[9] Society Hill has since become one of the most expensive neighborhoods with the highest average income and second-highest real estate values in Philadelphia.

[14] The Free Society of Traders was a company of elite merchants, landowners, and personal associates of William Penn who were granted special concessions in order to direct the economy of the young colony.

[14] Society Hill was initially known as the Dock Ward, an appropriate designation until the post-World War II period when the shipping industry declined and relocated.

[5] Bordering the Delaware River just south of Old City and Independence Hall, Society Hill is loosely defined as bounded by Walnut, Lombard, Front and 8th Streets.

[24] In the 1950s, the city, state and federal governments began one of the first urban renewal programs aimed at the preservation of historic buildings.

They demolished and relocated the Dock Street market, setting aside 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land that would become the Society Hill Towers.

[25] In 1957, Edmund Bacon, the executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, awarded developer-architect firm Webb and Knapp the competition for the redevelopment of Society Hill.

[27] Architect Louis Sauer designed dozens of rowhouse projects for the area around Society Hill, including Waverly Court and Penn's Landing Square.

Congregation Kesher Israel occupies and has renovated the building constructed by the Universalist Church in 1796 at 412 Lombard Street.

[36] A construction contract for the McCall school building was awarded on October 26, 1909 and the official opening occurred in February 1911.

[37] Russell Scott Smith of Edutopia wrote that in 2004, compared with other schools in Philadelphia, "McCall already had a fairly good reputation for academic rigor and safety" and that by 2009 it had improved even more.

[43] The Athenaem is a private library and museum with collections including architecture and interior design history, particularly for the period from 1800 to 1945.

[44] Society Hill's many historically significant congregations reflect the fruition of William Penn's Quaker maxim of religious toleration.

[56] The greenways feature public art and are designed to create a neighborhood that is walkable, rather than a disjointed collection of historic buildings.