does anyone on here live in strawberry mansion?
i'm moving back to the city from baltimore, wondering if my old neighborhood (30th and cumberland) has seen any improvements with the wave of gentrification that i've heard about in philly.

we live around the croner from SM. and we have friends in SM. there has been some recent activity but it seems to be focused on 33rd. turner st and notruna are pretty nice blocks.

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While it's not Strawberry Mansion proper, the big developments in North Philly (West of Broad) are in Brewerytown (I'm not sure if that name was in use in your day - the realtors have repackaged dozens of neighbohoods in recent years to attract buyers!)- around 31st and Thompson.

Just in case you haven't read of it, Westrum Development built nearly 150 new garage townhomes with more planned and smaller scale developers have followed. Here's Westrum's website: http://www.westrumhomes.com/brew/index.html

poster obviously meant to say west of Broad.

"Look what they did to Strawberry Mansion"

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This website was on here before...some interesting pictures of Philly neighborhoods. Just click on the name of the neighborhood you want to view. Strawberry Mansion doesn't look so pretty anymore.

http://phillyskyline.com/hoods/index.htm

hey brickyard
the gentrification has not reached 30th and cumberland yet it might take awhile. I am very familar with the neighborhood. if you are than caldwell would sound familar.

There hasn't been any improvements...sorry!

Members of my family lived in SM back in the 1940s...it was beautiful back then, if the old back and white pics my family has are any indication.

I also have a book given to me by a friend, entitled, "The Way Things Were", about growing up Jewish in the Philadelphia of yesteryear. Most of the book deals with Strawberry Mansion.

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