From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hunting Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hunting Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hunting Park is a neighborhood in the North Philadel- more organized. Today the Neighborhood is mostly Puer-
phia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, to Ricans, Dominicans, and African Americans.
Pennsylvania. Like many North Philadelphia neighbor- In 2005,the 19140 zip code, which contains roughly
hoods, it grew mainly in the 1920s and 1940s. The neigh- Hunting Park and Nicetown-Tioga, had a median home
borhood’s namesake is large park which is a regular lo- sale price of $39,650. Although this price is far lower than
cation for recreation for many in the area. John Philip the median price for Philadelphia as a whole, this was an
Sousa is rumored to have played in the bandstand there increase of 56% over the median price for 2004, the sec-
(bands still played there until the early sixties), and a mi- ond largest increase of the year of any zip code in the Ci-
nor league baseball team called the park home; a ’Lake’ ty.
which was used for renting small rowboats until a city
pool was built on the former pier; it also had a ring-catch
carousel just south of the center lawn island , and ball
Government and infrastructure
fields. it had small wooden concessions stands around The United States Post Office operates the Hunting Park
the park that sold snacks and bird seed. and large play- Post Office at 4350 North Front Street.[1]
ground and picnic grounds. it was used by local scouts
for its then ’Annual Indian Roundup", and other scouting
events. it was an important part of the local community.
References
The neighborhood began to lose population in the 1950s. [1] "Post Office Location - HUNTING PARK." United
Today there are a number of abandoned structures and a States Post Office. Retrieved on January 16, 2009.
high crime rate in the neighborhood. However many feel Coordinates: 40°01′06″N 75°07′31″W / 40.0183°N
that Hunting Park is becoming slowly gentrified as real 75.1252°W / 40.0183; -75.1252
estate values increase and community members become
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