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Olde Kensington is a neighborhood located in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Olde Kensington is north of Northern Liberties, south of West Kensington, and west of Fishtown. The boundaries of the neighborhood are roughly between Cecil B Moore Ave (north), Girard Ave (south), Front St (east) and 5th St. (west). Olde Kensington is home to a racially/ethnically diverse population, including residents of Puerto Rican, Irish-American, African-American, and Arabic descent.
The area experienced a long period of decline after World War II, influenced by deindustrialization and residential abandonment. In recent years, however, Olde Kensington has been increasingly gentrified, following a similar pattern observed in adjacent Northern Liberties and Fishtown. Although some industrial activity has continued along the American Street Corridor, a historic location for heavy industry, a growing number of formerly vacant factories are being turn into lofts and some into artistic workspaces.
