Devil's Pocket
Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, United States
39°56′33″N 75°11′10″W / 39.942493°N 75.18609°W / 39.942493; -75.18609
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Devil's Pocket is a small neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood, bordered by Christian and Taney streets, Grays Ferry Avenue, and the Naval Square development (the former U.S. Naval Asylum),[1] consists of rowhouses tucked near an industrial landscape near the Schuylkill River. A historically Irish-American neighborhood,[2] Devil’s Pocket has seen real estate development and gentrification in recent years, including a major expansion of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.[1][3]
According to one legend, Devil's Pocket got its name after a priest said the local youth were rough enough to steal from the devil’s pocket.[4][1]
The 1983 novel God's Pocket by Pete Dexter and its later 2014 film adaptation are set in the fictional South Philadelphia neighborhood of God's Pocket, which is based on the tough reputation of Devil's Pocket.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Shelly, Kevin C. (2015-08-27). "Devil's Pocket neighborhood fading away". PhillyVoice. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ U.S. Immigration Commission (1910-01-31). Immigrants in cities: A study of the population of selected districts in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Milwaukee (Report). pp. 352–3.
- ^ Saffron, Inga (2012-07-06). "CHOP expansion could bring jobs, traffic". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ Klein, Michael (2014-10-21). "A bar for Devil's Pocket". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
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South Philadelphia
Neighborhoods
- Bella Vista
- Central South Philadelphia
- Devil's Pocket
- Dickinson Square West
- East Passyunk Crossing
- Fabric Row
- FDR Park
- Girard Estate
- Graduate Hospital / Southwest Center City
- Grays Ferry
- Hawthorne
- Italian Market
- Little Saigon
- Lower Moyamensing
- Marconi Plaza
- Moyamensing
- Newbold
- Packer Park
- Passyunk Square
- Pennsport
- Point Breeze
- Queen Village
- Schuylkill
- Southwark
- Sports Complex
- West Passyunk
- Wharton
- Whitman
- Wilson Park
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- 2300 Arena
- Citizens Bank Park
- Lincoln Financial Field
- Wells Fargo Center
- Xfinity Live!
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- Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel
- Franklin Hose Company No. 28
- Geno's Steaks
- Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church
- Grays Road Recreation Center
- Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia
- Marian Anderson House
- Pat's King of Steaks
- Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed
- Royal Theater
- St. Anthony de Padua Parish School
- St Nicholas of Tolentine Church
- Tindley Temple United Methodist Church
- Tony Luke's
- Walt Whitman Bridge
- Mount Sinai Hospital (demolished)
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