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Phillycheese4evr t1_jdvbdwz wrote
Technically fishtown is Port Richmond. They just renamed it 15 years ago so they could sell properties at higher value
John_EightThirtyTwo t1_jdvcn0o wrote
That phenomenon does happen -- for example, "the Art Museum area" was a euphemism for "Fairmount" before Fairmount was gentrified -- but Port Richmond and Fishtown are distinct neighborhoods. I remember people saying they were from each of those places back in the '70s.
source: am old
ADFC t1_jdvjpmr wrote
If he said "Norris Square" or "East Kensington", he wouldn't have been wrong tbf
IPA_lot_ t1_jdvexxc wrote
Stop lying man lol
Dryheavemorning t1_jdvcwsq wrote
Technically there is no technical definition of either neighborhood.
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NotUnstoned t1_jdvgevk wrote
Technically it’s all Kensington. The church by girard and Columbia is named “First Presbyterian Church in Kensington”
Dryheavemorning t1_jdvvu10 wrote
Technically that was only true prior to 1854 and even then there were distinct neighborhoods in Kensington.
NotUnstoned t1_jdwe30y wrote
Technically it was just a bunch of land and trees and shit until the Lenape settled there.
Revolutionary_Bee700 t1_jdvpu71 wrote
Portfishington.
Allemaengel t1_jdvc754 wrote
TIL.
Feeling dumb for not knowing that. Thought Fishtown has always been distinct.
Edit: JFC, people. I don't know that neighborhood well but like to learn. So it has developed separately under its own name. That's cool.
So spare me the downvotes and just correct the record, will ya?
ADFC t1_jdvgd7g wrote
But he's wrong though; Fishtown and Port Richmond have been distinctly separated by the traintracks down Lehigh Ave. since the 1870s. If he's referring to the weird triangle of "Olde Richmond", that was part of Port Richmond until they drove i95 through the neighborhood.
Allemaengel t1_jdvxkwg wrote
Gotcha.
ADFC t1_jdw09g6 wrote
Fishtown/East Kensington has been an area that pretty much blended into one tbf, but Fishtown and Richmond have always been distinct from one another, even by ethnicity. Back in the day, Fishtown was mostly an Irish enclave while Port Richmond is the cultural center of Philly’s Polish activity. Still mostly holds true to this day.
Allemaengel t1_jdw21x2 wrote
Cool and interesting to know.
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