Philadelphia Koreatown
History
According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Koreatown had "moved" from the Logan neighborhood into the Olney section in the early 1980s, attributing the migration from Logan to "too much crime" and the "schools weren't so good" at the time in Logan. In Olney, tensions were high between Koreans and the German community, as well as the black community, who did not want the section of the town to be officially declared "Koreatown", causing much violence and crime to be committed not only against Koreans, but East Asians in general. The original Koreatown existed on North 5th Street in Olney since 1984, with Korean language signs put up to help official recognition of the area; those signs were vandalized in the late 1980s but eventually resurrected. In 2024, U.S. Representative Andy Kim from Marlton, New Jersey, another South Jersey suburb of Philadelphia with a significant and growing Korean population, became the first elected uniracial Korean American U.S. Senate candidate.
Religion
There is a large Korean Catholic church, Holy Angels.
See also
- Koreatown
- Korean American
- Chinatown, Philadelphia
- Little Saigon, Philadelphia
- Cambodia Town, Philadelphia
- Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
- Millbourne, Pennsylvania
- Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania
- Cherry Hill, New Jersey
- Koreatown, Palisades Park (벼랑 공원 코리아타운)
- Koreatown, Fort Lee (포트 리 코리아타운)
- List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations
Gallery
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View towards Market Street PA route 3, across from H-Mart, at Terminal Square. The 69th Street Transportation Center is also nearby.
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H-Mart in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
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H-Mart and other Korean-American businesses in Cheltenham
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More Korean businesses in Cheltenham