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April 28, 2004 Homelessness in West Philadelphia For our community assessment project we have chosen to focus on the existing homeless population of West Philadelphia. We will give some background information about West Philadelphia, and then explain what we did as a group to involve ourselves and help this population of the homeless. West Philadelphia is located between the Schuylkill River and Cobbs Creek. Its northwestern boundary is City Line Avenue. On the south, West Philadelphia is removed from Southwest Philadelphia by the route of the Media-West Chester railroad, near Baltimore Avenue. The district encompasses 14.2 square miles and has a population of 220,000 according to the 2000 census. These residents share many experiences, some of them unique to West Philadelphia: riding the trolleys into Center City, shopping at 52nd Street (West Philly's Main Street), picnicking and playing ball in Fairmount Park, driving between the support columns of the Market-Frankford El, tending neighborhood garden...

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