Garden Court Walking Tour: Presented by The Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians

Preservation Alliance Executive Director Paul Steinke will lead a walking tour of his former neighborhood!

The brainchild of developer Clarence Siegel, Garden Court took shape in the 1920s, occupying in a tiny sliver of undeveloped land in the midst of West Philadelphia’s older streetcar suburbs. A planned community of detached, semi-detached and row homes rose up before the Great Depression, along with several distinctive multi-family apartment buildings. The neighborhood’s tree-lined streets, front gardens and accommodations for the increasingly popular private automobile set it apart from the older neighborhoods surrounding Garden Court. The borders of the Garden Court neighborhood are from 46th to 52nd street between Locust Street and Cedar Avenue.  This area also sometimes overlaps the ”Cedar Park” neighborhood.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED, SPACE IS LIMITED

$20 for Phila Chapter SAH members & Preservation Alliance Members

To register please send your name and cell phone number to info@philachaptersah.org

If space is available, the team will send you the payment link.