University City Eruv
The Greater
Philadelphia area has seven
major eruvs. The 4105 community is inside the University City Eruv. The
boundaries are described and depicted below; for more information, please see
the website of the University
City Eruv Corporation. For those interested in living in Center City,
please see the website of the Center
City Eruv Corporation.
The borders
for the Eruv are as follows:
West:
Beginning on the south-east corner of 43rd St. and Chester Avenue, moving
straight up the east side of 43rd St., all the way to the south-east corner of
43rd St. and Powelton Avenue
North (and
North-East): The south side of Powelton St., in between 43rd and 32nd streets,
and the SEPTA property between 32nd and 31st streets, which is behind the north
side of J.F.K. Blvd.
East:
Beginning at the back of the parking lot across from 30th St. Station, and
north of J.F.K. Blvd., the border picks up with the SEPTA train tracks (what
would be 31st St.), and follows them all the way to the south side of
Spruce/South St., where it then shifts to the fence which encloses SEPTA's
University City Station.
South (and
South-East): Beginning at the railroad tracks that go over Spruce/South St.
(these railroad tracks are the ones that would be 31st St.), moving south along Convention Avenue
and the fence that separates the SEPTA tracks from the road behind the Philadelphia Civic Center,
the Hospital Construction Site, and Pennsylvania Hall. This border continues along the fence separating
this area and the SEPTA tracks, going over University Avenue/32nd St., behind the Veterinary Hospital
(on the west side of University Avenue/32nd St.). The Eruv includes the Veterinary Hospital, but
excludes the Woodlands Cemetery. The Eruv border picks up right outside of the cemetery, on the
south side of Woodland Avenue, along the cemetery's fence
until 42nd St., following the west side of 42nd St. to Chester and then the
south side of Chester west to 43rd St.
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