William H. Magill on 27 Jul 2004 17:07:04 -0000 |
On 27 Jul, 2004, at 11:58, David Chaplin-Loebell wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, M.Simons wrote:there is *NO SUCH THING* as NorthWEST philadelphia. I have just seen a Today, the usage of the term "Northwest Philadelphia" is almost exclusively limited to the Streets/Sanitation department. The "transfer station" at Domino Lane and Umbria Street in Roxborough has been called the "Northwest Transfer Station" since time immemorial. It's an "official designation," not a "community" or "neighborhood" one. The main reason that "Northwest Philadelphia" is not widely used is because the composite areas -- especially Roxborough and Chestnut Hill -- are about as alike as Lemons and Tomatoes. Most of the other "geographic" references in fact, refer to reasonably homogeneous demographic areas, with -- surprise -- predictable voting patterns. Much of "Northwest" philadelphia is not even part of the Philadelphia "Congressional" area! By the way, I grew up in "West Oak Lane" and never heard of "Oak Lane" or East Oak Lane, for that matter; but that is today's terminology. And as far as North Philadelphia is concerned, the term applies to the area from Center City to where the Northeast and Northwest sections of the city "branch off." To really understand all this, you need to go back to the City County Consolidation act of 1852, which created the City of Philadelphia as we know it today, and track the population growth since that time ... but that's a whole different topic. Surprisingly, when viewed in the historical context, it all makes sense. And you can easily understand why entities like Manayunk and Juniata even exist. T.T.F.N. William H. Magill magill@mcgillsociety.org magill@acm.org magill@mac.com ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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