Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°00′27″N 75°14′03″W / 40.00750°N 75.23417°W / 40.00750; -75.23417
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Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Zip Code
19004
Area codes484 and 610

Bala Cynwyd (

2020 census.[1] The community was long known as hyphenated Bala-Cynwyd. Bala and Cynwyd are currently served by separate stations on SEPTA's Cynwyd Line of Regional Rail
.

Bala Cynwyd lies in the Welsh Tract of Pennsylvania and was settled in the 1680s by Welsh Quakers, who named it after the town of Bala and the village of Cynwyd in Wales. A mixed residential community made up predominantly of single-family detached homes, it extends west of the Philadelphia city limits represented by City Avenue from Old Lancaster Road at 54th Street west to Meeting House Lane and then along Manayunk and Conshohocken State Roads north to Mary Watersford Road, then east along Belmont Avenue back to City. This large residential district contains some of Lower Merion's oldest and finest stone mansions, built mainly from 1880 through the 1920s and located in the sycamore-lined district between Montgomery Avenue and Levering Mill Road, as well as split level tract houses built east of Manayunk Road just after World War II.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20209,285—

History

The oldest commercial district and the original center of Bala Cynwyd straddles the bridge over the old Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, originally belonging to the Columbia Railroad and now part of

Merion, with its popular delicatessens and restaurants.[3]

The village is home to

Conservative Jews
who live within walking distance of Lower Merion Synagogue and Congregation Adath Israel on Old Lancaster Road where Bala Cynwyd meets Merion. Churches of other denominations are located in nearby Narberth, Wynnewood, Merion, and Wynnefield/Overbrook.

20th century

The Neighborhood Club of Bala Cynwyd, established in 1906, works to preserve the residential character of the neighborhood and promote civic welfare and community spirit. It sponsors an annual

fire trucks, police, and public officials.[citation needed
]

The Lower Merion Historical Society recently[when?] relocated its headquarters from Ashbridge House in Rosemont to the ancient Cynwyd Academy building, adjacent to Bala Cynwyd Middle School on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Cynwyd.

Among the claimants for

First Boy Scout Troop in the United States is Troop 1
in Bala Cynwyd.

Bala Cynwyd has long been home to most of the broadcasting outlets in the Philadelphia region. In 1952,

Entercom Communications Corporation, which is poised to be the second largest owner of radio stations in the United States, following its announcement of a merger with CBS Radio February 2, 2017.[1] Archived February 5, 2017, at the Wayback Machine

Opened in 1957, Bala Cynwyd On City Avenue

City Avenue. Its major outlets are Acme Markets, Olive Garden and LA Fitness; Saks Fifth Avenue
is located a block to the east.

From 1946 to 1960, the National Football League had its headquarters located in Bala Cynwyd.[5][6]

The

Lower Merion Academy-Cynwyd Elementary School-Bala Cynwyd Junior High School Complex and West Laurel Hill Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[7]

Schools

Further information: Lower Merion School District, Lower Merion High School, and Harriton High School

Bala Cynwyd is served by the Lower Merion School District with its headquarters in Ardmore. Public school children of area residents attend the Cynwyd Elementary School on Levering Mill Road, Belmont Hills Elementary School on Madison Avenue, and Bala Cynwyd Middle School on North Bryn Mawr Avenue. High school students living in Bala Cynwyd may choose between Lower Merion High School in Ardmore and Harriton High School in Rosemont.[8]

Another school in Bala Cynwyd is

all-girls high school serving the local and general Philadelphia region. The private, Catholic Merion Mercy and Waldron Mercy Academies are only a quarter mile up Montgomery Avenue in Merion. The bilingual French International School of Philadelphia, on North Highland Avenue, teaches approximately 320 children from pre-kindergarten (K3) to eighth grade in French and English.[9]

Library

The Bala Cynwyd Public Library, part of the six-branch Lower Merion Library System, occupies a modern facility on Old Lancaster Road. It is home to more than 221,000 items and features up-to-date computer facilities and a dedicated children's library on the second floor. The system as a whole, with its central library located at Bryn Mawr's Ludington Memorial Library on South Bryn Mawr Avenue, is home to more than 1.4 million items and stands in the 99th percentile nationwide for annual resident visits and volumes per resident capita.

Notable people

Places of interest

In popular culture

Notes

  1. ^ Not *[ˈbala ˈkənwɨd] like its Welsh namesakes.

References

  1. ^ https://data.census.gov/all?q=Bala%20Cynwyd%20CDP,%20Pennsylvania
  2. ^ Bean, Theodore W. (1884). Montgomery County: The First Two Hundred Years. Philadelphia: Everts and Peck.
  3. ^ Jones, Dick (2001). The First Three Hundred: The Amazing and Rich History of Lower Merion. Ardmore: The Lower Merion Historical Society.
  4. ^ "Federal Realty Investment Trust Announces Rebrand of Bala Cynwyd Shopping Center". CityAve.org. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  5. ^ "Chronology of Football 1941-1950". Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  6. ^ "Chronology of Football 1951-1960". Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  7. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  8. ^ "School Boundary Maps". Lower Merion School District. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  9. ^ "Our Students Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine." French International School of Philadelphia. Retrieved on May 14, 2014.
  10. ^ "Forbes profile: Arthur Dantchik". Forbes. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  11. ^ Washington, U. S. Capitol Room H154; p:225-7000, DC 20515-6601. "Madeleine Dean (Pennsylvania (PA)), 118th Congress Profile". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved November 26, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Mother And Wife Sustain His `Odyssey' - philly-archives. Articles.philly.com (2011-10-09). Retrieved on 2016-08-15.
  13. ^ Bob Garfield, "The Paleozoic Internet" Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, On the Media, June 10, 2011.
  14. ^ Avery, Ron (September 21, 1994). "A wealth of history is buried in Merion". Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  15. ^ "History of Merion Cemetery". Merion Memorial Park.

External links

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