Newbold, Philadelphia

Newbold is an unofficial neighborhood in Point Breeze, Philadelphia. Gentrifying forces have attempted to rename this small piece of Point Breeze, Philadelphia, the official and historical neighborhood name. Recent acknowledgements of this can be seen in the name change of Newbold Neighborhood Association to East Point Breeze Neighbors.[1] Many online articles discuss the problem with Newbold, and strong resistance to the name continues.[2] As longtime Point Breeze community leader Claudia Sharrod has repeatedly stated, "There is no Newbold section of Point Breeze."[3] The Newbold name is slowly fading and new residents are beginning to acknowledge this neighborhood has been and will continue to be Point Breeze.

The boundaries of Newbold are from Broad Street on the east to 18th Street on the west, Washington Avenue on the north to Wolf Street on the south.[4] Historically part of Point Breeze, Developer John Longacre (owner of the South Philadelphia Taproom, American Sardine Bar, Brew and Renewbold) dubbed the neighborhood Newbold in 2003 in an effort to differentiate it from the rest of Point Breeze. Longacre drew inspiration for the name from the original name of Hicks Street. Soon he formed the Newbold CDC and a civic association which gave rise to other area civic groups.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://epbneighbors.org/news/2016/8/25/residents-vote-on-new-name-for-civic-association/
  2. ↑ https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/new-neighborhood-name-gentrification
  3. ↑ https://billypenn.com/2016/08/08/why-a-newbold-name-change-could-bring-peace-to-point-breeze/
  4. ↑ http://www.newboldcivic.org/
  5. ↑ http://www.phillyrecord.com/2012/05/a-newbold-identity-how-one-taverner-rebranded-e-pt-breeze/
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