lordredsnake t1_iuuva83 wrote
Reply to comment by stickyrice215 in Tower Cranes Rise at Broad and Washington at 1001 South Broad Street in Hawthorne, South Philadelphia - Philadelphia YIMBY by ColdJay64
It's been Hawthorne since before you were born. The old school building at 11th and Washington was the Hawthorne School, and the projects to the north were called Hawthorne Square. The name got attached to the whole surrounding area.
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