Spruce Hill
District of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania - United States

University of the Sciences

University of the Sciences (USciences), officially known as University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USciences), located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in pharmacy and a variety of other health-related disciplines.

Located at 39.9461, -75.2075 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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University of the Sciences, Universities and colleges in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Educational institutions established in 1821, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities members, 1821 establishments in the United States

Cedar Park, Philadelphia

Cedar Park is a neighborhood of the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located in the western portion of the larger University City neighborhood, it stretches north to Larchwood Ave. , south to Kingsessing Ave. , east to 46th Street, and west to 52nd Street. Originally outlying farmland, Cedar Park was built between 1850 and 1910 as a streetcar suburb of Center City.

Located at 39.9473, -75.2163 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Streetcar suburbs

Philadelphia Arena

The Philadelphia Arena was an arena used mainly for sporting events located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building, originally named the Philadelphia Ice Palace and Auditorium, was located at 4530 Market Street, next to what would become the WFIL TV Studio which broadcast American Bandstand. It was built by George F. Pawling, of George F. Pawling & Co. , Engineers and Contractors, and opened on Saturday, February 14, 1920.

Located at 39.958, -75.2117 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Defunct sports venues in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Former ice hockey venues, Defunct National Hockey League venues, Basketball venues in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 76ers arenas, Philadelphia Sphas, Philadelphia Warriors arenas, Philadelphia Quakers (NHL), Defunct National Basketball Association venues, Demolished sports venues in the United States, Buildings and structures in the United States destroyed by arson

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College was founded in 1974 as America's first private college to offer career training in fine dining and the luxury hospitality industry. The college offers four majors: Culinary Arts, Restaurant Management, Pastry Arts and Hotel Management. The majors are offered at the Associate and Bachelors degree levels.

Located at 39.955, -75.2076 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Universities and colleges in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Educational institutions established in 1974

Fels Institute of Government

The Fels Institute of Government is the University of Pennsylvania’s graduate program in public policy and public management. Its practical approach to public management education, its Ivy League pedigree and its relatively small size make it one of the nation's leading boutique programs in public affairs. The Institute was founded in 1937 by Samuel Simeon Fels of the Fels Naptha Soap Company in response to a wave of corruption and mismanagement in Pennsylvania government.

Located at 39.9535, -75.2 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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University of Pennsylvania, Public administration schools in the United States, Fels Institute of Government, Educational institutions established in 1937

WPEB

WPEB is a variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Due to WPEB's low wattage, the station only serves West Philadelphia and the University City Neighborhood. WPEB is owned and operated by Scribe Video Center, Inc.

Located at 39.9492, -75.2192 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Radio stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Satterlee Hospital

Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital, which existed from 1862 to 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was one of the largest Union Army hospitals of the Civil War. Founded in 1862 by order of Surgeon-General William Alexander Hammond, the hospital was built in the sparsely developed West Philadelphia neighborhood near the intersection of 42nd Street and Baltimore Avenue. Its 15-acre grounds ran north to 45th and Pine Streets.

Located at 39.9491, -75.211 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1862 establishments, Pennsylvania in the American Civil War, History of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hospitals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American Civil War hospitals, Former United States Army medical facilities, Former United States Army facilities

40th Street (SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley station)

40th Street is a SEPTA Subway-Surface Lines trolley station. At this station, known as the 40th Street Portal, four of the five Subway-Surface Lines enter the Woodland Avenue subway tunnel after running on the street in Southwest Philadelphia and nearby suburbs. Eastbound trolleys run in the tunnel under the nearby campuses of the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University to Center City Philadelphia.

Located at 39.9495, -75.2033 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Line stations, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Railway stations opened in 1955

Spruce Hill, Philadelphia

Spruce Hill is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is between 40th and 46th streets, and it stretches from Market Street south to Woodland Avenue. It has a population of over 16,000. It was built as a streetcar suburb for Center City between 1850 and 1910. It is a racially and ethnically diverse part of the city, where much historic architecture is preserved. Spruce Hill is part of the University City district of Philadelphia.

Located at 39.954, -75.21 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Streetcar suburbs

Walnut Hill, Philadelphia

Walnut Hill is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located between 45th Street and 52nd Street, bounded by Market Street and Spruce Street. Most of the neighborhood is in the northwestern part of the University City District. It is northeast of Cedar Park and northwest of Spruce Hill.

Located at 39.9565, -75.2194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Populated places in Pennsylvania with African American majority populations

Clark Park

Clark Park is a municipal park in the Spruce Hill section of West Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its 9.1 acres are bordered by 43rd and 45th streets, and by Baltimore and Woodland Avenues. The park was established in 1895 on land donated to the city by banker and West Philadelphia developer Clarence Howard Clark, and was known in its early decades as "Clarence H. Clark Park". Today, the park has a basketball court, playground, an open field, and many paths.

Located at 39.9475, -75.21 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Municipal parks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

46th Street (SEPTA station)

46th Street Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of Farragut (between 46th and 47th streets) and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Mill Creek neighborhood of West Philadelphia. 46th Street Station is one of the original Market-Frankford Elevated stations built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company in 1907. Immediately east of the station, the trains go underground into the Market Street Subway.

Located at 39.9585, -75.2141 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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SEPTA Market-Frankford Line stations, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Railway stations opened in 1907

40th Street (SEPTA Market–Frankford Line station)

40th Street is an underground stop on the Market-Frankford Line, below the intersection of 40th Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the border between the Spruce Hill and Powelton Village neighborhoods in the University City District of West Philadelphia. SEPTA bus routes at 40th Street include 30, 40 and the LUCY Green Route.

Located at 39.957, -75.202 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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SEPTA Market-Frankford Line stations, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Railway stations opened in 1956

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (commonly referred to as Penn Dental Medicine) is one of twelve graduate schools at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Penn Dental Medicine has a history deeply rooted in forging precedents in dental education, research, and patient care.

Located at 39.9527, -75.2033 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Dental schools in Pennsylvania, Educational institutions established in 1878, University of Pennsylvania schools, University of Pennsylvania articles needing attention

St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)

St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1890, is a Catholic church at 4625 Springfield Avenue in University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Its cornerstone laid in 1907, the Guastavino tiled dome of the de Sales parish has been an icon in its neighborhood. The de Sales parish was designed by Philadelphia architect Henry D.

Located at 39.9469, -75.2156 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roman Catholic churches in Pennsylvania, Roman Catholic churches completed in 1907, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Neo-Byzantine architecture in Pennsylvania

West Philadelphia Catholic High School

West Philadelphia Catholic High School is a co-educational Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 45th and Chestnut Streets, the University City neighborhood of West Philadelphia.

Located at 39.9572, -75.2117 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Roman Catholic secondary schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Blue Ribbon schools in Pennsylvania, Educational institutions established in 1916

Saint Mary's Church, Hamilton Village

St. Mary’s Church, Hamilton Village, is an Episcopal Church located on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It calls itself the Episcopal Church at Penn to emphasize its campus ministry. The parish is part of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Pennsylvania. The church is a remnant of the Hamilton Village neighborhood that existed in West Philadelphia prior to being subsumed by the University.

Located at 39.9524, -75.2019 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Religious buildings completed in 1872, 19th-century Episcopal church buildings, Episcopal churches in Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania

Neighborhood Bike Works

Established in 1999, the Neighborhood Bike Works is a nonprofit educational organization in West Philadelphia. It seeks to increase educational opportunities for urban youth through bicycling.

Located at 39.9524, -75.2019 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Youth organizations based in Pennsylvania, Cycling in Pennsylvania, Youth development organizations, Non-profit organizations based in Pennsylvania, Cycling organizations in the United States

A-Space (community center)

A-Space (est. 1991) is a collectively run anarchist community center and art gallery located at 47th St & Baltimore Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located in the Cedar Park neighborhood, the building is part of the Life Center Association (LCA), a land trust that owns several houses in West Philadelphia. Residents contribute to a common maintenance fund, which is disbursed in accordance with decisions made at a monthly meeting of representatives from the buildings.

Located at 39.9485, -75.2174 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Anarchist communities, Artist-run centres, Buildings and structures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Culture of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Social centres, Infoshops, Visitor attractions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Art galleries in Pennsylvania, 1991 establishments in Pennsylvania, Art galleries established in 1991

Calvary United Methodist Church, Philadelphia

Calvary United Methodist Church is located on the southeast corner of 48th St. & Baltimore Ave. at 801 48th St. St. Philadelphia, PA 19143. Rev. John Pritchard is the pastor. The church was founded in 1896 as Calvary Methodist Episcopal and the current structure was completed in 1906. Calvary United Methodist Church rents space in its building to a number of churches and community groups, including the West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship, Crossroads Music, and the Prometheus Radio Project.

Located at 39.9483, -75.2188 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Methodist churches in Pennsylvania

Mill Creek (Philadelphia)

Mill Creek rises in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; runs southeasterly to West Philadelphia, where it enters 19th-century sewer pipes; and debouches roughly five miles later in the Schuylkill River near The Woodlands Cemetery. The creek, which drains about 5,000 acres, gave its name to a neighborhood in Philadelphia that it flows under.

Located at 39.947, -75.203 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Geography of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rivers of Pennsylvania, Schuylkill River, Subterranean rivers of the United States

Squirrel Hill, Philadelphia

Squirrel Hill is a neighborhood in West Philadelphia, south of Baltimore Ave and west of Clark Park. It shares a border with the Spruce Hill and Cedar Park neighborhoods. By some accounts, this neighborhood is within the boundaries of the University City district. Squirrel Hill has the distinction of operating its own Police substation staffed entirely by volunteers. "It is estimated that the substation has been responsible for reducing crime in the area by 26 percent."

Located at 39.945, -75.2136 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House

The Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House was the first of the Ronald McDonald House Charities and now stands at 39th and Chestnut Streets in West Philadelphia.

Located at 39.9557, -75.2012 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Social welfare charities, Foundations based in the United States, Charities based in the United States, Landmarks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Chestnut Cabaret

The Chestnut Cabaret was a nightclub in Philadelphia. It was located at 38th & Ludlow Streets. It is now named the Blockley and still hosts new and innovative artists from around the country.

Located at 39.9531, -75.2019 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Nightclubs in Pennsylvania, Music venues in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dickens and Little Nell (Elwell)

Dickens and Little Nell is a bronze sculpture by Francis Edwin Elwell that stands in Clark Park in the Spruce Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The sculpture depicts the 19th-century British author and Nell Trent, a character from his 1840-41 novel The Old Curiosity Shop. The grouping was one of the most celebrated American sculptural works of the late 1800s, but by the early 21st century had become somewhat obscure.

Located at 39.9486, -75.2094 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Outdoor sculptures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1890 sculptures, Bronze sculptures in the United States, Philadelphia Register of Historic Places