Overbrook Neighborhood
When you watch The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and hear Will Smith sing “West Philadelphia, born and raised,” you can thank the Overbrook neighborhood for inspiring the oft-repeated line. Overbrook anchors an end of the Main Line, an old commuter railroad corridor that gave rise to distinguished suburban communities in the early 20th century. “The […]
Harrowgate Neighborhood
Composing a small section of Philadelphia’s River Wards, Harowgate is an old, densely packed city neighborhood poised for a comeback. While the neighborhood suffered from decades of deindustrialization and abandonment, the affordable housing prices and rents started attracting recent college graduates and young people about 10 years ago. Michael Cohen, a Philadelphia native and real […]
