Saunders Park, Philadelphia

Neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, United States

Saunders Park
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Saunders Park Green near Powelton Village
Saunders Park
Coordinates: 39°57′32″N 75°11′56″W / 39.959°N 75.199°W / 39.959; -75.199
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Philadelphia
City	Philadelphia
Area code(s)	215, 267 and 445

Saunders Park is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded by Powelton Avenue, 38th Street, Lancaster Avenue, and 40th Street. It is west of Powelton Village and north of Spruce Hill.

It is named for the park at the northeastern corner of 39th and Powelton Avenue. The Penn Presbyterian Medical Center is adjacent to the park.

Saunders Park is often considered to be a part of West Powelton, which extends out to 42nd Street.

The neighborhood has participated in planning for its future with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. The report of that plan is available here.

References

Communities of Philadelphia

Former municipalities are below.

Lower North	Badlands Belfield Brewerytown Callowhill Cecil B. Moore El Centro de Oro / Fairhill Fairmount Francisville Hartranft Ivy Hill Ludlow N3RD Street North Central Northern Liberties North Philadelphia East North Philadelphia West Poplar Sharswood South Lehigh Spring Garden Stanton Strawberry Mansion Yorktown
Upper North	Allegheny West Badlands Franklinville Glenwood Hunting Park Nicetown–Tioga Olde Kensington Swampoodle West Kensington
Olney-Oak Lane	East Oak Lane Feltonville Fern Rock Koreatown Logan Ogontz Olney West Oak Lane

Lower Northwest	Andorra East Falls Manayunk Parkland Roxborough Wissahickon
Upper Northwest	Beggarstown Cedarbrook Chestnut Hill Germantown Morton Mount Airy Wister

Near Northeast	Burholme Castor Gardens Crescentville Fox Chase Frankford Holme Circle Holmesburg Juniata Lawndale Lexington Park Mayfair Oxford Circle Rhawnhurst Ryers Tacony Wissinoming
Far Northeast	Academy Gardens Ashton-Woodenbridge Bustleton Byberry Crestmont Farms Millbrook Modena Park Morrell Park Normandy Parkwood Pennypack Somerton Torresdale Upper Holmesburg Winchester Park
River Wards	Bridesburg Fishtown Harrowgate Kensington Olde Richmond Port Richmond

Former
Municipalities

Cities	Philadelphia (Center City)
Boroughs	Aramingo Bridesburg Frankford Germantown Manayunk West Philadelphia Whitehall
Districts	Belmont Kensington Moyamensing Northern Liberties Penn Richmond Southwark Spring Garden
Townships	Blockley Bristol Byberry Delaware Germantown Kingsessing Lower Dublin Moreland Northern Liberties Oxford Passyunk Penn Roxborough

Footnotes

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