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    neighborhood was once part of Moyamensing Township (later East Moyamensing) before becoming part of Philadelphia in 1854. Lower Moyamensing is known for its 19th...
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    the north to Wharton St. in the south. Little Saigon Lower Moyamensing Marconi Plaza Moyamensing Packer Park Passyunk Square: Washington Ave. to Tasker...
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    Saigon Lower Moyamensing: North to Snyder Avenue, South to Oregon Avenue, West to Broad Street, East to 7th Street Marconi Plaza Moyamensing Newbold...
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    Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United...
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    were situated immediately contiguous to the City of Philadelphia, such as Southwark and Moyamensing in the south, the Northern Liberties District, Kensington...
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    South Philadelphia High School is a public secondary high school located in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia, at the intersection...
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    Holmesburg Prison (category Buildings and structures in Philadelphia)
    Holmesburg Prison opening to relieve this issue. While Moyamensing was open until 1963, northeastern Philadelphia Holmesburg prison remained open until 1995. The...
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  • Methodist Hospital is a hospital in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia, affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson...
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    Kensington District Kingsessing Township Lower Dublin Township Manayunk Borough Moreland Township Moyamensing District Northern Liberties District Northern...
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    south of South Street. Violence was a serious problem; gangs like the Moyamensing Killers and the Blood Tubs controlled various neighborhoods. During the...
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    Act of Consolidation in 1854, this neighborhood was part of Moyamensing Township. Moyamensing was chartered by the Dutch governor Alexander d'Hinoyossa...
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    Act of Consolidation, 1854, this neighborhood was part of Moyamensing Township. Moyamensing was originally chartered by the Dutch governor Alexander d'Hinoyossa...
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    central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation...
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  • Kensington District, Kingsessing Township, Lower Dublin Township, Manayunk Borough, Moreland Township, Moyamensing District, Northern Liberties District,...
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    The Philadelphia Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services (EMS) to the city of Philadelphia. The PFD's official mission...
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  • into the nearby suburb of Moyamensing, where they proceeded to destroy black-owned buildings and attack black people. Philadelphia Mayor John Swift assembled...
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    neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, named after the late Philadelphia-based civil rights...
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    year, PA 191 was designated onto Broad Street in Philadelphia between Moyamensing Avenue and Philadelphia City Hall. In 1928, PA 827 was designated onto...
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    Jerry Blavat (category Culture of Philadelphia)
    Hospital in Lower Moyamensing following complications from myasthenia gravis on January 20, 2023, at the age of 82. The City of Philadelphia ordered flags...
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    Source predicts third and final at Broad & Moyamensing "soon"; "S.P.C.A. Will Open Drinking Fountain". Philadelphia Inquirer via newspapers.com (sub req'd)...
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    Lisa Scottoline (category Writers from Philadelphia)
    author of legal thrillers. Born in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of Philadelphia, Scottoline attended Lower Merion High School and then went on to...
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  • Angelo Bruno (category People murdered by the Philadelphia crime family)
    intersection of 10th Street and Snyder Avenue in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia; his driver, John Stanfa, was wounded. It is believed...
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    city-designated arts cultural district on a segment of Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that includes many of the city's cultural...
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  • is a neighborhood at the northern end of the North Philadelphia planning district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Many of the houses in...
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    by the map accompanying this article.) Moyamensing – place of judgment, located in the south part of Philadelphia Muckinipattis Creek – 'deep running water'...
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    Sports Complex Special Services District and the southern border of Lower Moyamensing. The park plaza is accessible via the Oregon Avenue station of the...
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    YPC Shari-Eli (category South Philadelphia)
    building of the former Shaare Torah synagogue at Franklin Street and Moyamensing Avenue. YPC Shari-Eli established a building fund in 1953 with a goal...
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    Bobby Rydell (category People from Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania)
    parents were of Italian descent. He grew up in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia. As a child, he mimicked the singers he saw on television...
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    Snyder station (category Railway stations in Philadelphia)
    Broad Street Line in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 2100 South Broad Street (PA 611) in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood and is named...
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    Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel (category Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Philadelphia)
    on the second and third floors, and a horse stable at its rear-facing Moyamensing Avenue. Many members were skilled craftsmen, trained as tinworkers, carpenters...
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