Philadelphia Koreatown

Neighborhood of Pennsylvania, United States

Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, United States

40°02′02″N 75°07′16″W / 40.034°N 75.121°W / 40.034; -75.121CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyPhiladelphiaCityPhiladelphiaArea code(s)215, 267 and 445

Upper Darby Township is another area where there are significant pockets of Korean people and commerce, at Fairfield Avenue and Garrett Road.

The first Philadelphia Koreatown (Korean: 필라델피아 코리아타운) is located around the Olney section of the city of Philadelphia, United States. Since the late 1980s, the Korean community has expanded northward, and it now straddles the border between North Philadelphia in Philadelphia proper and the northern suburb of Cheltenham, although many Korean-American businesses and organizations and some residents remain in Olney and adjoining neighborhoods. Upper Darby Township, bordering West Philadelphia, also has a large Korean-American population;^[1] meanwhile, a rapidly growing Korean population and commercial presence has emerged in suburban Cherry Hill, New Jersey since 2010, centered along Marlton Pike, attracted to the Cherry Hill Public Schools.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Signage in Hangul is ubiquitous in some neighborhoods in these areas.

History

According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Koreatown had "moved" from the Logan neighborhood into the Olney section in the early 1980s, attributing the migration from Logan to "too much crime" and the "schools weren't so good" at the time in Logan.^[6] In Olney, tensions were high between Koreans and the German community,^[6] as well as the black community, who did not want the section of the town to be officially declared "Koreatown", causing much violence and crime to be committed not only against Koreans, but East Asians in general.^[7] The original Koreatown existed on North 5th Street in Olney since 1984, with Korean language signs put up to help official recognition of the area; those signs were vandalized in the late 1980s.^[1]

Religion

There is a Korean Catholic church, Holy Angels.^[8]

Gallery

View towards Market Street PA route 3, across from H-Mart, at Terminal Square. The 69th Street Transportation Center is also nearby.
H-Mart in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
H-Mart and other Korean-American businesses in Cheltenham
More Korean businesses in Cheltenham

References

^ ^a ^b Jae-Hyup Lee (1998). Dynamics of Ethnic Identity: Three Asian American Communities in Philadelphia. ISBN 9780815331186.
^ Catherine Laughlin (April 10, 2012). "A sandwich With a Little Bit of Seoul - The Koagie comes to Cherry Hill". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
^ "ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES - 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Cherry Hill township, Camden County, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - Cherry Hill township, Camden County, New Jersey - 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
^ Richard Manfredi, Demand Media. "Korean Restaurants in Cherry Hill, New Jersey". USA TODAY. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Marc Kaufman (July 13, 1986). "'Koreatown': From Logan Into Olney". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
^ William J. Swiatek (2008). The Residential Patterns of Immigrants in Greater Philadelphia: A ... ISBN 9780549387824.
^ "Holy Angels (Korean)". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Retrieved 2020-04-22.

External links

N. 5th Street Project official website

Communities of Philadelphia

Former municipalities are below.

Sections and
Neighborhoods

Center City

Avenue of the Arts
Broad Street
Chinatown
Fitler Square
Franklin Square
Jewelers' Row
Logan Square
Old City
Penn's Landing
Rittenhouse Square
Society Hill
South Street
Washington Square West

Lower North	Badlands Belfield Brewerytown Callowhill Cecil B. Moore El Centro de Oro / Fairhill Fairmount Francisville Hartranft Ivy Hill Ludlow N3RD Street North Central Northern Liberties North Philadelphia East North Philadelphia West Poplar Sharswood South Lehigh Spring Garden Stanton Strawberry Mansion Yorktown
Upper North	Allegheny West Badlands Franklinville Glenwood Hunting Park Nicetown–Tioga Olde Kensington Swampoodle West Kensington
Olney-Oak Lane	East Oak Lane Feltonville Fern Rock Koreatown Logan Ogontz Olney West Oak Lane

Northwest

Lower Northwest	Andorra East Falls Manayunk Parkland Roxborough Wissahickon
Upper Northwest	Beggarstown Cedarbrook Chestnut Hill Germantown Morton Mount Airy Wister

Northeast

Near Northeast	Burholme Castor Gardens Crescentville Fox Chase Frankford Holme Circle Holmesburg Juniata Lawndale Lexington Park Mayfair Oxford Circle Rhawnhurst Ryers Tacony Wissinoming
Far Northeast	Academy Gardens Ashton-Woodenbridge Bustleton Byberry Crestmont Farms Millbrook Modena Park Morrell Park Normandy Parkwood Pennypack Somerton Torresdale Upper Holmesburg Winchester Park
River Wards	Bridesburg Fishtown Harrowgate Kensington Olde Richmond Port Richmond

Former
Municipalities

Cities	Philadelphia (Center City)
Boroughs	Aramingo Bridesburg Frankford Germantown Manayunk West Philadelphia Whitehall
Districts	Belmont Kensington Moyamensing Northern Liberties Penn Richmond Southwark Spring Garden
Townships	Blockley Bristol Byberry Delaware Germantown Kingsessing Lower Dublin Moreland Northern Liberties Oxford Passyunk Penn Roxborough

Footnotes

As a consolidated city-county Philadelphia is its own county seat.

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