youre_all_dorks t1_jdwtwsv wrote on March 27, 2023 at 7:44 PM

Reply to comment by Dryheavemorning in 108-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned in Olde Kensington by Dryheavemorning

The Olde Kensington pavilion is in NoLibs, but ok.

Dryheavemorning OP t1_jdwzsu4 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 8:22 PM

Reading "The Fires of Philadelphia" right now about the Nativist riots just before the Consolidation Act. It includes historic maps and north of Girard (then Franklin St) at 3rd , where the Olde Kensington Pavilion is, was 100% in the Kensington District. NoLibs didn't extend north of Girard/Franklin until 5th St and doesn't at all today.

owl523 t1_jdx8v7s wrote on March 27, 2023 at 9:20 PM

I always thought of Girard as the No Libs boundary, and above that Old or South Kensington

Dryheavemorning OP t1_jdxao49 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 9:33 PM

You are correct today. But the border of NoLibs was historically the Cohocksink Creek. https://diggingi95.com/northern-liberties/

owl523 t1_jdxbfr5 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 9:38 PM

Nice. So the piazza is in Kensington

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