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Port Richmond, Philadelphia
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Port Richmond is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is notable for its extremely large Polish immigrant and Polish American community, and it has been known as the Little Poland of Philadelphia. The neighborhood is also home to a large Irish American community and sizable German, Lithuanian, Italian, and Puerto Rican communities, along with a historic Jewish community, as represented in the various churches and organizations. In more recent years, a sizable Albanian community has moved in. The Richmond Zip Code is 19134. A small portion of the neighborhood, north of Castor Avenue, falls into the 19137 ZIP code.
Richmond Street, one of the area's main thoroughfares (2005).
Richmond Street, one of the area's main thoroughfares (2005).
Colliers at Port Richmond circa 1875
Colliers at Port Richmond circa 1875
Allegheny Avenue looking west from Richmond Street
Allegheny Avenue looking west from Richmond Street
Salmon Street, a typical area side street
Salmon Street, a typical area side street
River Wards, Philadelphia
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The River Wards is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States located along the Delaware River to the northeast of Center City Philadelphia. 'River Wards' is the commonly used name for an area including several neighborhoods, such as Fishtown, Kensington, Port Richmond and Olde Richmond. The River Wards are located at the border of North Philadelphia and Northeast Philadelphia, and may be considered part of one or the other, or as a separate entity. The area is sometimes also known as 'Kensington-Richmond'.
1500 block of E. Berks Street, a typical residential street in the River Wards neighborhood of Fishtown, in 2007
1500 block of E. Berks Street, a typical residential street in the River Wards neighborhood of Fishtown, in 2007