Elmwood Park, Philadelphia

Elmwood Park
Elmwood Park
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
	Motivation High School in Elmwood Park, June 2010
	Elmwood Park
	Coordinates: 39°54′50″N 75°14′14″W / 39.9140°N 75.2373°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Philadelphia
City	Philadelphia
Area code(s)	215, 267, and 445

Elmwood Park, also known simply as Elmwood, is a neighborhood in the

Kingsessing

borders it on the northeast.

Poles and Irish Americans had long been the majority in the neighborhood, organized around

Catholic

parishes established throughout the early to mid 20th century.

In 1985, Mayor

Vietnamese American refugees and West African

immigrants have joined African Americans in making today's Elmwood a more racially diverse neighborhood as the white population decreases.

The

storage facility that is also used as an alternate terminus

is also located there.

The Thomas Buchanan Read School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

Elmwood Park's The Labor Monument: Philadelphia's Tribute to the American Worker (2010) by artist John Kindness is one of the first monuments in the United States commemorating the contributions of organized labor nationwide. The monument was commissioned by the Association for Public Art (formerly the Fairmount Park Art Association) and installed in 2010 at 71st Street and Buist Avenue.^[2]

Demographics

As of the

Latino of any race were 2.25% of the population. The median income for a household in the neighborhood was $24,817.^{[citation needed}

]

Education

Free Library of Philadelphia operates the Paschalville Branch, which serves Elmwood and other subdivisions, at 6942 Woodland Avenue.^[4] The system also operates the Eastwick Branch, which serves Elmwood Park and other subdivisions, at 2581 Island Avenue.^[5]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2013-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "Paschalville Branch." Free Library of Philadelphia. Retrieved on January 3, 2008.
^ "Eastwick Branch." Free Library of Philadelphia. Retrieved on January 3, 2008.

External links

Philadelphia Imposes a State of Emergency, New York Times, November 24, 1985
Recent Trends in Immigration to Philadelphia, Johnny Ceffalio, University of Pennsylvania

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2013-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[GR2-3] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[4] "Paschalville Branch." Free Library of Philadelphia. Retrieved on January 3, 2008.

[5] "Eastwick Branch." Free Library of Philadelphia. Retrieved on January 3, 2008.

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