Dryheavemorning OP t1_jdwzsu4 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 8:22 PM

Reply to comment by youre_all_dorks in 108-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned in Olde Kensington by Dryheavemorning

Reading "The Fires of Philadelphia" right now about the Nativist riots just before the Consolidation Act. It includes historic maps and north of Girard (then Franklin St) at 3rd , where the Olde Kensington Pavilion is, was 100% in the Kensington District. NoLibs didn't extend north of Girard/Franklin until 5th St and doesn't at all today.

owl523 t1_jdx8v7s wrote on March 27, 2023 at 9:20 PM

I always thought of Girard as the No Libs boundary, and above that Old or South Kensington

Dryheavemorning OP t1_jdxao49 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 9:33 PM

You are correct today. But the border of NoLibs was historically the Cohocksink Creek. https://diggingi95.com/northern-liberties/

owl523 t1_jdxbfr5 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 9:38 PM

Nice. So the piazza is in Kensington

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