Cedar Park, Philadelphia
[1][2] Originally outlying farmland, Cedar Park was built between 1850 and 1910 as a streetcar suburb[3] of Center City.There is no official explanation as to the name, but it may have been derived from the Cedar Avenue Improvement Organization, who led efforts into ensuring there was a park.Since circa 2000, the neighborhood has been undergoing gentrification, stimulated by the University of Pennsylvania's redevelopment plan for West Philadelphia.There is a distinct progressive-politics mien to the neighborhood and a sizable African immigrant community located along and near Baltimore Avenue between 46th and 49th Streets.The racial composition of the neighborhood was 52.6% White alone, 31.0% Black alone, 5.4% Asian alone, 0.3% American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 2.0% some other race, and 8.7% multiracial.