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Look through the guide and try to really update it in PennPage. So, copy the things that look like they might still be useful, and then update books that have newer editions, and websites that don't work. Just make sure that you make a note of the things that you should check with Nick. Also, are there things about Philadelphia that should be added? Things you know about? Just amke sure someone can tell the difference between what you added and what you copied.

 

tagged guides myna philadelphia by laallen ...on 29-JUL-08
tagged data pennsylvania philadelphia health stats by laallen ...on 15-JUL-08

[Philadelphia, Pa. : University City Historical City]

tagged city hist204 sec2 university philadelphia by myna ...on 15-JUL-08
Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1961-62.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HA201 1960 .A54, copies of this volume and other geographic areas are located on 4th floor.
Census Tract Map - Philadelphia 1960


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Redevelopment Authority. [Philadelphia, Pa. : Walker & Murray, 1962]
Call#: Fine Arts Library Fine Arts HT177.P5 P484 1962, 2 copies


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Group for Planning and Research [Philadelphia, Pa. : The Group, 1963-64]
Call#: Fine Arts Library Fine Arts HT177.P5 G76 1963, v. 1-3, 2 copies


tagged hist204 philadelphia planning university urban sec5 by myna ...on 15-JUL-08
Philadelphia (Pa.). Redevelopment Authority.
Call#: Fine Arts Library Fine Arts HT177.P5 .P485 1962

 

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University of Pennsylvania. Graduate Dept. of City Planning. [Philadelphia, Pa. : The Dept., 1961]
Call#: Fine Arts Library Fine Arts HT177.P5 U556 1961, 2 copies


tagged hist204 housing philadelphia sec5 university by myna ...on 15-JUL-08
[Philadelphia, Pa. : Grant and Todd, 1961]
Call#: Fine Arts Library:NA9127.P4 G68 1961


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Charleston, SC : Arcadia, c2002.

Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks REF F158.68.W5 S53 2002

 

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[Philadelphia] : Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, 1994.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks REF F158.68.W5 P5


tagged ethnic hist204 philadelphia sec2 history by myna ...and 1 other person ...on 15-JUL-08

Included here are research papers by Archives Director Mark Frazier Lloyd, by students in the Department of History's Senior Honors Program in American History, and Summer Research Fellows at the University Archives.

tagged hist204 history sec2 philadelphia by myna ...on 15-JUL-08
New York : W.W. Norton, 1982.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Desk REF F158.3 .P5664 1982
One-volume history of Philadelphia. Chronological arrangement of chapters written by subject experts. Good overview, but difficult to find material on neighborhoods or city regions.


tagged hist204 history informational philadelphia sec1 by myna ...and 2 other people ...on 15-JUL-08
Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1884.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Desk REF F158.3 .S4
Basic, older history of Philadelphia. Index, in volume III, provides subject access to all 3 volumes.
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4 volumes. Harrisburg: The National historical association.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Desk REF F158.3 .J15

Brief, often one-paragraph entries, some with bibliographic references.

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View selected historic maps and aerial photographs, mixed with current data from Google in a Google Maps viewer. The "crown jewel" is a full-city mosaic of the 1942 Philadelphia Land Use Maps.

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Pennsylvania's official geospatial information clearinghouse. Included are Philadelphia municipal, census, and environmental shapefiles, as well as parcel maps.
belongs to BIG GIS Sources project
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this blog posting "Philadelphia Bicycle News: Schuylkill River Trail Map"

has a link to a good detailed google map of the trail, side trails, train stations etc

 

Working Paper

Immigrants and Suburbs: Growth and Distribution in Greater Philadelphia, 1970-2000: A Tract-Level Analysis

The late twentieth century witnessed a dramatic shift in the historic pattern of immigrant settlement within the United States. Since the nineteenth century, most European immigrants - with the important exception of farmers - had settled first in a small number of gateway cities where many rearticleed while a sizeable number fanned out to smaller cities along the coasts or to cities and large towns in the interior. After World War II, with the opening of suburbs huge numbers of these first generation European immigrants and their children, fresh with new prosperity, moved out of central cities. Following the 1965 lifting of nationality-based quotas, immigrants entered the United States in numbers that matched the great immigrant wave of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries... READ COMPLETE PAPER

tagged immigration migration philadelphia_migration_project urban_studies suburbs philadelphia by jn ...on 12-JUN-08

iSepta was created to make navigating the SEPTA schedules simple on your phone. It was designed by Jason Tremblay and developed by Chris Conley and Randy Schmidt of ümlatte.

tagged philadelphia web_design septa transportation by jn ...on 04-JUN-08

Where Industry Once Hummed, Urban Garden Finds Success

By JON HURDLE
Published: May 20, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - Amid the tightly packed row houses of North Philadelphia, a pioneering urban farm is providing fresh local food for a community that often lacks it, and making money in the process.

Greensgrow, a one-acre plot of raised beds and greenhouses on the site of a former steel-galvanizing factory, is turning a profit by selling its own vegetables and herbs as well as a range of produce from local growers, and by running a nursery selling plants and seedlings.

The farm earned about $10,000 on revenue of $450,000 in 2007, and hopes to make a profit of 5 percent on $650,000 in revenue in this, its 10th year, so it can open another operation elsewhere in Philadelphia.

In season, it sells its own hydroponically grown vegetables, as well as peaches from New Jersey, tomatoes from Lancaster County, and breads, meats and cheeses from small local growers within a couple of hours of Philadelphia.

The farm, in the low-income Kensington section, about three miles from the skyscrapers of downtown Philadelphia, also makes its own honey - marketed as "Honey From the Hood" - from a colony of bees that produce about 80 pounds a year. And it makes biodiesel for its vehicles from the waste oil produced by the restaurants that buy its vegetables.

Among urban farms, Greensgrow distinguishes itself by being a bridge between rural producers and urban consumers, and by having revitalized a derelict industrial site, said Ian Marvy, executive director of Added Value, an urban farm in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn.

It has also become a model for others by showing that it is possible to become self-supporting in a universe where many rely on outside financial support, Mr. Marvy said.

 

tagged farming urban_farming urban_agriculture philadelphia kensington greensgrow by jn ...on 22-MAY-08

Boyd Theater makes endangered list

By Inga Saffron Inquirer Architecture Critic

With the celebrated Boyd Theater once again for sale, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has placed the art deco movie palace on its annual list of the 11 most endangered historic sites in America.

tagged boyd planning chestnut_street historic_preservation philadelphia by jn ...on 20-MAY-08

archives 2005 » jan. 5th
IMMIGRATION
Borderline Realities

When Mexican men and women living in South Philadelphia become crime victims, they're often too afraid to tell the police.

by Kate Kilpatrick

One day in his first year in the U.S., Rubén, now 26, left his apartment at 15th and Bainbridge, where he lived with seven other men, to go to work. With the other men at work too, the house was empty all day.

When Rubén returned that evening everything was missing--the TV, VCR, PlayStation, telephone, stereo, CDs (most of them Mexican), air conditioner, bed covers and clothes. Their collective hidden savings--totaling $11,000--were gone. None of the men spoke much English, or knew where to turn for help. One of the men told his boss, a restaurant owner, who said that because they were illegal, there was nothing he could do. No one contacted the police.

This story's far from unusual. Those in South Philadelphia's Mexican community say they're the victims of countless crimes--muggings, bike thefts, robberies, armed assaults, rapes--that never get reported.

 


...

Rubén's friend Jaime, 26, sums up a common experience: "You can drive, but you can't [legally]," he says. "So most Mexicanos go for a bike. In the restaurant business you get off at 12 or 1. If you're a dishwasher, you probably get off at 2. If you live at Seventh and Tasker, or Fifth or Fourth and Morris or Dickinson, mostly that part is bad. We can't afford to pay expensive rent to live on Fitzwater or Bainbridge. So most of the Mexicanos in South Philly live in dangerous places. I know a lot of my friends were assaulted by guys trying to get their bikes. We can't get a bank account, so we keep the money in our pocket. I don't know how they know that. We keep all our money until we send it home. So a lot of people get robbed."

tagged bicycle crime immigration transportation safety philadelphia_weekly philadelphia by jn ...on 28-APR-08
July 31-August 6, 2003

city beat
Live Stop, Dead Cars

City lots are filling up with seized vehicles.

by Daryl Gale

If you're one of the nearly 31,000 Philadelphians whose car was confiscated under the city's Live Stop program, you're probably already familiar with the contents of this story and have started cursing under your breath while reading it on public transportation. For many others, some questions remain: Whose car gets taken? How do you get it back? And what ever happened to the promise that auto-insurance premiums would drop, since not even a penny has been deducted so far?

Here are the hard numbers. Between last July, when the administration started enforcing Live Stop, and the end of May, 30, 909 cars had been confiscated from drivers without a valid license and/or an up-to-date registration. The program is administered by the Philadelphia Parking Authority, which hauls away the cars and stores them in five lots across the city.

There they wait for owners to reclaim them after paying the necessary fees and acquiring the proper paperwork. That means you have to pay up any tickets and fines, the state's $36 vehicle registration fee, and of course, get some insurance. If no one stakes their claim, the car is auctioned off to the highest bidder. Parking Authority spokesperson Richard Dickson says confiscated cars go to the highest bidder in about a month, which officials consider enough time for owners to get their paperwork in order.

tagged live_stop philadelphia philadelphia_parking_authority ppa transportation parking by jn ...on 28-APR-08
Philadelphia (Pa.). Board of Public Education. . Statistical reports of the Department of Instruction for the school year. series [Philadelphia, Pa.] : The Board,
Call#: Van Pelt Library 379.7481 P53.26


tagged philadelphia schools by laallen ...on 23-APR-08
Custis, John Trevor. . Public schools of Philadelphia : historical, biographical, statistical / by John Trevor custis. series Philadelphia : Burk & McFetridge co., 1897.
Call#: Van Pelt Library LA357.P55 C8
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tagged philadelphia schools by laallen ...on 23-APR-08
Saunders, Harry B. . School facilities survey : a report presented to the Superintendent of Schools and the Board of Education of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1965. series [Philadelphia : Board of Public Education, 1965]
Call#: Van Pelt Library 371.62 Sa89


tagged philadelphia schools by laallen ...on 23-APR-08

Drexel Bike Share Policy

Drexel Bike Share
Overview
Drexel Bike Share is open to all students and employees with a valid Drexel University ID and in good standing with the University. There is no rental fee to use a Drexel Bike Share bike. To be eligible to participate in Drexel Bike Share, the student or employee must complete a Drexel Bike Share Membership Agreement and, prior to each use of Bike Share equipment, a Drexel Bike Share User Agreement. The use of a Drexel Bike Share bike includes a helmet, u-lock, cable and lock key (the “Equipment”). All Bike Share Equipment is picked up and returned to the Drexel Bike Share hub located in the Parking Services Garage Office, Room #124, 3330 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (the “Hub”). Drexel makes no representations as to the availability of the Equipment. Use of the Equipment is strictly on a “first come, first served” basis. Reservations for Equipment will not be accepted.
tagged bicycle bike_share drexel philadelphia transportation drexel_university bikeshare by jn ...on 22-APR-08
Barry, Philip. The Philadelphia story; a comedy in three acts New York: Coward-McCann, 1939.
 
In one of his characteristic plays on lives of the American upper classes, Philip Barry pens the lively account of Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord's second marriage. When she decides to marry the up-and-coming George Kittredge, Tracy's ex-husband, a man of Philadelphia old-money stock comes back to town much to Tracy's chagrin. Two nosy tabloid newspaper reporters and a handful of eccentric relatives are thrown into the mix for an overall effect of hilarity and entertainment. Witty dialogue, memorable scenes, and charming characters make this play an enjoyable one to read. 
 
The screen adaptation of "The Philadelphia Story" is more or less faithful to plot that the play is centered on. Because of this, many of the social issues that run throughout the movie are contained within the play as well. Themes such as anxiety about a changing society (here concerns on the part of the elite about social mobility and security in contemporary times and frustrations on the part of the working class about how the wealthy always have it so easy) and sexual tension the sexes fill both Barry's play and Cukor's film. Still, it is helpful to read the source from which the celebrated Hollywood film came in order to better appreciate the material it was adapted from.


tagged philadelphia society by belferea ...on 10-APR-08
[Lukacs, John, 1924- . Philadelphia, patricians & philistines, 1900-1950 / John Lukacs. 0374231613 : series New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, c1981.]
 
Lukacs, John. Philadelphia: Patricians & Philistines, 1900-1950. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1981.

Lukacs begins this volume with an overview of what Philadelphia generally like at the start of the twenieth century. He notes mainly the cultural, politcal, and social dynamics within this society and affirms the widely held perception that Philadelphia was a sub-culture unto itself with its own conventions and social codes. Particular attention is paid to the evolutions of neighborhoods and details of where members of different social classes took up residence. The implications these had on class structure and the opportunities for members of each class are worthy of further analysis here. What Lukacs chooses to investage further though are in-depth profiles of seven of Philadelphia's most influential, and oftentimes maverick, inhabitants who managed to make their mark in the city of their birth between 1900 and 1950. Within five decades there would be major legal changes in city government, geo-demographic changes with the status of neighborhoods like Society Hill shifting, and shifts in social attitudes. Horne notes that over the first half of the twentieth century the upper classes only became more snootish, once a start of "distrust between certain classes of people in Philadelphia- or, more precisely, between people of different provenance and background (329) set in. The book ends with a description of Philadelphia in 1950, and notes the stark contrast between the way the city looked in 1900 and the way it did fifty years later.

Horne is a useful tool for understanding both the general social context that the Lord and Haven families would have been brought up in. It also sheds light on the personality traits of individuals who could have been easily related to figures like the characters in "The Philadelphia Story". Realizing just how much society had changed over the past few decades by the time "The Philadelphia Story" would have taken place helps to explain why the film's audience would have been so scared of change and why its characters would seem to resist change in social order.
   
tagged philadelphia society by belferea ...on 10-APR-08
[Blumin, Stuart Mack. . Mobility in a nineteenth-century American city: Philadelphia, 1820-1860. series [Philadelphia], 1968.
Call#: Van Pelt Library F158.44 .B49 1968a]
 
Blumin, Stuart Mack. Mobility in a Nineteenth-Century American City Philadelphia, 1820-1860. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1968.
 
This book explores how demographics in Philadelphia shifted in the nineteenth
century. Blumin focuses primarily on the time period before, during, and after
the Civil War arguing that it was this phase in which a major transition occurred
in American culture. 1815-1845 is defined as the period in American history
most characterized by change. Blumin cites the classic popular notion that
the United States "is a country of self-made men" and spends this volume
assessing the accuracy of this statement; he seeks to determine if 1815-1845 was
indeed as 'open' a time period as popular history would suggest. Through archival
data in the form of tables, graphs, and charts, Blumin takes a look at the lives
of each of the social classes in Philadelphia in the nineteenth century. He looks
most carefully at data that reflects socio-economic status as manifest through
the value of real estate, occupation, and annual income. After collecting and
analyzing this data, Blumin determines that the idea that any American can
propel himself up in society by making money (and that the origins of one's
birth are meaningless in the modern era) is very much a myth.

A look into the history of Philadelphia society and historical shifts in general
American demographics helps give a bigger picture of the context in which
"The Philadelphia Story" transpires. Blumin informs his reader that Philadelphia
was a city with extremely stratified social classes for over a century. His
emphasis on the potential for economic mobility but lack of opportunity for
social mobility for the working man in the nineteenth century helps explain
some of the underlying issues that the characters in the film reference. We can better
understand Dexter's social laziness, Tracy's easy grace, George's insecurities, and Mike's
frustrations with the social system in Philadelphia after being briefed on the
historical context that bred these attitudes.

Includes a great map, plus septa on google maps and other features.
tagged bicycles maps philadelphia by laallen ...on 09-APR-08
The Economy League launched IssuesPhiladelphia.org in 2007 as a source of timely analysis, polls and indicators, and thought-provoking columns – nonpartisan information that can help to spur conversation about what we want from our City Hall and all branches of city government now and into the future.
tagged grey_literature philadelphia policy urban_studies by laallen ...on 03-APR-08
tagged amigram philadelphia by walther ...on 30-MAR-08
Man Shot Dead In Chinatown Was Involved In Bus Rivalry

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
Published: May 11, 2003

The operator of a Chinatown bus company competing with others in a bitter battle for riders was shot and killed on Friday night on a street near his home, and detectives yesterday were investigating whether the slaying was related to the unusual feud, police officials said.

The gunman, whom the police described as an Asian man in his 20's wearing a waist-length black jacket and a white baseball cap, was apparently waiting for the victim, De Jian Chen, 27, outside Mr. Chen's home on Henry Street, the police said. About 9:15 p.m., as Mr. Chen climbed out of a friend's white Lexus at Forsythe and Henry Streets, the gunman opened fire with a .45-caliber pistol, the police said.

But he missed his mark, and Mr. Chen ran down Henry Street and around the corner onto Market Street, the police said. The gunman followed, catching up with Mr. Chen in front of 32 Market Street and firing again, this time hitting him three times in the back and once in the arm. Mr. Chen collapsed and was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later at New York University Downtown Hospital, the police said.

The police and a business associate of the victim, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, provided different accounts of his relationship to the bus company. The police said Mr. Chen worked for the company, Dragon Coach U.S.A., at 87 East Broadway, and had an ownership interest in another bus company. The associate said Mr. Chen was an owner of Dragon Coach U.S.A. and ran buses from New York City to Philadelphia, Washington and Richmond, Va., and played a lesser role in a company that ran buses to Atlanta.

Over the last year, several Chinatown bus lines that offer low fares to Philadelphia, Washington, Boston and other destinations have competed so fiercely for riders that fistfights have broken out between rival employees, and neighbors have complained of ganglike violence.

Last year, the police and prosecutors investigated certain companies and people associated with them, according to a law enforcement official, but no charges were filed. Last May, Mr. Chen was arrested and charged with first-degree assault; he was accused by the police of deliberately driving his bus into a man affiliated with a rival company. That case is pending.

 

tagged bus low_cost_carriers transportation philadelphia chinatown_bus by jn ...on 29-MAR-08
Inside Today's Bulletin
SEPTA Plans Service Upgrades
By: Dan Hirschhorn, The Bulletin
03/27/2008
Philadelphia - SEPTA riders can expect significant service upgrades in the fall, with the transit agency planning to spend more than $10 million increasing the frequency and capacity of buses and trains.

The planned improvements come as SEPTA is enjoying its first dedicated funding stream in a decade and ridership is increasing across the transit system, the country's sixth-largest.

SEPTA officials announced the plans for increasing service at a press conference yesterday, where they unveiled the agency's proposed operational budget for fiscal year 2009. The budget still needs to go through public hearings over the next couple weeks.

"All of these service initiatives are part of SEPTA's commitment to improve service and convenience for our customers around the five counties of Southeastern Pennsylvania," SEPTA's chief service planner Charles Webb said.

The proposed budget of $1.08 billion represents a spending increase of about 5.6 percent over the previous year. But SEPTA remains cautious about increasing spending, and is spending significantly less than it could. Even though a landmark transportation funding law enacted last summer is proving the transit agency significantly more in state subsidy than it has budgeted for, SEPTA is not using that money to improve service.

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From LOVE comes Paine
Years after legislation criminalized one of the most famous informal skateparks in the country, a thoroughly planned predecessor, Paine's Park, finally nears completion. Is this Shangri-La for skateboarders? Or an expensive cover-up for NIMBY-pandering city policies.

By Liz Marklewicz

tagged criminology philadelphia skateboarding love_park by jn ...on 20-MAR-08


Red lights mean green for GOP

MORE THAN 90,000 motorists have been nailed for running red lights in the first three years of Philadelphia's camera-enforcement program. At $100 a shot, they've paid $9.1 million in fines.

Backers of the red-light program say the main beneficiary has been public safety.

"Incidents of death, injury and property damage are dramatically down at the intersections where cameras are installed," the Parking Authority's board chairman, Joseph T. Ashdale, said in a news release last month.

Other beneficiaries include Republican Party officials and their kin.

Like the explosive growth in the Parking Authority's staff and salaries, reported last year by the Daily News, the red-light-camera program has created more jobs for Republican ward leaders, committeemen and their families.

It has also led to thousands of dollars in campaign contributions for GOP organizations and candidates.

More than anyone else, the contributions have flowed to state Rep. John Perzel, the Northeast Philadelphia Republican who engineered a GOP takeover of the Parking Authority in mid-2001.

 


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Universe Bus Line is a premier provider of motorcoach services in the Northeastern United States.
They offers daily bus service between New York(156 E. Broadway) and Philadelphia.

New York(156 E Broadway) <--> Philladelphia
One way $12.00, Round Trip $24.00
Duration:about 2 hours
New York:156 East Broadway
Philadephia:Frankford Transportation Ctr. or 2801 Cottman Ave.

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philly noir
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A guide to finding current research on West Philadelphia. This guide is still a work in progress.
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A research guide created for Urban Studies 012. Included are links to help students find information about specific place in Philadelphia through History.
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This is a guide created to help students in Historic Preservation learn about the resources available for studying Philadelphia places.
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Well equipped glass blowing studio. Opened in the East Falls section of Philadelphia in Jan. 2006. Holds an Open House on the 2nd Saturday of some months.  Check the website for details.

Offers classes and studio rental along with a small gallery of works by local artists.

 Check out Jon Goldberg (the shop's owner) work.

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From the Bureau of Justice Statistics, these data are available at the city level only. However, they provide a fuller and more completel picture of law enforcement trends for the city than the UCR reports alone.
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Only available at the city-wide level, the Bureau of Justice Statistics provides Homicide Trends from 1985-2005
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This is not an official site. However, it takes the data from the Philly Inquirer for the city in 1999, and for West Philadelphia from the Almanac and maps it in Google maps. A neat site, worth looking at.
Map of Philadelphia Police Districts
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Crime Statistics as reported in the Uniform Crime Report for 2001-2006 by Police District
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The home of the Philadelphia Inquirer Crime coverage, includes links to the murder maps, plus stories about Crime and Crime victims in the city of Philadelphia.
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A map of various violent crimes in city police districts in 2007
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An interactive map of Philadelphia homicides in 2007 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
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An interactive map of murders in the city of Philadelphia in 2006 from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Crime statistics for the city of Philadelphia available at multiple levels of geography, including Census Tracts, zip codes, neighborhoods, block groups, and councilmanic districts. Crimes do not inlclude murder and rape.
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Pennsylvania's official geospatial information clearinghouse. Included are Philadelphia municipal, census, and environmental shapefiles, as well as parcel maps.
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86 neighborhood planning surveys prepared and published by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission between 1946 and 1990. These reports contain descriptions of current conditions of housing stock; population trends; property turnover; public transportation; community activity. Recommendations are made for future action.
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