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Originally Posted by Nanyika
Where and what is the Northern Liberties? A historical note: When it was a separate township until 1854, the Northern Liberties legally began on the north side of Vine Street. More practically, the marshes and creek called Pegg's Run, which later became Willow Street, was the physical barrier separating NL from the extended grid of the city. It was only after the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the city demolished almost the entire southern portion of the Northern Liberties in order to build a poorly thought-out low-rise industrial district, that the feeling began to arise that NL was restricted merely to the area north of Spring Garden. Someday, hopefully, when the southern NL is restored to more productive uses, this project at 5th and Spring Garden will once again be in the heart of the Northern Liberties.
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Interesting.
For what it's worth, I believe the NLNA has jurisdiction as the RCO over the industrial area in question. For sure, the NLNA was the RCO that advised on the Target/Yards development. It (the NLNA) is very much interested in filling in the gaps between it and Old City.
Those gaps are very much psychological more than anything else. For sure, when I lived at 3rd&Brown I walked to Old City regularly. It's not even 10ish minutes on foot to 3rd&Arch from 3rd&Brown...but it "feels" further than that.