Southwest Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Southwest Center City (SWCC) is a neighborhood in the southern section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is bordered on the north by South Street, on the south by Washington Avenue, on the west by the Schuylkill River, and by Broad Street on the east. Newer residents have begun to call it the Graduate Hospital area (or G-Ho for short) or South of South (or SoSo, in the late 1980s-early 1990s). ^{[citation needed]}

It is rich in history, architectural landmarks, and charming nineteenth-century rowhomes (more commonly called rowhouses except in some parts of South Philly), which some newer residents call townhouses or townhomes. A transitional area between Center City and South Philadelphia, it is home to several community service organizations, many churches, a few retail establishments and light industry. The neighborhood began taking shape after the Civil War. In 1870, it was predominantly Irish, but that lasted just a generation. By 1920, a majority of its residents were African Americans, and it experienced significant in-migration from the south prior to, during, and immediately after World War II. For years it was a solid working-class neighborhood with church-loving people (22 churches).

In recent years the area has experienced exponential growth and gentrification with hundreds of single family homes and condominium units and dozens of new retail establishments.

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• Northwest South Philly
• SOSNA - The South of South Neighborhood Association
• Odunde Feastival
• Photo Essay
• Naval Square
• Philadelphia Naval Home
• Schuylkill-Southwest neighborhood / University of Pennsylvania’s Historic Preservation Program
• interactive aerial perspective from Visual Earth
• interactive aerial perspective photo from Virtual Earth

Neighborhoods of the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	Bella Vista - Girard Estate - Greenwich - Grays Ferry - Hawthorne - Italian Market - Marconi Plaza - Moyamensing - Packer Park - Passyunk Homes - Pennsport - Point Breeze - Queen Village - Schuykill - Southwark - Southwest Center City - Tasker - Wharton - Whitman - Wilson Park - West Passyunk
Philadelphia neighbohoods Center City - North Philadelphia - Northwest Philadelphia - The Northeast - South Philadelphia - Southwest Philadelphia - West Philadelphia