I came from that neighborhood; my family lived a few blocks away from 21st & Toronto. It was a VERY nice neighborhood at one time.
Everything was within walking distance, our school, our church, the 22nd street shopping district; even all of our relatives lived close by.. We did a lot of our grocery shopping at the mom-and-pop stores. We could walk to the movies, to the playground, just about everywhere; in fact, quite a few people (including us) didn't have cars back then because they weren't needed. My dad took the bus to and from work, the bus stop was 3 blocks from our house.
By the time we moved in 1962, we were one of the 2 or 3 white families left on our street, out of about 40 houses. I haven't been back there for many years, but the last time I saw my "house" I almost cried when I saw the condition of it because I remember how hard my parents worked to keep it up when we lived there.
I like living in Roxborough, but I miss that neighborhood a lot....sigh....