Cedar Park, Philadelphia

Cedar Park is a neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in the larger West Philadelphia district, it stretches north to Larchwood Ave., south to Kingsessing Ave., east to 46th Street, and west to 52nd Street.^[1][2]

Cedar Park
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Home in Cedar Park
Cedar Park
Coordinates: 39°56′49″N 75°12′58″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Philadelphia
City	Philadelphia
Area code(s)	215, 267, and 445

Originally outlying farmland, Cedar Park was built between 1850 and 1910 as a streetcar suburb^[3] of Center City. Its development as a suburb accelerated with the installation of horsecars in the 1850s and again with the arrival of electric trolley lines in 1892.^[4]

The neighborhood is racially and ethnically diverse, and much of the historic Queen Anne-style architecture still stands.

Since circa 2000, the neighborhood has been undergoing gentrification, stimulated by the University of Pennsylvania's redevelopment plan for West Philadelphia. There is a distinct progressive-politics mien to the neighborhood and a sizable African immigrant community located along and near Baltimore Avenue between 46th and 49th Streets. Cedar Park's residents are predominantly Jamaican/Caribbean and African immigrants, but many are African American (American-born blacks) or white.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

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  47th Street and Baltimore Ave
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  Queen Anne-style rooftops
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  Houses on Baltimore Ave
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  Rowhouses on 48th Street between Cedar and Walton Streets
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  SEPTA'S Route 34 trolley in the 4500 block of Baltimore Avenue

See also

• Philadelphia portal

• St. Francis de Sales Church

External links

• Cedar Park Neighborhood Association
• InfoResources West Philadelphia Neighborhood - Cedar Park

References

1. "Philadelphia Neighborhoods". 28 September 2022.
2. "Cedar Park Neighbors". Cedar Park Neighbors.
3. West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District, UCHS Archived 2007-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Studio 34's Eponymous Trolley, or, A Short History of Route 34". Studio 34 Yoga. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012.