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Our Neighborhood
The Area served by the Society Hill Civic Association extends from the center line of Walnut Street to the center line of Lombard Street, and from the Delaware river bulkhead to the center line of Eighth Street. That area largely overlaps the Society Hill Historic District.
Society Hill is represented in Philadelphia City Council by the council member for the First District.
Phone: 215-686-3458
Society Hill contains the largest concentration of 18th century and early 19th century buildings in the United States. It is also has historical significance as the first urban renewal era project based on preservation. The Post-World War II development of the neighborhood under the Urban Renewal Program included not only the rehabilitation of historic structures, but also the integration into the neighborhood fabric of new construction town houses, a limited number of strategically placed high-rise buildings, neighborhood serving retail, historic churches, expanded neighborhood schools, and landscaped open spaces.