Bridesburg
Bordered to the south by Port Richmond, to the east by the Delaware River, to the north by Wissinoming, and to the west by Frankford. The Frankford Creek, the Delaware River, and I-95 give Bridesburg distinct boundaries, making it a well-defined neighborhood.
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This unassuming structure sits across Delaware Avenue from Penn Treaty Park and serves some of the best sandwiches in Philadelphia. Known for its cheesesteaks, roast pork and hot sausage, Johnny’s…
This site has been vacant so long it resembles natural grassland, and in fact provides quite a beautiful stroll in autumn. And it will remain vacant for a time, with…
The looming white oil storage tanks along Allegheny Avenue are there for a reason. Oil has simply supplanted coal on a site that, 150 years ago, was famous for making…
Richmond Street at Dyott Street
Nowhere does the widespread destruction of Philadelphia’s waterfront history seem crueler than at Dyottsville. Nothing but a grassy field today that was the proposed Pinnacle Casino site, this area on the…
