Neighborhood Recommends for Lesbian Couple?

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by JacksonPanther

Would love to hear more about this!

You've heard of Marion Anderson, I hope. She lived there.

How about Julian Abele, chief architect for Horace Trumbauer? He designed the PMA, the main branch of the Phila. Free Library and the bldg next to it which used to be Family Court. Abele lived on Christian St but, I think, east of Broad.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by kyb01

You've heard of Marion Anderson, I hope. She lived there.

How about Julian Abele, chief architect for Horace Trumbauer? He designed the PMA, the main branch of the Phila. Free Library and the bldg next to it which used to be Family Court. Abele lived on Christian St but, I think, east of Broad.

The park honoring him, however, sits in the middle of what we now call Graduate Hospital - an institution that (a) no longer exists (b) lay just outside the borders of the neighborhood that now bears his name. (BTW, another of Abele's buildings: Harvard's massive Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library [1912-15]).

There have been occasional calls, including from some of the more recent arrivals, to rename this neighborhood "Andersonville" in Marian's honor. Civil War buffs cringe at the idea, for that was also the name of a notorious Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia.

A few other remnants of the neighborhood's black-middle-class redoubt days also remain, one only in brick-and-mortar form: The Christian Street YMCA, still extant; the Southwest-Belmont YWCA, now defunct, whose 1922 home still stands on Catharine Street; and the Hotel Brotherhood USA in the 1500 block of Bainbridge Street, founded in 1884 and considered one of the first unions formed to represent African-American workers (though it functioned more like a fraternal benefit organization along the lines of the Elks, Moose or Eagles). The organization still exists as a private club; its 1920 headquarters does business as the Bainbridge Club.

[fatsquirrel]

So far I’m mostly aware of the area near the somerset and Allegheny stops on the L train where I stay in my friends garret sometimes. It is equidistant from the middle train line and the east line. I didn’t feel out of place as a sexually confused Chinese guy. I saw many black people there but I wasn’t sure if they were straight or gay. I also went to the area north of the temple school and it was nice. When you purchase food stick to regular stores.

[eureka1]

Personally, I'm a fool for Center City.

[Mdez]

Mount Airy (Northwest section of the city) has a very large number of Lesbian couples. It’s a quiet area that kind of has a more suburban feel to it, though it’s in the city limits.

But if you really want an urban environment, then anywhere in Center City or South Philly should be adequate. I’m sure you’ve heard Philadelphia has a ‘Gayborhood” , which you might want to look into. Overall Philadelphia is a very progressive city, so you shouldn’t have concerns about acceptance.

[Redddog]

Speaking a little out of my depth but I think the entire city as a whole is could be recommended. The Gayborhood is where you would find some entertainment choices but you don't need to live there if you're gay.

If this is incorrect, my apologies.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by kyb01

You've heard of Marion Anderson, I hope. She lived there.

How about Julian Abele, chief architect for Horace Trumbauer? He designed the PMA, the main branch of the Phila. Free Library and the bldg next to it which used to be Family Court. Abele lived on Christian St but, I think, east of Broad.

He also designed buildings on the Duke University campus.

I know that this is an old post.