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3 unusual facts about South Philadelphia


Ingrid Croce

At 8, she worked at her grandmother's dress store in South Philadelphia.

Israel Goldstein

At that time the school program was mannual training, but his record showed to school administrators that there was more promise for academics servicing the immigrant population of South Philadelphia.

Tony Luke, Jr.

Luke's restaurant franchise, Tony Luke's, has expanded from its original South Philadelphia location to Citizens Bank Park, Atlantic City, The Wildwoods, and the Kingdom of Bahrain.


Jack Ferrante

Born in Camden, New Jersey, Ferrante's family moved to South Philadelphia when he was six, and later to West Philadelphia; he dropped out of high school in his sophomore year and began working in local supermarkets.


see also

1964 Pulitzer Prize

James V. Magee and Albert V. Gaudiosi, reporters and Frederick Meyer, photographer of the Philadelphia Bulletin, for their expose of numbers racket operations with police collusion in South Philadelphia, which resulted in arrests and a cleanup of the police department.

Avenue of the Arts, Inc.

Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts Corridor (13th-15th Street) extends along Broad Street from Temple University (Glenwood Avenue) in North Philadelphia to Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia.

Frank Meeink

After he served his prison sentence, he went back to where he had spent his childhood in South Philadelphia and in help with the Philadelphia Flyers he created Harmony Through Hockey.

Philadelphia crime family

Dovi had good connections with the Chicago Outfit and the five families of New York, and expanded operations to Atlantic City, South Philadelphia and parts of South Jersey.

Philadelphia Sphas

Called the Sphas because the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association bought the players uniforms, the team featured many eastern U.S. top college graduates, including Harry Litwack (IJSHOF honoree), Asher, Cy Kasselman, Davey Banks, Moe Goldman (ABL MVP 1937-38), Sheky Gotthofer, Mendy Snyder, Irv Torgoff, Red Wolfe, Max Posnack, Gil Fitch, Jerry Fleishman and many others.