East Passyunk Crossing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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East Passyunk Crossing is a South Philadelphia
neighborhood. Its location is considered to be from Tasker Street to Snyder Avenue, Broad Street to 8th Street.
population in the area, along with LGBT
-owned or friendly businesses in the area has led some to name the area the "New Gayborhood".
Joe Marino, co-chair of the East Passyunk Crossing Civic Association and Town Watch said, "When I was a boy, there were maybe three gay men in the neighborhood. Now there are three on every block."
The organization's activities are directed by five standing committees: Beautification (Clean and Green), Public Safety/Town Watch, Zoning/Planning, Community Relations (Marketing and Events) and Membership. Activities include monthly street clean-ups, neighborhood fairs, weekly Town Watch patrols and representation at local Zoning Board Commission hearings.
In addition to significant upgrades to the "gate" area of East Passyunk Ave., an effort is currently underway to raise funds to erect a statue at 13th and Passyunk honoring World Middleweight boxing champion Joey Giardello
.
South Philadelphia
South Philadelphia, nicknamed South Philly, is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south, and the Schuylkill River to the west.-History:...
neighborhood. Its location is considered to be from Tasker Street to Snyder Avenue, Broad Street to 8th Street.
The New Gayborhood
The increasing LGBTLGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
population in the area, along with LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
-owned or friendly businesses in the area has led some to name the area the "New Gayborhood".
Joe Marino, co-chair of the East Passyunk Crossing Civic Association and Town Watch said, "When I was a boy, there were maybe three gay men in the neighborhood. Now there are three on every block."
Civic association and town watch
The East Passyunk Crossing Civic Association and Town Watch, Inc. aims to "advance the civic pride and preserve the historic integrity" of the area.The organization's activities are directed by five standing committees: Beautification (Clean and Green), Public Safety/Town Watch, Zoning/Planning, Community Relations (Marketing and Events) and Membership. Activities include monthly street clean-ups, neighborhood fairs, weekly Town Watch patrols and representation at local Zoning Board Commission hearings.
In addition to significant upgrades to the "gate" area of East Passyunk Ave., an effort is currently underway to raise funds to erect a statue at 13th and Passyunk honoring World Middleweight boxing champion Joey Giardello
Joey Giardello
Carmine Orlando Tilelli was an American boxer who was the middleweight champion of the world from 1963 to 1965, and was better known by his professional pseudonym of Joey Giardello.-Early life:...
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