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Wynnefield Heights, Philadelphia

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The neighborhood offers a variety of housing types: two-story brick town homes and row duplexes, garden apartments, and mid-rise and high-rise apartment homes. Of the 5,601 total housing units located in the area per 2010 Census data, 1,045 or 18.7% are owner-occupied units. At this time there are no
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The Wynnefield Heights Civic Association ("WHCA") aims to "promote civic action and interaction between the residents and businesses of Wynnefield Heights for the purposes of creating a safe, clean and responsible community." WHCA holds an annual Community Day in July at the new Woodside Park &
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or Balwynne Park. "Woodside Park" is the name of a former amusement park that was built in 1897 by the Fairmount Park Transportation Company and continued in operation until 1955.
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There are a number of apartment complexes and hotels in the neighborhood, as the Schuylkill Expressway (Route 76) and Belmont Avenue provide quick access to
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and the nearby suburbs located in Montgomery County. Major business and government facilities in the neighborhood are
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public or parochial schools within the Wynnefield Heights neighborhood.
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Per 2010 U.S. Census data, the community is racially diverse with 36.7%
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Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, United States
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Wynnefield Heights is the home of The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, or PCOM, a school of some 1,300 medical and graduate-level students, which also serves as the Philadelphia 76ers practice facilities.
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