Parkland, Philadelphia

Parkland, Philadelphia is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States which follows the Schuylkill River. It contains many of Philadelphia's major parks and encompasses a portion of Northwest Philadelphia. Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Valley Park are located in this section.[1]

Parkland, Philadelphia
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Philadelphia County
City	Philadelphia
Area code(s)	Area code 215

The Parkland Protection Ordinance successfully prevented Temple University from building a boathouse.[2]

Demographics

Parkland has a very low permanent population. As of March 2018, there are 1,278 residents.[3]

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"Temple Boathouse Proposal". Philadelphia Parks Alliance. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
"Crime in Parkland". Philly.com DataHub. Retrieved 2018-03-12.

Communities of Philadelphia

Former municipalities are below.

Lower North	Badlands Belfield Brewerytown Cabot Callowhill Cecil B. Moore El Centro de Oro / Fairhill Fairmount Francisville Hartranft Ivy Hill Ludlow N3RD Street North Central Northern Liberties North Philadelphia/East North Philadelphia/West Poplar Reading Viaduct Sharswood South Lehigh Spring Garden Stanton Strawberry Mansion Yorktown
Upper North	Allegheny West Badlands Franklinville Glenwood Hunting Park Nicetown–Tioga Olde Kensington Swampoodle West Kensington
Olney-Oak Lane	East Oak Lane Feltonville Fern Rock Koreatown Logan Ogontz Olney West Oak Lane

Lower Northwest	Andorra East Falls Manayunk Parkland Roxborough Wissahickon
Upper Northwest	Beggarstown Chestnut Hill Germantown Morton Mount Airy Wister Cedarbrook

Near Northeast	Burholme Castor Gardens Crescentville Fox Chase Frankford Holme Circle Holmesburg Juniata Lawndale Lexington Park Mayfair Oxford Circle Rhawnhurst Ryers Tacony Wissinoming
Far Northeast	Academy Gardens Ashton-Woodenbridge Bustleton Byberry Crestmont Farms Millbrook Modena Park Morrell Park Normandy Parkwood Pennypack Somerton Torresdale Upper Holmesburg Winchester Park
River Wards	Bridesburg Fishtown Harrowgate Kensington Olde Richmond Port Richmond

Former
Municipalities

Cities	Philadelphia (Center City)
Boroughs	Aramingo Bridesburg Frankford Germantown Manayunk West Philadelphia Whitehall
Districts	Belmont Kensington Moyamensing Northern Liberties Penn Richmond Southwark Spring Garden
Townships	Blockley Bristol Byberry Delaware Germantown Kingsessing Lower Dublin Moreland Northern Liberties Oxford Passyunk Penn Roxborough

Footnotes

As a consolidated city-county Philadelphia is its own county seat.

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