Logan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Logan is a neighborhood in the upper North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Philadelphians usually define Logan as being bounded by Wingohocking Street to the south, Olney Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and to 16th Street to the west.[1]
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[edit] History
The area was once part of the plantation of James Logan, adviser to William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. Modern transportation formed the community: the Broad Street Subway, which opened in 1928, and a thriving network of streetcar and bus routes, allowed development of what was then considered one of the earliest suburban communities in Philadelphia, though the area is considered urban today. The transportation network still provides Logan residents easy access to the rest of the city.
In the 1970s Korean people moved into Logan and established businesses. By the mid-1980s Koreans began moving out of Logan and into Olney in Philadelphia, Cheltenham, and suburbs further from Philadelphia.[2]
In 1980, the Fishers Lane Historic District was created, certifying 12 Second Empire and Italianate architecture style buildings.[1]
[edit] Geography
Centered approximately on the intersection of Broad Street and Lindley Avenue, the neighborhood is bordered by the Hunting Park neighborhood to the south, Nicetown-Tioga, Germantown, and Ogontz to the west, Feltonville and Olney to the east, and Fern Rock to the north. It is generally considered[by whom?] to be bordered in the south by Wingohocking Street, in the west by 16th Street and Wakefield Park, in the north by Tabor Road, and 6th Street. The terrain is generally flat. Wingohocking Creek flows under Wingohocking Street along Logan's southern border.
[edit] Demographics
The population of about 5,700 people live predominantly in single-family homes of row and semi-detached houses arranged along a rectangular grid of streets. The area has seen economic decline, and there is an approximately 20% vacancy rate in housing units.
As of the census[3] of 2010, the racial makeup of Logan is 7.57% White, 74.94% African American, 3.90% Asian, and 2.93% from other races. 13.47% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The population of Logan decreased by 14% between the 1990 and 2000 censuses.
[edit] Schools, medicine, and recreation
It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia.
Principal schools are the Birney Elementary School at 9th Street and Lindley Avenue and (formerly Jay Cooke Junior High School) Jay Cooke Elementary School at 13th and Louden Streets And Logan Elementary (currently in a different region as defined by the School District of Philadelphia) and St. Vincent dePaul School.
Neighborhood high schools are Olney High School & Germantown High School.
Philadelphia Central High School, Philadelphia Girls' High School, and Widener Memorial School are in Logan.[1]
The principal hospital is Albert Einstein Medical Center (AEMC), also a significant employer in the region. As of Autumn 2008, Quality Community Health Care has opened the Cooke Family Health Center. CFHC is open to residents of Logan and the surrounding area located within Jay Cooke Elementary School. Thurdgood Marshall Elementary
[edit] Economy
In the past factories were clustered in a few areas; historically they were diverse, and included Mrs. Smith's Pies on Lindley Avenue and the Fleer Baseball Card Gum Company near 10th Street and Lindley. Four block commercial districts of retailers and neighborhood businesses stretch along Broad Street and the parallel Old York Road.
[edit] Current issues
Logan Redevelopment Area, in the southern part of the Logan neighborhood, is a 21-acre (85,000 m2) area that was completely demolished due to unsafe subsidence caused by engineering deficiencies and poor foundation issues with the original construction. The city condemned about 957 homes in this large area and demolished them in the mid-1980s, leaving only a ghostly grid of rectangular streets as a reminder of the former urban landscape. The area is slated for commercial redevelopment.
[edit] Notable Logan residents
- Ronald "Flip" Murray, who attended Strawberry Mansion High and played for Shaw University and currently plays for the Detroit Pistons.
- The late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Logan Redevelopment Area Plan." Philadelphia City Planning Commissiom. May 2002. 1 (document page 3). Retrieved on August 2, 2011. "The neighborhood is generally defined as including the area from Wingohocking Street north to Olney Avenue and from Broad Street east to the railroad right-of-way east of Marshall Street. Logan extends west to 16th Street north of Lindley Avenue, where Wakefield Park forms the boundary."
- ^ Kaufman, Marc. "'Koreatown': From Logan Into Olney." The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 13, 1986. 1. Retrieved on July 31, 2011.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- Logan Redevelopment Area Plan. Philadelphia: PA: Philadelphia City Planning Commission, May, 2002.
- 1976 Bulletin Almanac. Philadelphia, PA: Evening and Sunday Bulletin, 1976.
- Finkel, Kenneth (ed) (1995). Philadelphia Almanac and Citizens' Manual (1995 edition ed.). Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia. pp. 156–170. ISBN 0-914076-89-2.
[edit] External links
- "Logan & Wagner," Ryan Caviglia, New Colonist
- Aerial perspective from Virtual Earth including northern edge of the Logan Redevelopment Area
- Aerial perspective from Virtual Earth of Broad St & Lindley Avenue
- Logan Redevelopment Area Plan
Coordinates: 40°02′08″N 75°08′35″W / 40.03556°N 75.14306°W
