Callowhill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Callowhill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Callowhill is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It is roughly located in the vicinity of Callowhill Street, between Vine Street, Spring Garden Street, Broad Street, and 8th Street. Callowhill was formerly home to large-scale manufacturing and other industries, of which an architectural history has been left in the form of grand old abandoned factories. During the 1970s and 80s, the population of Callowhill plummeted, and although numbers are rising, it is a fairly unpopulated section of the city compared to surrounding neighborhoods. Recently developers have started to employ adaptive reuse projects, converting them into loft style housing; so much so that many have termed the neighborhood "The Loft District."

Callowhill is psychologically cut-off from its neighbor to the south, Chinatown, by the Vine Street Expressway. This has largely prevented Chinese businesses from treading north, although some industrial and storage uses by the Chinese community have been placed in Callowhill. Vine Street is also blamed for the abrupt drop in pedestrian life above Chinatown, and the struggle faced by efforts to redevelop this section of the city that lies between Center City and North Philadelphia.

The former Reading Railroad train trestle, the Reading Viaduct, is a defining feature of the Callowhill neighborhood. Neighborhood groups have proposed that the abandoned structure be maintained as a public park, much like Manhattan's High Line.

External links

* [http://www.callowhill.org/ Callowhill Neighborhood Association]
* [http://www.philaplanning.org/plans/areaplans/callowhill9br.pdf 9th and Callowhill Redevelopment Area] , City Planning Commission, 2005


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