Site of the Bergdoll Brewery Company, 29th and Parrish Street

Brewerytown is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia district of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. An unofficial region; Brewerytown runs approximately between the Schuylkill River's eastern bank and 23rd Street, bounded by Cecil B. Moore Avenue in the north and Parrish Street in the south. As its name suggests, Brewerytown is so called because of the numerous breweries which were located along the Schuylkill during the late 19th century and early 20th century. It is now primarily a residential neighborhood, with an active commercial sector along Girard Avenue. Despite struggling with poverty in recent decades, Brewerytown has seen a recent influx of young professionals, and it is considered a neighborhood on the rise. Image File history File links Bergdoll. ... Image File history File links Bergdoll. ... Map of Philadelphia County with North Philadelphia highlighted. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 255 km 455 km 2. ... The Schuylkill River, pronounced SKOO-kull (IPA: ), is a river in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... The entrance of a brewery. ...

History

The earliest indications of this legacy can be seen on maps from the 1860's, which list several minor brewers and distillation facilities in this region. Proximity to the river and nearby farmland allowed these establishments to flourish, and as demands increased, so did development in Brewerytown. Much of the expansion into the early 20th century was handled by architect Otto Wolf, who oversaw the construction of over 60 buildings in the area, bringing a distinct German texture to the houses, saloons, and breweries of the area. Some of his buildings are still standing, including the Bergdoll Brewing complex, and F.A. Poth Brewing.

At its peak, 700 breweries operated across Philadelphia, several in a 10 block area of Brewerytown. Unfortunately, with the collapse of local industry later in the 20th century, and beer production moving primarily to the midwest, every single brewer had vanished by 1987. The industry has slowly returned to the city, but at nowhere near the capacity of its heyday. Ironically, there are still no currently operational breweries in Brewerytown. During this late 20th century slump, the entirety of North Philadelphia, Brewerytown included, was hit hard by economic depression, white flight and a myriad of other factors. Much of the area was deemed blighted by the city government. For the last few decades, Brewerytown has been a predominantly poor, African-American neighborhood. The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... White flight is a colloquial term for the demographic trend of white people, generally but not always upper and middle class, moving from increasingly and predominantly non-white areas, often from urban cores to nearby suburbs or even to new locales entirely, e. ... Blight is a condition of property or the uses of property in parts of a city, town, or neighborhood that are detrimental to the physical, social, and/or economic well-being of a community. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

Gentrification

Recently there has been a trend towards gentrifying Brewerytown. The Girard Avenue commercial corridor has improved, along with increases in property values all across the city. In 2004 The Westrum Development Company announced a multi-million dollar real estate project which is to create hundreds of housing units aimed at middle class buyers. The project is opposed by the community group AABRA, or African-American Business & Residents Association. The group claims that Westrum is attempting to drive out long time, lower-income residents in favor of wealthy, young urban professionals, by driving up property values. AABRA is engaged in a lawsuit with the city of Philadelphia of Brewerytown land rights. Despite the ongoing legal proceedings, the first Westrum housing units are already on sale to consumers. AABRA has threatened to create an alternative development called "Songhai City" (in reference to the Songhai Empire), a proposed mecca for black culture. However, with little funding and leadership, this seems like an unlikely proposal. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yuppie is short for Young Urban Professional. It is used to describe a demographic profile: people, usually between their late twenties and early thirties, generally with graduate degrees. ... The Songhai Empire, c. ...

Neighborhoods of the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	Allegheny West - Brewerytown - Cabot - Cedarbrook - East Oak Lane - Fairhill - Fairmount - Feltonville - Fern Rock - Francisville - Franklinville - Glenwood - Hartranft - Hunting Park - Logan - Ludlow - Melrose Park - Nicetown-Tioga - North Central - Northern Liberties - Ogontz - Olde Kensington - Olney - Poplar - Sharswood - Spring Garden - South Lehigh - Stanton - Strawberry Mansion - Templetown - West Kensington - West Oak Lane - Yorktown
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