Cobbs Creek is a

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located in the

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section of

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, named for the creek which forms part of Philadelphia's western border. Cobbs Creek is generally bounded by

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to the north,

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to the south, 52nd Street to the east, and the border of

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along Cobbs Creek to the West. In 1998, the Cobbs Creek Automobile Suburb Historic District was created, with Cobbs Creek Parkway, Spruce Street, 52nd Street, and Angora Street its boundaries. The District protects 1049 buildings, with Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow/Craftsman architectural styles contained within the district. WalnutHillPlaza

Philadelphia architect William Alesker, who was involved in the plans for a Trump Tower in Center City, and Evangelical minister Tony Campolo, one of

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's spiritual advisers, lived, respectively, in the 6200 blocks of Pine and Delancey Streets back in the 1940s and 1950s. Fires from the 1985 bombing of the

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headquarters at 6221 Osage Avenue spread to 64 other buildings in the neighborhood. The destroyed homes were hastily rebuilt by the city, but were later condemned after years of attempted repairs to the shoddy construction. Also listed on the

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are the Holmes Junior High School and Walnut Park Plaza Hotel.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

The

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operates public schools. Andrew Hamilton Elementary School located at S.56th St. & Spruce St.,

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(formerly a middle school) is located at S.58th St & Walnut St. and

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. In 2011 the

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announced the closures of St. Cyprian Catholic School, as its student numbers had declined.

Public libraries

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operates the Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Branch at 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway at the intersection of 59th Street and Baltimore Avenue. The branch opened in 1925 and was renamed in 1990 after an area activist.Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Branch
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References

External links

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Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center

Historic Photographs of Cobbs Creek
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