Southwest Philadelphia

E44036

neighborhood of Philadelphia section of Philadelphia

Southwest Philadelphia is a predominantly residential section of Philadelphia characterized by diverse neighborhoods, historic rowhomes, and proximity to the city’s airport and industrial districts.

Aliases (1)

Southwest Philadelphia neighborhoods ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	neighborhood of Philadelphia → section of Philadelphia →
adjacentTo	Philadelphia International Airport →
borders	Delaware County, Pennsylvania → Delaware River → Schuylkill River → West Philadelphia →
characterizedBy	ethnically diverse population → industrial districts near the rivers → predominantly residential land use → rowhouse architecture →
contains	Angora → Bartram Village → Bartram’s Garden vicinity → Clearview → Eastwick → Eastwick Industrial Park → Elmwood Park → Island Avenue district → John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum → Kingsessing → Paschall → Penrose →
country	United States →
governedBy	Philadelphia City Council →
hasLandmark	Bartram Village public housing development → Elmwood Park → John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum → Kingsessing Recreation Center →
hasTransportation	SEPTA Regional Rail Airport Line nearby → SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines 11, 13, 34, and 36 → SEPTA bus routes →
historicallyPopulatedBy	African American communities → Irish American communities → Italian American communities →
locatedIn	Northeast United States → Pennsylvania → Philadelphia →
near	Philadelphia International Airport cargo facilities → oil refineries along the Schuylkill River →
partOf	Delaware Valley → Philadelphia County →
recentImmigrantCommunities	Caribbean immigrants → West African immigrants →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
traversedBy	Interstate 95 → Island Avenue → Lindbergh Boulevard NERFINISHED → Penrose Avenue → Woodland Avenue NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elmwood Avenue → Kingsessing → Woodland Avenue →	partOf
Airport Line → SEPTA Route 36 →	regionServed
Route 36 → SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines →	servesArea
Route 36 → SEPTA Route 36 →	terminus
SEPTA Route 11 →	connects
Baltimore Avenue →	connectsTo
Elmwood Avenue →	hasRegion
Kingsessing →	locatedIn
SEPTA Route 11 →	serves
SEPTA Route 36 ("Southwest Philadelphia neighborhoods") →	servesNeighborhood