South Camden is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...

in Camden,

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. Located in the southern part of the city, below Central Waterfront and east of the Port of Camden on the

Delaware River The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for a ...

Interstate 676 Interstate 676 (I-676) is an Interstate Highway that serves as a major thoroughfare through Center City Philadelphia, where it is known as the Vine Street Expressway, and Camden, New Jersey, where it is known as the northern segment of th ...

runs through the neighborhood. The South Camden Historic District, bounded by Jackson St, South Fourth St, Chelton Ave, and Railroad Avenue, comprises and 608 buildings, including the headquarters of the defunct South Camden Trust Company.

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, in the Port of Camden, was located many years along the waterfront on the west side of the neighborhood and once was its largest employer. The Camden Shipyard & Maritime Museum record its history. In July 2014, the

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awarded the

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a $260 million tax incentive to expand operations at the site in the Port of Camden. The proposed Glassboro–Camden Line light rail system would stop in the neighbourhood at Ferry Avenue parallel and west of the North-South Freeway. In September 2010 Waterfront South Theatre, home of the South Camden Theatre Company (SCTC), open as Camden's first live theatre space built in more than 100 years. In August 2014, ground was broken on Phoenix Park, which will provide access to the waterfront on land previously used for industry.

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Geraldine Dodge Foundation
Neighborhoods in Camden, New Jersey History of Camden, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Camden County, New Jersey Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Historic districts in Camden County, New Jersey {{CamdenCountyNJ-geo-stub