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East Falls at Ridge Avenue and Midvale Avenue

The East Falls section of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

East Falls is a neighborhood in the Northwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. East Falls is located adjacent to Roxborough, Manayunk, and Germantown. The neighborhood runs along a stretch of Ridge Avenue that is only a few miles long, along the banks of the Schuylkill River, and then extends northeast to Wissahickon Avenue. It is a neighborhood that is constantly under development and redevelopment, with new housing, retail space and recreation centers in production. It features three streets in proximity with the word "Queen" in them (Queen Lane, New Queen Lane, and Indian Queen Lane), two train stations, a number of bars and restaurants, a small Korean grocer, illustrious mansions as well as some recently renovated affordable housing. Image File history File links Portal. ... Image File history File links East_Falls_section. ... Image File history File links East_Falls_section. ... Image File history File links East_Falls_Map. ... Image File history File links East_Falls_Map. ... Philadelphia County is a county located in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. ... Neighbourhood is a creative-euphoric musical project led by Fabian Szewczyk and Greg Ganczewski (UK/Poland). ... Map of Philadelphia County with Northewst Philadelphia highlighted. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Official language(s) English, Pennsylvania Dutch Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... Roxborough is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA February 10, 2006 Manayunk is a neighborhood in the northwestern section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. ... Germantown was originally the Borough of Germantown, a town in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and is today a neighborhood in Philadelphia, about six miles northwest from the center of the city. ... The Schuylkill River, pronounced SKOO-kull (IPA: ), is a river in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Recently, East Falls has been undergoing a regeneration in the hopes of elevating it to the status of Manayunk and other shopping districts in the Philadelphia area. Many restaurants and coffee shops have been built, but most have had limited financial success. One substantial addition, The Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education Center, has recently been completed. It will offer instruction to Philadelphia youth in its new 9.2 acre, sixteen court facility and operate in cooperation with the City of Philadelphia, School District of Philadelphia, and others. It was built in partnership with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania along with private funding. Manayunk is neighborhood in the northwestern section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) Country: United States Height: 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) Weight: 73 kg (160 lb) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1966 Retired: 1980 Highest singles ranking: 1 (1968 and 1975) Singles titles: 34 Career prize money: $2,584,909 Grand Slam Record Titles: 3 Australian Open W... A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ... The School District of Philadelphia is a school district, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that includes all public schools in the city of Philadelphia. ... Official language(s) English, Pennsylvania Dutch Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ...

East Falls is best known as the childhood home of Grace Kelly, actress and Princess of Monaco. In addition, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, writer and divorce mediator Sam Margulies, Jewish studies scholar Chaim Potok, and Pennsylvania Governor and former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell have homes in East Falls. Ravenhill Academy, a Catholic girls school run by the Mothers of the Assumption from the Philippines, was attended by Grace Kelly and the former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino. It was closed in 1977 and now is part of the Philadelphia University campus. It is a common misconception that Frank Sinatra exchanged nuptials with his second wife, Ava Gardner, in another campus building, a house on the corner of School House Lane and Henry Avenue. For the Mika song, see Grace Kelly (song). ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. ... Rabbi Dr. Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 - July 23, 2002) was an American author and rabbi. ... This is a list of Governors of Pennsylvania. ... List of mayors of Philadelphia, arranged chronologically. ... Edward Gene Rendell (born January 5, 1944) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. ... Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino (born January 25, 1933), widely known as Cory Aquino, was President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and Academy Award-winning actor, often cited as the finest male American popular song vocalist of the 20th century. ... Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American screen actress who worked on film and television. ...

East Falls is also known for its central location, an easy commute to Center City, and with easy access to several major roadways or public transportation. It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: redundant; article cites another article on same subject! If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ...

Early History

Before the arrival of European settlers, the Lenni Lenape Indians considered the lower Schuylkill River their home. The Wissahickon Creek runs into the Schuylkill here and today is included as a part of Fairmount Park, providing walking and bike paths along its banks. Wissahickon is a merging of two Lenape words: "Wisaucksickan" meaning "yellow-colored creek", and "Wisamickan" meaning "catfish creek". In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries "catfish and waffles" was a favorite food at the many inns and taverns that ran through the valley, and a catfish still serves as the weathervane atop the Free Library of Philadelphia Falls of Schuylkill Branch. East Falls was named in the nineteenth century for the river rapids that were present before the completion of the Fairmount Dam. It had earlier been known as Falls of the Schuylkill or Falls Village. The Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) were, in the 1600s, loosely organized bands of Native American peoples. ... Wissahickon Creek is a stream in southeastern Pennsylvania. ... Depending upon the criteria, Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the largest municipal public park in the world at over 9,100 acres (37 km²). This figure includes all parkland within the city limits, as all 65 city parks are considered part of Fairmount Park and overseen by the Fairmount... Families Akysidae Amblycipitidae Amphiliidae Ariidae Aspredinidae Astroblepidae Auchenipteridae Bagridae Callichthyidae Cetopsidae Chacidae Clariidae Claroteidae Cranoglanididae Diplomystidae Doradidae Erethistidae Hypophthalmidae Ictaluridae Lacantuniidae Loricariidae Malapteruridae Mochokidae Nematogenyidae Pangasiidae Parakysidae Pimelodidae Plotosidae Schilbeidae Scoloplacidae Siluridae Sisoridae Trichomycteridae Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of fish. ... A French-style waffle. ... The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, the racial makeup of East Falls is 72.06% White, 19.98% African American, 4.79% Asian, and 0.86% from other races. 2.58% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

In 2005, the median home sale price in the 19129 zip code, which contains East Falls, was $184,000. This was an increase of 8% over the median sale price for 2004.

Government

• 4th Council District (includes Roxborough, Manayunk, Andorra and part of West Philadelphia)

• 38th ward (becomes 21st Ward west at School House Lane)

• U.S. Representative District 2 (most of Philadelphia west of Broad Street)

• State Senator District 7 (similar to 4th Council District)

• State Representative Districts 194, 197, and 198

Education

• The William Penn Charter School, a private day school founded by William Penn in 1689 has called its forty four acre East Falls campus home since 1925.

• Philadelphia University is a private university with a 100 acre campus in East Falls, predominantly along School House Lane and Henry Avenue. Founded in 1884, it was previously known as The Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science (1961-1999). Currently with 3,100 part and full-time students, the university offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

• Drexel University College of Medicine has had its main campus in East Falls since 2003. It is the consolidation of two medical schools, each with two hundred years of history, Hahnemann Medical College and Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, formerly located on the site of the present day Medical Campus of Philadelphia.

• The Mifflin School, a K-8 grade school run by the School District of Philadelphia, is currently undergoing an $8 million dollar refurbishment project, and is also part of the Bright Futures project.

• St. Bridget’s Catholic Elementary School, run by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has been in East Falls since 1853.

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Places of Worship

• Baptist: Falls of Schuylkill Baptist Church

• Catholic: St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church

• Episcopal: Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd

• Lutheran: Redeemer Lutheran Church

• Methodist: Falls United Methodist Church

• Presbyterian: East Falls First Presbyterian Church

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External links

• East Falls Community Council
• East Falls Development Corporation
• East Falls Glassworks Glass Blowing Studio and Gallery
• Friends of the Wissahickon
• Phila.gov place names
• U.S. Coast Guard History
• Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education Center
• The William Penn Charter School
• Philadelphia University
• Drexel University College of Medicine
• St. Bridget's Parish Philadelphia
• Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
• Medical Campus of Philadelphia

Neighborhoods of the Northwest Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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