Walking Tour The Wynnefield Experience BEAUTIFUL West Philadelphia Homes | Smooth Cam Footage HD
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2021
- Wynnefield (a.k.a. The Field) is a diverse middle-class neighborhood in West Philadelphia. Its borders are 53rd Street at Jefferson to the south, Philadelphia's Fairmount Park to the east, City Avenue (commonly referred to as "City Line") to the north and the Amtrak Main Line tracks to the west.
Surrounding neighborhoods include Bala Cynwyd to the north, Wynnefield Heights and Belmont Village to the east, Parkside to the south, and Overbrook to the west.[1] Its main commercial arteries are North 54th Street, Bryn Mawr Avenue (2200 block), and City Avenue. It is the home of the television station WPHL-TV (MY PHL 17). It also has connections to the motion picture industry. Wynnefield is the childhood home of actor and rapper Will Smith, film producer Lee Daniels (Monster's Ball and The Woodsman), film director Charles Stone III, politico and former Big Brother reality-TV contestant Will Mega and documentary filmmaker Tigre Hill.
Local politicians with Wynnefield ties include Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter, former mayor Wilson Goode, city councilman Curtis Jones, Jr, and councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown.
Like the nearby suburban community of Wynnewood, Wynnefield takes its name from William Penn's physician, Thomas Wynne, who built his home Wynnestay at 52nd Street and Woodbine Avenue in 1690. The former Woodside Amusement Park was located in nearby Fairmount Park and is now the separate community of Wynnefield Heights.[2]
Before Wynnefield's expansion in the early twentieth century, it was largely a rural and undeveloped area of farms dating back to the late 1600s. However, this changed with the construction of the Market-Frankford Elevated Train and the various trolley lines. With the creation of the lines it suddenly became easier for people to live farther from their jobs, and into the undeveloped areas of the city. Today, all but one of Philadelphia's trolley lines are exclusively operational in West Philadelphia.
In Philadelphia, the Jewish-American community were discriminated in certain neighborhoods in Philadelphia, prompting them to create their own community in Wynnefield. From about 1900, Wynnefield was considered an upscale community with predominately Jewish-American residents. However, there were large groups of non-Jewish immigrants from Russia, Germany, and other Eastern European countries that formed the Wynnefield community.
In the 1920s Wynnefield expanded again, through the purchasing of rural lots, and their conversion into smaller plotted neighborhoods of row houses. Additional streets, such as Diamond Street were put in 1923 and additional row housing increasing the population of the neighborhood. German-Catholics moved into the neighborhood, prompting the founding of Saint Barbara's Roman Catholic Church in January 1921 on Georges Lane and Lebanon Ave near 54th Street.
Until the 1960s, an area near Wynnefield, Bala Cynwyd, across City Avenue in Lower Merion Township, was known as an upscale shopping district. Small, local boutiques thrived alongside of The Blum Store, Bonwit Teller, and Lord & Taylor. Betty's hat shop was a popular destination for the Main Line elite and Jackie Kennedy fans. Suburbanites would bring their families to spend the day shopping and to enjoy a meal at local haunts such as Pub Tiki and Williamson's Restaurant. Women from areas such as nearby Bucks County would ride into Bala Cynwyd on SEPTA buses, donning their best garb and wearing their white gloves.
In the mid-1960s, the neighborhood began the transition into being largely African American. As of 2006, changes to the neighborhood include the expansion of St. Joseph's University, and an influx of students and new residents of non-African descent moving into the area. Today Wynnefield closely parallels highly regarded Mt. Airy as being one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in Philadelphia with current demographics of 64.7% Black and 28.4% Caucasian as compared to Mt. Airy's 62.5% Black and 31.7% Caucasian.[3] Much of the development of Wynnefield after the 1960s is due to the influence of the late Katie B. Jackson (1929-1993). Known by the African-American community as "Queen of Wynnefield," Jackson founded the Wynnefield Academy, a private, co-educational PK-4 elementary school in 1975. The Katie B. Jackson Development Corporation and Katie B. Jackson Senior Citizens Complex bear her name.
Har Zion Synagogue, built at 54th & Wynnefield Ave in 1924, was a longtime resident of the area before moving to larger facilities in Penn Valley, PA in 1976.
The William Mann School and Wynnestay are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]
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See this is what most people don't see. Most think Philly is all like Kensington and don't realize those videos are about 10 blocks of philly. Thank you for showing this
I couldn't have said it better. 💯 you hit the nail on the head. 🙏🏽 Yes sir! Thats why I document all 100+ different neighborhoods in Philadelphia.Thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment. Have a good day
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Wynnefeild reminds me a lot of East Oak Lane. The look and esthetic.They both are predominantly black also.
I love this. Wynnefield has always been one of my favorite sections of Philadelphia.
Thank you very much for that tour. That was my aunts old neighborhood before she passed away. It was very lovely then and that was about 60 years ago.
Nice Toon Philadelphia is BEAUTIFUL who knew?
❤❤❤ I grew up in Germantown then Wynnefield! My elementary school- Samuel Gompers! Although I’m 66 years now I recognize your route. Dad got a job in Cherry Hill so we moved when I was 11 years old. I’m still recovering ❤️🩹😁 My feet are still firmly rooted in Philly despite living 250 miles away for over 40 years now. If dad didn’t get that job I’d have attended Beeber and Overbrook High. Oodles of memories came to mind joining you on this walk. I just discovered your channel and I can see your videos will be tugging at my heart! Thank you!
I use to live in Wynnefield before relocating. Born and raised and loved it.
You went into Overbook Farms when you turned onto Overbrook Ave which is Middle and Upper Middle Class.
Beautiful,Cobblestone So Very Rich And Sturdy!!!"
Thanks for this bro I’m from west philly of 64th and Gerald next to the library but I live in FL now almost all of the videos I see is the bad parts of philly thanks for this
I lived in Wynnefield (Drexel Rd.) for decades. Sadly had to move around nine years ago. The area changed dramatically over the decades but it was always a great place to live.
Yay Wynnefield! The big single homes are beautiful! The area is good for clearing your mind walks! Bless your heart! Have fun! Thanks you kindly!
You’re hilarious and you say “jawn” too! I fear my Chinese and Korean drama watching will take a hit as I accompany you and your fellow walkers through these videos.
Fun fact - Mayor Nutter lived in Wynnfield, when he was Mayor.
State Rep Louise Bishop lived just a few blocks from me. I played with her kids when I was one too.
A free grill?!!! That's hilarious! I just bought a home in Wynnefield. I've only received the "free grill", no mac n cheese as of yet.
Miss Foster 3rd grade
Miss Cohan 4th
Mrs Jensen 5th
Yikes! Who was 6th grade?
We used to giggle watching the St Joe freshman with shaving cream on their head. It was a different time, walking to school with my little friends, penny candy at “corner store”, playing wall ball against the neighbor house across the driveway, double-Dutch and Irish jump rope and Chinese with the long stretchy rope around the ankles, hopscotch, Jerry Blavet, listening to WDAS and WIFL (?) on the little transistor radio. It was all magic. It’s amazing how creative us little girls were with all the time in the world to use our imagination 😁 Going door to door collecting pennies for UNICEF with those little orange boxes. So different and filled with magic😄
WFIL (54AM I think) was the sound track of my adolescence.
Love these videos!
U left wynnefield @58:13, once under that bridge your in overbook
Thanks for the comment 🙏🏼👍🏼
That big property at Cardinal + overbrook used to be church property, now belongs to st. Joes. Not an ordinary residence.
Thank you toon
ABout the vacant lot on 54th St--yes, the home was torn down.
People think all black people live in the hood
Can't blame them for thinking that..bc most young Black people claim they from hood, even when not. Everyone, from rappers to regular kids, think it's not cool to post about their nice suburban upbringing
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Silly white people think that nonsense.
@@thismothafuckasaid7304 Wynnefield is actually next door to one of the great suburban areas in the Phila. metro, Bala Cynwyd in Montgomery Co.
Very rare '67 Pontiac Gran Prix convertible. Only year for a Gran Prix convertible.
At the end of the video. The flags on the rectory of the church were incorrectly placed. The American Flag always goes to the right facing the street.
mostly seen this area driving by. a few home visits. large! must have high taxes. sure a good number are apartments....
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20:31 The chain link fence doesn't necessarily mean a property dispute .. Maybe there are young children, or dogs, that need an enclosure ? Why jump to conclusions?
Do you mind doing around Stenton Ave?
I have some footage of Stenton Ave in my channel. Over 600 videos covering philadelphia neighborhoods. I covered the stenton. And Stanton area before. Both neighborhoods have simular names but are at different sections of the city 🙏
Lol toon I saw a dude walking downtown in my town looked just like you. I wished it was u bro! Btw lol @ u getting excited over a shrub
It looks but it’s really not 54in Euclid is right up the street in it’s treacherous
BRO THATS THE GUEST HOUSE LOL
No Food Today Maybe A Cup Of Tea/No Coffee Being Served!!!"
Question Again I Need A City-Map?("Smile!!!")"Where Is The King Of Prussia Area Show N'Tell."
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Can you please stop using "hood" for places that actually aren't ?
Wynnefield/ Wynnefield Heights are great areas and always have been.This is where Will Smith grew up.
I think you should possibly find another channel that caters to your liking. I've explained this dozens of times to older viewers. Just because the words hood is used it doesn't have to correlate to a negative connotation. I named my segment "Philadelphia hoods" 5 years ago because what do you get when you remove the root word neighbor from neighbor"hood". You get left with hood. It was just a catchy title. I've documented over 600+ philadelphia virtual tours covering over 100 neighborhoods spanning south, south west, west, northwest, north, north east and center city philadelphia. Whether they were "good" or "bad" places i titled them philadelphia hoods. Not to mention as a content creator we only get 100 text letters to fill in the title with. Why waste precious text space on adding the word "neigbor" to neighborhood.
I also documented over 400 tours in 48 states in america.
By the way I discontinued virtual tours months ago. What your watching and commenting on is months/years old. Check the dates
Have a enchanted day ✨️ 👍
@@TOON215 Some of my views are generational; I 'm a lot older than you. However you are doing a terrific job.
@@TOON215I know I saw this maybe last year but I don't recall if you went by Will Smith's house ... ?