	Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
designated_other1_color	#A8BDEC
image	Parkside HD Philly d.JPG
location	Bounded by Penn-Central RR track, 38th St., Girard, Parkside and Belmont Aves., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
coordinates
locmapin	Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#USA
built	1876
architect	Willis G. Hale, Frederick Newman
area	97 acre
added	November 17, 1983
refnum	83004248

Parkside is a neighborhood that is located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

History and notable features

Much of the Parkside neighborhood was built during the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. It is a National Register of Historic Places Historic District with many examples of Victorian architecture, some well-preserved, others in poor condition. The neighborhood was populated by German Americans, followed by Eastern European Jews, before becoming heavily African American after World War II. (Directly after World War II it was home to many displaced persons from Eastern Europe, which included Latvians.)

In 2008, a shopping mall called the Park West Town Village Shopping Center was completed. Its anchor stores are Shop Rite, Lowe's, McDonald's, and CW Price. It is located on North 52nd Street.

Parkside is the home of the Evans Recreation Center. In 2014, the Philly Pumptrack opened at Evans.

Parkside was the early home of gangsta rapper Schoolly D, and was referenced in his songs "PSK" (Park Side Killers) and "Parkside 5-2".

Gallery

File:Parkside HD Philly a.JPG|Building at 41st and Parkside File:Parkside HD Philly b.JPG|Detail of window of building at 41st and Parkside File:Parkside HD Philly c.JPG|Building at Memorial and Parkside

References

"PRHP: List of historic districts". Philadelphia Historical Commission.
{{NRISref. 2007a
George E. Thomas. (July 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Parkside Historic District". National Archives and Records Administration.
(7 November 2014). "Blazing Trails". Grid Magazine.

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