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Gloria Dei/Old Swedes Church
- Related Story
- Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Episcopal Church
- Related Essay
- From Weccacoe to South Philadelphia: The Changing Face of a Neighborhood
- Street Address
- Columbus Blvd & Christian St
- Creator Name
- Alex Mjolness
- Date Created
- 2008
- Description
- Documentary about Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church. Interview with Steve Sitarski. Topics: Queen Village; Swedish settlement; founding of Gloria Dei; English settlement; Irish Catholics; St. Philip Neri Church; Nativist Riots of 1844; immigrants; tenements; Octavia Hill Association; African Americans; urban development rehabilitation; I-95; changes in neighborhood.
- Contributing Institution
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: PhilaPlace Collection
- Tags
- African Americans, Churches (buildings), Gloria Dei Church, Immigration, Real estate, Rehabilitation, Riots of 1844, Stephen Sitarski, Swedish Americans
- Topics
- Oral Interviews, Public & Social Life
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