Wynnefield Heights is a middle class neighborhood that is located in the greater West Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States. The neighborhood is bounded by City Avenue to the north, Belmont Avenue to the west, Fairmount Park to the south and east, and the Schuylkill Expressway to the east.
7-557: This area is also known as Woodside Park or Balwynne Park. "Woodside Park" is the name of a former amusement park that was built in 1897 by the Fairmount Park Transportation Company and continued in operation until 1955. There are a number of apartment complexes and hotels in the neighborhood, as the Schuylkill Expressway (Route 76) and Belmont Avenue provide quick access to Center City, Philadelphia and
14-641: The Dentzel carousel which once operated in the park. An article published in The New York Times on October 7, 1955, (p.50) stated that a syndicate of real estate investors based in Philadelphia and headed by Lewis Silverman, had purchased the park's rides and intended to relocate the park to a new "two million dollar" amusement park, which was planned to have been constructed in Levittown, Pennsylvania . However,
21-502: The HUD Estimated Median Family Income for the neighborhood was approximately $ 76,200. The neighborhood offers a variety of housing types: two-story brick town homes and row duplexes, garden apartments, and mid-rise and high-rise apartment homes. Of the 5,601 total housing units located in the area per 2010 Census data, 1,045 or 18.7% are owner-occupied units. At this time there are no public or parochial schools within
28-547: The Wynnefield Heights neighborhood. The Wynnefield Heights Civic Association ("WHCA") aims to "promote civic action and interaction between the residents and businesses of Wynnefield Heights for the purposes of creating a safe, clean and responsible community." WHCA holds an annual Community Day in July at the new Woodside Park & Playground located in the neighborhood. Woodside Amusement Park Woodside Amusement Park
35-743: The nearby suburbs located in Montgomery County. Major business and government facilities in the neighborhood are ABC Channel 6 's studios, Target, the Philadelphia Water Department. Belmont Water Treatment Facility and Reservoir, the Pennsylvania State Police Troop K Barracks, and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 's (PCOM) main campus. Per 2010 U.S. Census data, the community is racially diverse with 36.7% African-American , 48.3% Caucasian , 9.5% Asian/Pacific Islander , and 2.8% Hispanic/Latino . As of 2010,
42-709: The park never returned, and instead went to its competitor Willow Grove Park . One of its coasters was transferred to the Million Dollar Pier as "The Skooter" in Atlantic City, New Jersey after the park's closure. Other famous rides "...included the famous Hummer roller coaster, the Whip, and the Wild Cat." Also in the park was a one-third-mile wooden cycling track , which was used by Major Taylor to break many world records in 1898. The Please Touch Museum currently holds
49-478: Was an amusement park that once operated inside West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. It was constructed in 1897 by the Fairmount Park Transportation Company (FPT), and it continued operations until 1955. FPT's trolley line ran for 10 miles around the park. The introduction of the trolley also introduced "non-bourgeois elements", and the park lost its "middle class tone". As a result, many who visited
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