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Grays Ferry, also known as Gray's Ferry, is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bounded (roughly) by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north. [1]
Grays Ferry, also known as Gray's Ferry, is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bounded by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north.
Jun 18, 2010 · By 1900, Grays Ferry was a sprawling, working class neighborhood, home to a tight-knit immigrant Irish-American community. Its unofficial boundaries were Grays Ferry Avenue and 32nd Street on the west, Moore Street on the south, and 25th Street on the east.
Gray’s Ferry was once the easiest way to come to Philadelphia if traveling by land from the South. Since the late 1600s’, there had been a ferry across the Schuylkill River here. Brothers George and Robert Gray, who inherited the land in the 1740’s, widened the road and built an inn and tavern on the West Bank of the Schuylkill River.
Jun 19, 2024 · Grays Ferry, also known as Gray's Ferry, is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bounded (roughly) by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north.
Grays Ferry, also known as Gray's Ferry, is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bounded (roughly) by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north. [1]
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Glimpse at the Past. Gray's Ferry Tavern and Gardens. Posted: March 2020. For more than a century, the Lower Ferry, or Gray's Ferry was the easiest way to access Philadelphia if you were traveling by land from the South.
