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'''Wynnefield''' ('''a.k.a. The Field''') is a diverse [[middle class|middle-class]]
'''Wynnefield''' is a diverse [[middle class|middle-class]]
[[neighbourhood|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]] [[Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line|Main Line]] tracks to the west.
[[neighbourhood|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]] [[Philadelphia Main Line]] tracks to the west.


Surrounding neighborhoods include [[Bala Cynwyd]] to the north, [[Wynnefield Heights, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Wynnefield Heights]] and [[Belmont Village, Philadelphia, PA|Belmont Village]] to the east, [[Parkside, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Parkside]] to the south, and [[Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Overbrook]] to the west.<ref>http://www.philaplanning.org/cpdiv/WPPpartTwo.pdf Page 5, Retrieved 10-31-2010.</ref> 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 [[Cinema of the United States|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 (TV series)|"Big Brother"]] [[Reality television|reality-TV]] contestant [[Will Mega]] and [[Documentary film|documentary]] filmmaker [[Tigre Hill]].
Surrounding neighborhoods include [[Bala Cynwyd]] to the north, [[Wynnefield Heights, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Wynnefield Heights]] and [[Belmont Village, Philadelphia, PA|Belmont Village]] to the east, [[Parkside, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Parkside]] to the south, and [[Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Overbrook]] to the west.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110112171544/http://www.philaplanning.org/cpdiv/WPPpartTwo.pdf Article title]}} Page 5, Retrieved 10-31-2010.</ref> 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]] (PHL 17).

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Local politicians with Wynnefield ties include Philadelphia mayor [[Michael Nutter]], former mayor [[Wilson Goode]], city councilman [[Curtis Jones, Jr]], and councilwoman [[Blondell Reynolds Brown]].


==History==
==History==
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Like the nearby [[suburb]]an community of [[Wynnewood, Pennsylvania|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, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Wynnefield Heights]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/44304|title=Digital Collections: Free Library of Philadelphia|website=Free Library of Philadelphia|access-date=2017-06-27}}</ref>


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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.
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Like the nearby [[suburb]]an community of [[Wynnewood, Pennsylvania|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. Previously a part of [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]], it was later annexed by Philadelphia. It has also been known as Balwynne Park or Woodside Park. The former Woodside Park portion is now the separate community of [[Wynnefield Heights, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Wynnefield Heights]]. Woodside Park was an [[amusement park]] constructed by the city's Fairmount Park Transportation Company that operated from 1897 to 1955.


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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 predominantly [[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.
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Before Wynnefield's expansion in the early twentieth century, Wynnefield 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. Philadelphia's trolley lines are now only operational in West Philadelphia.


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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.
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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 and was considered a predominately [[Jewish-American]] community. However, there were large groups of non-Jewish immigrants from [[Russia]], [[Germany]], and other Eastern European countries that formed the Wynnefield community.


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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 [[Philadelphia Main Line|Main Line]] elite and [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|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.
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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.


In the mid-1960s, the neighborhood began the transition into being largely [[African-Americans|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 [[Mount Airy, Philadelphia|Mt. Airy]] as being one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in Philadelphia.<ref name="areavibes.com">{{cite web|title=Wynnefield, Philadelphia, PA Demographics|url=http://www.areavibes.com/philadelphia-pa/wynnefield/demographics/|access-date=2013-08-24|website=[[AreaVibes]]}}</ref>
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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 [[Pennsylvania Main Line|Main Line]] elite and [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|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-Americans|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 [[Mount Airy, Philadelphia|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.<ref name=areavibes.com>{{cite web|title=areavibes.com/wynnefield|url=http://www.areavibes.com/philadelphia-pa/wynnefield/demographics/|accessdate=2013-08-24}}</ref> 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.
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, Pennsylvania|Penn Valley, PA]] in 1976.
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, Pennsylvania|Penn Valley, PA]] in 1976.


The [[William Mann School]] and [[Wynnestay]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
The [[William Mann School]] and [[Wynnestay]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Demographic==
According the U.S. Census from the 2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the total population of 19131, which include Overbrook, Wynnfield, Belmont Village, and Wynnefield Heights, was 44,723<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=19131&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05|access-date=2021-07-29|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> where 44.5% is male and 55.5% is female.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=19131&y=2019&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=true|access-date=2021-07-29|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Per the 2019 U.S. Census data, the community is 82.2% [[African-American]], 13.4% [[Caucasian race|Caucasian]], 4.1% Asian/Pacific Islander and 3.6% Hispanic/Latino.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=19131&y=2019&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=true|access-date=2021-07-29|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The mean household income in the past 12 months (in 2019 inflation-adjusted dollars) was $49,724.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ZCTA5%2019131%20Income%20and%20Poverty&y=2019&tid=ACSST5Y2019.S1901&hidePreview=true|access-date=2021-07-29|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Of the 21,361 total housing units located in the 19131 zip code per 2019 Census data, 8,544 or 48.8% are owner-occupied units.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ZCTA5%2019131%20Housing&y=2019&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP04&hidePreview=true|access-date=2021-07-29|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The neighborhood offers a variety of housing types: two-story brick town homes and row duplexes, garden apartments, and mid-rise and high-rise apartment homes.


==Education==
==Education==


===Colleges and universities===
===Colleges and universities===
[[Saint Joseph's University]] is just outside of the neighborhood. The boundary of Wynnefield is N.54th Street.
[[Saint Joseph's University]] is just outside the neighborhood. The boundary of Wynnefield is N. 54th Street.
Their athletic fields are exactly in Wynnefield at North 54th St. and Overbrook to City Line Avenue
The athletic fields, however, are in Wynnefield at North 54th St. and Overbrook to City Line Avenue


===Primary and secondary schools===
===Primary and secondary schools===
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Elementary schools:
Elementary schools:
* Samuel Gompers Elementary School
* [https://gompers.philasd.org/ Samuel Gompers Elementary School] (K-8)
* [http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/mann/ William B. Mann Elementary School]. However, this school is now a Mastery Charter School.
* [http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/mann/ William B. Mann Elementary School]. However, this school is now a Mastery Charter School.

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Middle schools:
* [http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/b/beeber Dimner Beeber Middle School]

High schools:
High schools:
* The neighborhood feeder school for Wynnefield is [[Overbrook High School (Philadelphia)|Overbrook High School]].
* The neighborhood feeder school for Wynnefield is [[Overbrook High School (Philadelphia)|Overbrook High School]].
* [https://slabeeber.philasd.org/ Science Leadership Academy at Beeber] (The former Beeber Middle School)


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Charter schools:
In addition, The Laboratory Charter School of Communications and Languages is an area [[charter school]].

* [https://www.philasd.org/charterschools/directory/laboratory-charter-school-of-communication-and-languages/ The Laboratory Charter School of Communication and Languages]


====Private schools====
====Private schools====
* [http://www.woodbineacademy.com/ Woodbine Academy]
* ITB School of Sustainability
* [https://stroseoflimaphila.independencemissionschools.org/ St. Rose of Lima Catholic School]
* Woodbine Academy
* St. Rose of Lima Catholic School
* [[Settlement Music School (Philadelphia)|Settlement Music School]], [http://smsmusic.org/branches/westphila.php?t=5 Wynnefield Branch]
* [[Settlement Music School (Philadelphia)|Settlement Music School]], [http://smsmusic.org/branches/westphila.php?t=5 Wynnefield Branch]


===Public libraries===
===Public libraries===
[[Free Library of Philadelphia]] operates the Wynnefield Branch [http://libwww.library.phila.gov/branches/branch.cfm?loc=WYN].
[[Free Library of Philadelphia]] operates the Wynnefield Branch [https://web.archive.org/web/20080822113120/http://libwww.library.phila.gov/branches/branch.cfm?loc=WYN].
==Notable people==
Wynnefield also has connections to the [[Cinema of the United States|motion picture and music industries]]. Wynnefield is the childhood home of [[actor]] and [[rapper]] [[Will Smith]], [[film producer]] [[Lee Daniels]] (''[[Monster's Ball]]'' and ''[[The Woodsman (2004 film)|The Woodsman]]''), [[film director]] [[Charles Stone III]], and [[Documentary film|documentary]] filmmaker [[Tigre Hill]]. Also, former basketball player Julius Erving once resided there as well as boxer Michael Spinks.

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Local politicians with Wynnefield ties include Philadelphia mayor [[Michael Nutter]], former mayor [[Wilson Goode]], and city councilwoman [[Blondell Reynolds Brown]].


==Places of worship==
==Places of worship==
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* Baha'i Community of Phila
* Baha'i Community of Phila
* Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Mosque
* Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Mosque
* Kol Tzedek Synagogue


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://westphillydata.library.upenn.edu/infoR_Neigh_Wynnefield.htm InfoResources West Philadelphia Neighborhood - Wynnefield]
* [http://westphillydata.library.upenn.edu/infoR_Neigh_Wynnefield.htm InfoResources West Philadelphia Neighborhood - Wynnefield]
* [http://partners.upenn.edu/wp/woli/index.html West Philly On-line Wynnefield history]
* [http://partners.upenn.edu/wp/woli/index.html West Philly On-line Wynnefield history]
* [http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/mann/ Willam B. Mann Elementary School]
* [http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/mann/ William B. Mann Elementary School]
* [http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/beeber/ Beeber Middle School]
* [http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/beeber/ Beeber Middle School]
* [http://smsmusic.org/branches/westphila.php?t=5 Settlement Music School - Wynnefield Branch]
* [http://smsmusic.org/branches/westphila.php?t=5 Settlement Music School - Wynnefield Branch]
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* [http://www.bmf.org/mosque/index.html Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen]
* [http://www.bmf.org/mosque/index.html Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen]


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Wynnefield
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
4900 block of Wynnefield Avenue
4900 block of Wynnefield Avenue
Wynnefield is located in Philadelphia
Wynnefield
Wynnefield
Coordinates: 39°59′20″N 75°13′59″W / 39.989°N 75.233°W / 39.989; -75.233
Country United States
StatePennsylvania
CountyPhiladelphia County
CityPhiladelphia
Area code(s)215, 267 and 445

Wynnefield 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 Philadelphia 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 (PHL 17).

History

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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 predominantly 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.[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]

Demographic

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According the U.S. Census from the 2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the total population of 19131, which include Overbrook, Wynnfield, Belmont Village, and Wynnefield Heights, was 44,723[5] where 44.5% is male and 55.5% is female.[6] Per the 2019 U.S. Census data, the community is 82.2% African-American, 13.4% Caucasian, 4.1% Asian/Pacific Islander and 3.6% Hispanic/Latino.[7]

The mean household income in the past 12 months (in 2019 inflation-adjusted dollars) was $49,724.[8]

Of the 21,361 total housing units located in the 19131 zip code per 2019 Census data, 8,544 or 48.8% are owner-occupied units.[9] The neighborhood offers a variety of housing types: two-story brick town homes and row duplexes, garden apartments, and mid-rise and high-rise apartment homes.

Education

[edit]

Colleges and universities

[edit]

Saint Joseph's University is just outside the neighborhood. The boundary of Wynnefield is N. 54th Street. The athletic fields, however, are in Wynnefield at North 54th St. and Overbrook to City Line Avenue

Primary and secondary schools

[edit]

Public schools

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Wynnefield is served by the School District of Philadelphia.

Elementary schools:

High schools:

Charter schools:

Private schools

[edit]

Public libraries

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Free Library of Philadelphia operates the Wynnefield Branch [1].

Notable people

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Wynnefield also has connections to the motion picture and music industries. 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, and documentary filmmaker Tigre Hill. Also, former basketball player Julius Erving once resided there as well as boxer Michael Spinks.

Local politicians with Wynnefield ties include Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter, former mayor Wilson Goode, and city councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown.

Places of worship

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  • Wynnefield Presbyterian Church
  • Pinn Memorial Baptist Church
  • West Side Baptist Church
  • Wynnefield Baptist Church
  • St. Barbara Catholic Church
  • Bethel Holiness Pentecostel Church
  • Overbrook Avenue Gospel Hall
  • New Testament Church of God
  • Endtime Zion Church of Jesus
  • Community Bible Tabernacle Church
  • International Church of God
  • Church of the Advocate
  • Evelyn Graves Ministries Church
  • Baha'i Community of Phila
  • Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Mosque
  • Kol Tzedek Synagogue

References

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  1. ^ Article title[usurped] Page 5, Retrieved 10-31-2010.
  2. ^ "Digital Collections: Free Library of Philadelphia". Free Library of Philadelphia. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  3. ^ "Wynnefield, Philadelphia, PA Demographics". AreaVibes. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  6. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  7. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  8. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  9. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
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