Parkside, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Parkside Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location:	Bounded by Penn-Central RR track, 38th St., Girard, Parkside and Belmont Aves., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	39°58′26″N 75°12′24″W
Area:	97 acres (39 ha)
Built:	1876
Architect:	Hale,Willis G.; Newman,Frederick
Architectural style:	No Style Listed
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	83004248
Added to NRHP:	November 17, 1983

Parkside is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Building at 41st and Parkside

Detail of window of building at 41st and Parkside

Building at Memorial and Parkside

Much of the Parkside neighborhood was built during the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. It is a National Register of Historic Places Historic District with many examples of Victorian architecture, some well-preserved, others in poor condition. The neighborhood was populated by German Americans, followed by Eastern European Jews, before becoming heavily African American after World War II. (Directly after WWII it was home to many displaced persons from Eastern Europe, which included Latvians.)

Coming in 2008 to this community is a shopping mall called the Park West Town Village Shopping Center. Its anchor stores are Shop Rite, Lowe's, McDonald's and CW Price. It will be located on North 52nd Street.

Parkside was the early home of gangsta rapper Schoolly D, and was referenced in his songs "PSK" (Park Side Killers) and "Parkside 5-2".

External links

• Parkside Historic Preservation Corporation
• East Parkside Community Revitalization Corporation