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HISTORY The area developed because it was an important cross of the Schuylkill River . It is now spanned by several bridges,http://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/railroad.htm including the Grays Ferry Avenue bridge and several rail bridges. When George Washington travelled to New York City for his Inauguration , triumphal arches were erected for his reception.http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/7703/mcms.html It was the site of the Schuylkill Arsenal .http://www.explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=589http://www.dscp.dla.mil/history.htm DEMOGRAPHICS
RACIAL TENSION Over the years the neighborhood has been the scene of numerous instances of racial violence. The Irish Catholic s living in the neighborhood's modest Row Homes clashed with African American s living in the deteriorating Tasker Housing Project. There have been riots and beatings and, sometimes, killings. Tensions peaked in 1997, when Nation Of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan joined marchers to protest racial violence. As the housing market has boomed in Philadelphia, the neighborhood has begun to see some resurgence. EXTERNAL LINKS
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