Neighborhoods
Philadelphia neighborhood designations can vary and change over time. Boundaries can be mutable, even controversial. The following are neighborhoods covered in Robert F. Looney's book Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, with descriptions based on the Philadelphia Almanac and Citizen's Manual, 1995, edited by Ken Finkel.
Select a neighborhood:
- Bridesburg
- Burholme, Pennsylvania
- Bustleton
- Chestnut Hill
- Chinatown
- Delaware River Front
- East Falls
- Elmwood, Pennsylvania
- Fairmount
- Fox Chase, Pennsylvania
- Frankford
- Germantown
- Glenside, Pennsylvania
- Holmesburg
- Kensington
- Logan Square
- Manayunk
- Market East
- Mayfair, Pennsylvania
- Mount Airy
- Nicetown-Tioga
- Northern Liberties
- Old City
- Overbrook
- Poplar
- Queen Village
- Rittenhouse Square
- Roxborough
- Society Hill
- South Philadelphia
- Southwark
- Southwest Philadelphia
- Tacony
- Torresdale, Pennsylvania
- Valley Forge Park
- Washington Square
- West Philadelphia
- Wissinoming, Pennsylvania