# Parkside, Philadelphia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Parkside%2C_Philadelphia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Parkside%2C_Philadelphia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkside%2C_Philadelphia > Source revision: 1344142524 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States United States historic place Parkside Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district Philadelphia Register of Historic Places Show map of Philadelphia Show map of Pennsylvania Show map of the United States Location Bounded by Penn-Central RR track, 38th St., Girard, Parkside and Belmont Aves., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Coordinates 39°58′26″N 75°12′24″W / 39.97389°N 75.20667°W / 39.97389; -75.20667 Area 97 acres (39 ha) Built 1876 Architect Willis G. Hale, Frederick Newman NRHP reference No. 83004248[1] Significant dates Added to NRHP November 17, 1983 Designated PRHP December 11, 2009[2] **Parkside** is a neighborhood that is located in the [West Philadelphia](/source/West_Philadelphia) section of [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), United States. ## History and notable features Much of the Parkside neighborhood was built during the 1876 [Centennial Exhibition](/source/Centennial_Exhibition). It is a [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) Historic District with many examples of [Victorian architecture](/source/Victorian_architecture), some well-preserved, others in poor condition. The neighborhood was populated by [German Americans](/source/German_American), followed by [Eastern European](/source/Eastern_European) [Jews](/source/Jew), before becoming heavily [African American](/source/African_American) after [World War II](/source/World_War_II). (Directly after World War II it was home to many displaced persons from Eastern Europe, which included Latvians.)[3] In 2008, a shopping mall called the Park West Town Village Shopping Center was completed. Its anchor stores are [Shop Rite](/source/ShopRite_(United_States)), [Lowe's](/source/Lowe's), [McDonald's](/source/McDonald's), and CW Price. It is located on North 52nd Street. Parkside is the home of the Evans Recreation Center. In 2014, the [Philly Pumptrack](/source/Philly_Pumptrack) opened at Evans.[4] Parkside was the early home of [gangsta rapper](/source/Gangsta_rap) [Schoolly D](/source/Schoolly_D), and was referenced in his songs "PSK" (Park Side Killers) and "Parkside 5-2". ## Gallery - Building at 41st and Parkside - Detail of window of building at 41st and Parkside - Building at Memorial and Parkside ## External links - [Parkside Historic Preservation Corporation](http://www.parksidehistoric.com) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130619015701/http://parksidehistoric.com/) 2013-06-19 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - [East Parkside Community Revitalization Corporation](http://www.eastparkside.com) - [Parkside Association Of Philadelphia](http://www.parksideassociation.org) (PAP) ## References - [Philadelphia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Philadelphia) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-nris_1-0)** ["National Register Information System"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP). *[National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places)*. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). January 23, 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-PRHP_districts_2-0)** ["PRHP: List of historic districts"](http://www.phila.gov/historical/base.html). Philadelphia Historical Commission. Retrieved March 12, 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-nrhpdoc_3-0)** George E. Thomas (July 1983). [National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Parkside Historic District](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997210). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 8, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Blazing Trails"](http://www.gridphilly.com/grid-magazine/2014/11/7/blazing-trails.html?rq=pumptrack). *Grid Magazine*. November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2015. v t e Communities of Philadelphia Former municipalities are below. 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