Fox Chase, Philadelphia
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Fox Chase is a neighborhood in the lower Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Fox Chase Farm
The exterior of the Old Fox Chase Hotel, long a familiar landmark at the bending intersection of Oxford Avenue and Pine Road, near Rhawn. The hotel, built in 1705, developed a thriving stagecoach business with the opening of the Fox Chase and Huntingdon Turnpike in 1848. Before 1870, it was owned by Elijah Hoffman, who operated it for many years. The hotel was sold and razed in 1940 to make way for a gasoline station.
Knowlton Mansion
Pennypack Park in Fox Chase
Northeast Philadelphia
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Northeast Philadelphia, nicknamed Northeast Philly, the Northeast and the Great Northeast, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the 2000 census, Northeast Philadelphia has a population of between 300,000 and 450,000, depending on how the area is defined. The Northeast is known as being home to a large working class Irish American population, but it is also home to Polish, German, Jewish, Russian, African American, Brazilian, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Guatemalan, Ukrainian, Indian, Chinese, and Vietnamese neighborhoods.
Aerial view around the Northeast Philadelphia Airport
Northeast Philadelphia in 1900 when the region was still a collection of towns and farms
Friends Hospital, founded in 1813 by Quakers
Frankford Avenue Bridge over Pennypack Creek in Holmesburg