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6 unusual facts about Parkside


Cecil B. Moore Avenue

In West Philadelphia's Parkside community Columbia Avenue runs between North 51st and Lindenwood Streets; between North Peach and 54th Streets in Wynnefield; North 59th and 63rd Streets in Overbrook; and its final portion between Wynnewood Road and North 64th Street also in Overbrook.

Clarion, Utah

Brown organized the JACA in January 1910 and listed its primary office in Philadelphia's West Parkside neighborhood, with 250 members, branches in New York and Baltimore, and with the express purpose of, "Settling on farms and mutual aid".

Heathfield Community College

The college works very closely with its family of primary feeder schools (Broad Oak, Burwash, Cross in Hand, Dallington, Five Ashes, Old Heathfield, Herstmonceux, Mayfield, Maynards Green, Parkside and Punnetts Town).

Parkside Primary School

Parkside Primary School is a coeducational R-7 school (5–12 year olds) located in the Adelaide inner suburb of Parkside.

Parkside, Philadelphia

Parkside was the early home of gangsta rapper Schoolly D, and was referenced in his songs "PSK" (Park Side Killers) and "Parkside 5-2".

Parkside, San Francisco

Located in the southern part of the Avenues south of Quintara and north of Sloat Boulevard a distinctive neighborhood with the unique distinction of more parks per capita than any other neighborhood in San Francisco; Parkside Square, Pine Lake, Pine Lake Park (aka Dog Park), Concert Meadow (home of the famous free summer concerts), Charlie Sava Pool (formerly Carl Larsen Pool), Carl Larsen Park, Sigmund Stern Grove, McCoppin Park and McCoppin Square.


Anthony Federici

He owns the Parkside Restaurant, a popular Italian restaurter in Corona, Queens.

Delaware Park–Front Park System

:Contributing structures are: Caretakers Cottage (1889); Lincoln Parkway Bridge (1900),designed by Green and Wicks; Rose Garden Pergola (1912); Stone Bridge (ca. 1887), the only remaining structure from the original Olmsted plan; Parkside Lodge (1914); Rumsey Shelter House (1900); Main Zoo Building (1935-1940); Shelter House (ca. 1900); and Elephant House (ca. 1912).

Kenilworth, Washington, D.C.

Kenilworth gained national attention in 1988 when its government-built housing development, Kenilworth Courts (along with a small sister development called Parkside, located about a mile southwest of Kenilworth), became the first public housing project to be sold to its residents in an initiative championed by Mayor Marion Barry, President Ronald Reagan, and U.S. Representative Jack Kemp.

Parkside Studio College

Parkside places emphasis on a practical approach: students work on placement in their elected pathway area and are taught to develop employability skills.

Sports Authority

The company also sells products under its own private labels, including Alpine Design (seasonal clothing and outdoor goods), Sims (seasonal clothing and snowboards), Aspire (women's sportswear), SA Gear (men's sportswear and fitness equipment), Tommy Armour and Ram (Golf), Parkside (outdoor games and trampolines), and Bodyfit by Sports Authority (fitness accessories).

Wrotham Park Estate Co Ltd v Parkside Homes Ltd

Parkside built houses on its own land in breach of a restrictive covenant with Wrotham Park Estate in Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire.


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