Southwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The section can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the SEPTA.

Southwest Philadelphia encompasses the city’s Fifty-First and Fortieth Wards and includes the neighborhoods of Kingsessing, Elmwood, Paschall, and Eastwick; below Seventy-Fourth Street, Eastwick is known to residents as “the Meadows.”

Southwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the northern border defined by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission as east from the city line along Baltimore Avenue moving south along ...

Feb 23, 2014 · Southwest Philadelphia claims the city area from Baltimore Avenue south to the airport, and from the Schuylkill River west to Cobbs Creek. Its three primary neighborhoods from north to south are Kingsessing, Elmwood Park and Eastwick.

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Southwest Philadelphia (formerly Kingsessing Township) is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The section can be described as extending from the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, with the SEPTA.

Southwest suburban Philadelphia experienced immigration waves similar to those of the rest of the country. Early settlers, such as Quakers, often sought religious freedom. In the 19th century and early 20th century, many Irish and Italians fled the poverty of their native countries.

As gentrification, development and displacement come to Southwest Philadelphia, direct investments in local leaders and youth will amplify neighborhood voices, histories and priorities.

Eastwick is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the southwesternmost neighborhood in the city, bordering Philadelphia International Airport and the city line with Delaware County at Cobbs Creek and Darby Creek .

Located seven miles southwest of Center City Philadelphia, the airport serves 30 million people each year via 25 airlines and counting. But while the airport may be the most trafficked part of Southwest Philadelphia, there’s more to do in the area than take off and land.