Washington Square West
This neighborhood pretty much includes the section between 7th and Juniper Streets and between Walnut and Lombard Streets, bordering on the neighborhoods of Chinatown to the north, Society Hill to the East, Bella Vista and Hawthorne to the south, and the Avenue of the Arts and Rittenhouse Square to the west.
www.washwestcivic.org
www.ebaphila.org/homepage.htm
Most early settlers lived in houses to be sure, but records indicate that many chose to live in caves, a practice which persisted past the 1680s.
According to Watson’s Annals,…
South Broad Street and Carpenter Street Website
Idea submitted by Patricia Bullard; photo courtesy of Flickr (Cavalier92)
The Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts is a magnet…