Overbrook Park, Philadelphia
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Coordinates: 39°58′37″N 75°15′54″W / 39.977°N 75.265°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Philadelphia |
City | Philadelphia |
Area code(s) | 215, 267, and 445 |
Overbrook Park is a
Boundaries
Overbrook Park is bounded by
The neighborhood spans for approximately four city blocks west to east along City Avenue, and approximately ten smaller blocks north to south on either side of 76th Street. Overbrook Park has a public school named after Robert Eneas Lamberton, a former Republican mayor of Philadelphia. It was once a K–12 school and the only one of its kind in Philadelphia. Today it is a K-8 school. Lamberton School is located at 75th Street and Woodbine Avenue.
History
Overbrook Park used to have a large Jewish population.
The Orthodox Congregation Beth Hamedrosh was founded in the late 1950s as a branch of Beth Hamedrosh HaGadol in West Philadelphia. The congregation moved to Penn Wynne in May 2007, after having purchased the site in 2000.
The Conservative Congregation Beth T'fillah, originally called Overbrook Park Congregation founded in 1948,
In 1990, Overbrook Park had some 7,200 residents, mostly of Jewish, Italian and Irish origins. During the mid-1990s, the neighborhood started to become majority African American. By 2000, the neighborhood's population had become nearly 60% African American.[8] Today it is approximately 81% African American [9]
Despite the demographic change, there are still several
In 2017,
Overbrook Park is the birthplace of actor Seth Green.[14]
References
- ISBN 0-631-17916-X.
- ^ "Building "Keruv". The Main Line Eruv". The Philadelphia Jewish Voice. September 2006.
- ^ "Torah Scrolls Brought to New Home of Beth Hamedrosh". The Philadelphia Jewish Voice. July 2007.
- ISBN 978-1-59629-572-8. Archived from the originalon 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
- ^ "Phila. v. Overbrook Park Congregation". Justia Law. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
- ISBN 978-1-59629-572-8. Archived from the originalon 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
- ^ "CJC Seeks CJC for a Serious Long-term Relationship". The Philadelphia Jewish Voice. October 2005.
- ^ "Overbrookpark". Jewocity.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ^ "Overbrook Demographics".
- ^ "The Kosher Table: New York Bagel Bakery". The Philadelphia Jewish Voice. February 2006.
- ^ "Kosher Establishments in Philadelphia, PA". Kosher Delight.
- ^ "Kosher Establishments in Philadelphia, PA". Kosher Delight.
- ^ Kurland, Rachel (2017-03-15). "Kohelet Foundation Awards Grant to Wynnewood-Area Shuls for Publicity Content". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
- IMDb
External links
- Allen Meyers (2001). The Jewish Community of West Philadelphia. Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-0854-3.
- "A City Transformed. The Racial and Ethnic Changes in Philadelphia Over the Last 20 Years" (PDF). The Philadelphia Research Initiative. June 1, 2011. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
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