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Whitman, Philadelphia
Whitman is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded on the west by Sixth Street, on the east by Front Street, on the south by Bigler Street, and on the north by Snyder Avenue. The name "Whitman" was adopted when the nearby Walt Whitman Bridge, named after poet Walt Whitman, was being constructed in the 1950s. Demographics According to the 2000 Census, Whitman, combined with Queen Village and Southwark, has 26,300 inhabitants. The racial makeup of the community is White, 60 percent; Black, 27 percent; Asian, 8 percent; Latino, 5 percent. About 40 percent of the population is under 18. Whitman has a very large population of Irish Catholics. The 2010 Census showed progressive changes in demographics, including an increase in total inhabitants, with a marked increase in Asian American and young professional population. Major landmarks *Whitman Plaza shopping center, Fourth Street and Oregon Avenue. * YPC Shari- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sharswood School
George W. Sharswood School is a K-8 school located in the Whitman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Whitman neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. History The school building was designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1906–1908. It is a three-story, seven-bay, brick building in the Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival-style. It features projecting end bays with entrances, a large stone cornice, and brick and stone parapet. ''Note:'' This includes George Sharswood was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, a Philadelphia city council member and a judge. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. In 2008 Jack Stollsteimer, a former U.S. attorney,Snyder, Susan, John Sullivan, Kristen A. Graham, and Dylan Purcell.Underreporting Hides Violence. ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. Monday March 28, 2011. Retrieved on November 29, 2015. and an area school safety advocate, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School District Of Philadelphia
The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) is the school district that includes all school district-operated State schools, public schools in Philadelphia. Established in 1818, it is the largest school district in Pennsylvania and the eighth-largest school district in the nation, serving over 197,000 students as of 2022. The school board was created in 1850 to oversee the schools of Philadelphia. The Act of Assembly of April 5, 1867, designated that the Controllers of the Public Schools of Philadelphia were to be appointed by the judges of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Court of Common Pleas. There was one Controller to be appointed from each ward. This was done to eliminate politics from the management of the schools. Eventually, the management of the school district was given to a school board appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia, mayor. This continued until 2001 when the district was taken over by the state, and the governor was given the power to appoint a majorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish-American Neighborhoods
Irish Americans () are Irish ethnics who live within in the United States, whether immigrants from Ireland or Americans with full or partial Irish ancestry. Irish immigration to the United States From the 17th century to the mid-19th century Some of the first Irish people to travel to the New World did so as members of the Spanish garrison in Florida during the 1560s. Small numbers of Irish colonists were involved in efforts to establish colonies in the Amazon region, in Newfoundland, and in Virginia between 1604 and the 1630s. According to historian Donald Akenson, there were "few if any" Irish forcibly transported to the Americas during this period. Irish immigration to the Americas was the result of a series of complex causes. The Tudor conquest and subsequent colonization by English and Scots people during the 16th and 17th centuries had led to widespread social upheaval in Ireland. Many Irish people tried to seek a better life elsewhere. At the time Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhoods In Philadelphia
The following is a list of neighborhoods, districts and other places located in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The list is organized by broad geographical sections within the city. Common usage for Philadelphia's neighborhood names does not respect "official" borders used by the city's police, planning commission or other entities. Therefore, some of the places listed here may overlap geographically, and residents do not always agree where one neighborhood ends and another begins. Philadelphia has 41 ZIP-codes, which are often used for neighborhood analysis. Historically, many neighborhoods were defined by incorporated townships (Blockley, Roxborough), districts (Belmont, Kensington, Moyamensing, Richmond) or boroughs (Bridesburg, Frankford, Germantown, Manayunk) before being incorporated into the city with the Act of Consolidation of 1854. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Fiedler
Elizabeth A. Fiedler (born July 18, 1980) is an American politician who serves as a Democratic representative for the 184th district of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Early life and career Fiedler was born on July 18, 1980, in New York and as a young child moved to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Her parents were a middle school teacher and a high school teacher. She attended Bloomsburg public schools from kindergarten through her school graduation. Fiedler received a bachelor's degree in international relations at Bucknell University in 2002, and then worked at various restaurants in Philadelphia for six years. In 2008, she began working as a public radio reporter for WHYY, the NPR affiliate in Philadelphia. Fiedler was also President of the Board of Governors of the Pen & Pencil Club, a press club, in 2014. Pennsylvania House of Representatives Fiedler's campaign platform focused on Medicare for All, increased public education funding, and environmental regulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikil Saval
Nikil Saval (born December 27, 1982) is an American magazine editor, writer, organizer, activist, and politician. A member of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Democratic Party, he represents the Pennsylvania Senate, District 1, 1st district in the Pennsylvania State Senate. Early life and education Saval was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents from Bangalore and grew up in West Los Angeles. He graduated from Columbia College (New York), Columbia College of Columbia University with a B.A. in 2005 and received a Ph.D. in English from Stanford University in 2014. Writing career Saval was a co-editor of ''n+1'', as well as a contributor to ''The New York Times'', and ''The New Yorker'', covering architecture and design. As of May 2025, he is an emeritus board member and contributing editor for ''n+1''. In his 2014 book ''Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace'', Saval traces the evolution of the office workplace, from 19th-century Counting house, counting houses to moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Squilla
Mark F. Squilla (born 1962 or 1963) is a Democratic politician and member of the City Council of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Early life and education Squilla was born in Whitman, Philadelphia. He graduated from St. John Neumann High School in 1980 and La Salle University in 1985 with a bachelors in computer science. Political career Squilla is active in Philadelphia Democratic politics, having held a variety of positions. In the 2004 Democratic primary, he unsuccessfully challenged incumbent State Representative William Keller for a seat in the State House. In 2011, he ran for City Council, seeking to succeed retiring Democrat Frank DiCicco in the First District. He ultimately came out on-top of a four-man Democratic primary field, and faced no opposition in the general election. Personal life Squilla's wife, Brigid, is a nurse anesthetist. The couple married in 1989 and has four children. See also *List of members of Philadelphia City Council since 1952 On January 7, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Kenney
James Francis Kenney (born August 7, 1958) is an American politician who served as the 99th mayor of Philadelphia from 2016 to 2024. Kenney was first elected on November 3, 2015, defeating his Republican rival Melissa Murray Bailey after winning the crowded Democratic primary contest by a landslide on May 19. Before he became mayor, Kenney was a member of the Philadelphia City Council for 23 years, serving as a Councilman at Large from January 1992 until January 29, 2015, when he resigned to run for mayor. Kenney was re-elected to a second term as mayor on November 5, 2019. Early life Jim Kenney was born on August 7, 1958, in the Whitman neighborhood of South Philadelphia. His father was a firefighter and his mother was a homemaker. His parents both worked second jobs to put Jim and his four siblings through private Catholic schools. In high school, Kenney was a newspaper deliveryman and busboy. Kenney graduated from Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in 1976 and in 1980 rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cusack
John Paul Cusack ( ; born June 28, 1966)(28 June 1996)Today's birthdays ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'', ("Actors John Cusack is 30") is an American actor. With a career spanning over four decades, he has appeared in over 80 films. He began acting in films during the 1980s, starring in coming-of-age dramedies such as '' Sixteen Candles'' (1984), '' Better Off Dead'' (1985), '' The Sure Thing'' (1985), '' Stand by Me'' (1986), and '' Say Anything...'' (1989). Transitioning from his teen idol image, he went on to appear in a variety of genres, such as the crime thrillers '' The Grifters'' (1990) and '' The Paperboy'' (2012), the black comedies '' Bullets Over Broadway'' (1994) and '' Grosse Pointe Blank'' (1997), and the psychological horror film '' 1408'' (2007). Cusack has been nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe for his starring role in ''High Fidelity'' (2000). Cusack won the 2014 Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' Maps to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money For Nothing (1993 Film)
''Money for Nothing'' is a 1993 American biographical comedy crime film directed by Ramón Menéndez, and written by Menéndez, Tom Musca and Carol Sobieski, based on the 1986 ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' article "Finders Keepers" by Mark Bowden. The film stars John Cusack in the leading role, with a supporting cast that includes Michael Madsen, Debi Mazar, Benicio del Toro, Maury Chaykin, Michael Rapaport, James Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Fionnula Flanagan. It is loosely based on the life of Joey Coyle (Cusack), who, in 1981, discovered $1.2 million that had fallen out of an armored van in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The film is a fictionalization of events, depicting Coyle's struggles with keeping the money over a five-day period. The film adaptation of Coyle's story originated in December 1983, before production plans languished in development hell. Executive producers Gordon Freedman and Matt Tolmach acquired the rights in 1990, and the project continued deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Coyle
Joseph William Coyle (February 26, 1953 – August 15, 1993) was an unemployed longshoreman in Philadelphia who, in February 1981, found $1.2 million in the street, after it had fallen out of the back of an armored car, and kept it. His story was made into the 1993 film '' Money for Nothing'', starring John Cusack, as well as a 2002 book by Mark Bowden, '' Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million''. Discovery of the money On February 26, 1981 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Joey Coyle, an unemployed longshoreman, had been travelling with his friends and co-workers John Behlau and Jed Pennock, when he discovered two canvas bags on the side of a road, roughly one block from Purolator Armored Services. Both bags had been picked up from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and contained $1.2 million in $100 bills. They had fallen from one of Purolator's armored vans, on the Swanson and Porter Streets in South Philadelphia after the driver hit a speed bump. That ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Library Of Philadelphia
The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system that serves the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the 16th-largest public library system in the United States. The Free Library of Philadelphia is a non-Mayoral agency of the City of Philadelphia governed by an independent Board of Trustees as per the Charter of the City of Philadelphia. The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation is a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit with its own board of directors and serves to support the mission of the Free Library of Philadelphia through philanthropic dollars. History Founding The Free Library of Philadelphia was chartered in 1891 as "a general library which shall be free to all", through efforts led by William Pepper, Dr. William Pepper, who secured initial funding through a $225,000 bequest from his wealthy uncle, George S. Pepper. However, List of libraries in 19th century Philadelphia, several libraries claimed the bequest, and only after the courts decided the money was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
