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Overbrook Park Branch

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Item No: pdcf00600
Title: Overbrook Park Branch
Additional Title: Teen Book Club at the Overbrook Park Branch, 1999
Historic Street Address: 7422 Haverford Avenue
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

The Overbrook Park neighborhood began growing after World War II. By 1960, the Schuylkill Expressway contributed to the growth of City Line Avenue and the Overbrook Park neighborhood.  The Overbrook Park Branch, located at Haverford & Woodbine Avenues, opened on November 2, 1972.  This 1999 exterior view shows members of the Teen Book Club, at an outdoor patio/reading space. 

The Overbrook Park Branch serves the community of Overbrook Park. 


Creation Year: 1999
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.264007
Geocode Latitude:39.976016