Schuylkill is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has many different names and has also been called Graduate Hospital and Southwest Center City. Schuylkill is part of the 19146 postal code, which lies on the west side of Broad Street as far as 25th Street, where the Point Breeze neighborhood starts, and from the north side of Washington Avenue up to South Street. Schuylkill was once one of South Philly's most crime stricken areas due to murders, drug dealing, poverty, and inadequate public schools.
Despite the misguided efforts of Kenny Gamble and city development restoring many abandoned houses in the area, Schuylkill is currently experiencing a period of gentrification.
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