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Philaplace is our place–especially Southwark and NoLibs
December 28, 2009 · 2 Comments
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has started up a sort of Philadelphia historical wiki site called philaplace.com, featuring text, audio and video stories about Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. The first neighborhoods on the site are Old Southwark and Northern Liberties–two of Philadelphia’s oldest immigrant and working-class neighborhoods. I see that the Crane Arts Center and around the corner the Al Aqsa Islamic Society are already up there. I guess the neighborhood definitions are loose! So if you have content–personal and historical- to contribute about those neighborhoods, check out the site and put it in. Other neighborhoods to come.
You can follow the site on Twitter, or become a fan at facebook.
Thank you for the link, this site is really awesome and will be a great resource !
Thanks for the post about our new site. Clarification–we are PhilaPlace.org (not .com). The site is looking at two areas first Old Southwark and the Greater Northern Liberties that were always home to immigrants and working class. These were the historic names of these areas which are comprised of many neighborhoods. We are interested in hearing how folks who LIVE or formerly LIVED in the neighborhoods define the boundaries and any other stories folks want to share.