Swampoodle, Philadelphia

Swampoodle is an older neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Swampoodle was defined as the vicinity of the junction of three railroad lines near Lehigh Avenue and 22nd Streets.

[2] Owners of homes bordering the stadium would make money parking cars[2] or renting porch and roof space.

[3][4] Formerly an Irish neighborhood, as of 2012 it had been absorbed into Allegheny West, a poor African-American enclave that had suffered post-industrial decline and disinvestment.

The term is also slang for low-lying land and may have been used because Cohocksink Creek ran through the area.

Shibe Park in Philadelphia's Swampoodle Neighborhood, now a part of Allegheny West, circa 1955.