- Mill Creek, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Mill Creek is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located north of Market Street, south of Girard Avenue, between 44th and 52nd Streets. It is named for the eponymous creek which was covered by a cistern in the 1880s, although the water underneath the neighborhood continues to affect its residents as subsidence remains an issue. In 1961, the sewer collapsed, taking homes with it.
Mill Creek Apartments, a public housing project designed by Louis Kahn, was demolished in 2002 and replaced with Lucien Blackwell Homes (named after the congressman). The three 17-story highrise project towers were replaced by suburban-style low-rise homes.[1]
Mill Creek was the site of a 2000 incident, dubbed the "Lex Street Massacre," in which four men killed seven others and wounded three in retaliation for damage to a car, the worst killing spree in modern Philadelphia history.
Mill Creek School is a private school on the grounds of the Kirkbride Center, which was formerly the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital.
References
- ^ Eichel, Larry (December 5, 2005). "The New Urban Landscape, Mixed Blessings". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
External links
- PHA's Lucien Blackwell Homes
- Restoring Mill Creek: Landscape Literacy, Environmental Justice, City Planning and Design, Anne Whiston Spirn
- Tearing Down Louis Kahn, New York Times
Coordinates: 39°57′58″N 75°12′58″W / 39.966°N 75.216°W
Neighborhoods of the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Belmont • Belmont Village • Carroll Park • Cathedral Park • Cedar Park • Cobbs Creek • Dunlap • Garden Court • Haddington • Haverford North • Mantua • Mill Creek • Overbrook • Overbrook Farms • Overbrook Park • Parkside • Powelton Village • Saunders Park • Spruce Hill • Squirrel Hill • University City • Walnut Hill • Woodland Terrace • Wynnefield • Wynnefield Heights
Categories:- Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania geography stubs
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