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Images of America Strawberry Mansion Allen Meyers Jewish Community of N Phila
Images of America Strawberry Mansion by Allen Meyers
Images of America Strawberry Mansion
The Jewish Community of North Philadelphia
Allen Meyers
Soft Cover
128 Pages
Copyright 2000
Contents
Acknowledgments6
Introduction by Rabbi Fred Kazan7
1.Coming to Strawberry Mansion9
2. Landmarks15
3.A Transportation Hub23
4.The Business Districts in Strawberry Mansion29
5.The Schools and Community Institutions37
6.Pictures in Fairmount Park59
7.The Power of Family69
8.The Streets and Houses We Lived In81
9.World War II Photos89
10.Strawberry Mansion Celebrities97
11.The Neighborhood Synagogues107
12.Moving out of the "Mansion"115
13Strawberry "Mansion Kids" 40, 50, 60 years later119
A section of North Philadelphia, Strawberry Mansion is nestled high on the banks of the Schuylkill River, adjacent to the large expanses of Fairmount Park, with many wonderful venues such as Woodside Park. The area became the setting for America's premiere Jewish Community in the 20th century, with over 50,000 inhabitants.
Strawberry Mansion was the first Jewish suburb within an urban setting. Affectionately known as "the Mansion," it was only a trolley car ride away from the South Philadelphia immigrant district. Jewish families migrated from one neighborhood to another as they advanced economically in American society during the early 1900s. By the mid-1950s, the decision to discontinue the once heavily traveled route #9 trolley car marked the decline and eventual demise of Strawberry Mansion as a Jewish enclave.
A graduate of Gratz Hebrew College in Philadelphia, community leader and local historian Allen Meyers has presented lectures on Jewish neighborhoods in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey for more than 20 years. His second title in the Images of America series, Strawberry Mansion: The Jewish Community of North Philadelphia serves as a testament to the urban experience in American Jewish life.
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