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Swampoodle (other)
Swampoodle can refer to: * Swampoodle, Baltimore, a long-forgotten name for a Czech-American enclave in East Baltimore. * Swampoodle Connection, a proposed connection of the Chestnut Hill West Line (R8) with the Manayunk/Norristown Line in the Swampoodle neighborhood in Philadelphia. * Swampoodle Grounds also known as Capitol Park (II), the former home of the Washington Nationals baseball team of the National League from 1886 to 1889 named after the Swampoodle neighborhood. * Swampoodle (Philadelphia), a former Irish neighborhood and location of the Connie Mack Stadium, also known as Shibe Park. Former home of the Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies. * Swampoodle, Washington, D.C., an Irish neighborhood in Washington, D.C. * Swampoodle Creek Swampoodle Creek is a creek in Bowie County, Texas. The creek rises in northern Texarkana and flows south, under several major highways including U.S. Route 82 and U.S. Route 67 before meeting Days Creek, alongside Nix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swampoodle, Baltimore
The history of Czechs in Baltimore dates back to the mid-19th century. Thousands of Czechs immigrated to East Baltimore during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, becoming an important component of Baltimore's ethnic and cultural heritage. The Czech community has founded a number of cultural institutions to preserve the city's Czech heritage, including a Roman Catholic church, a heritage association, a gymnastics association, an annual festival, a language school, and a cemetery. During the height of the Czech community in the late 19th century and early 20th century, Baltimore was home to 12,000 to 15,000 people of Czech birth or heritage. The population began to decline during the mid-to-late 20th century, as the community assimilated and aged, while many Czech Americans moved to the suburbs of Baltimore. By the 1980s and early 1990s, the former Czech community in East Baltimore had been almost entirely dispersed, though a few remnants of the city's Czech cultural legacy sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swampoodle Connection
The SEPTA Regional Rail system is a commuter rail network owned by SEPTA and serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The system has 13 branches and more than 150 active stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, its suburbs and satellite towns and cities. It is the sixth-busiest commuter railroad in the United States. In 2016, the Regional Rail system had an average of 132,000 daily riders and 118,800 daily riders as of 2019. The core of the Regional Rail system is the Center City Commuter Connection, a tunnel linking three Center City stations: the above-ground upper level of 30th Street Station, the underground Suburban Station, and Jefferson Station. All trains stop at these Center City stations; most also stop at Temple University station on the campus of Temple University in North Philadelphia. Operations are handled by the SEPTA Railroad Division. Of the 13 branches, six were originally owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) (later Penn Central), six b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
