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File #: 020449    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Privileged Resolution Status: ENACTED
File created: 6/13/2002 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 6/13/2002
Title: Also naming that part of Parkside Avenue from Belmont Avenue to Wynnefield Avenue as "Kearsley Avenue."
Sponsors: Councilmember Nutter
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 02044900.pdf
Title
Also naming that part of Parkside Avenue from Belmont Avenue to Wynnefield Avenue as "Kearsley Avenue."
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      WHEREAS, In 1772, Dr. John Kearsley founded the nation's first retirement community which was known as Christ Church Hospital and was located at 308 Cherry Street; and
 
      WHEREAS, In 1861, the facility moved into a new magnificent stone building in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia where it remains to this day providing a continuum of care for senior citizens which includes independent living, personal care and nursing home care; and
 
      WHEREAS, Since 1772, Kearsley's mission has been to provide dignified housing, exceptional health care and essential services to low-income older people; and
 
      WHEREAS, The Kearsley Retirement Community is considered a national model of a continuum of care for low-income older adults; and
 
      WHEREAS, The Kearsley tradition of progressive housing and health care services for older adults combined with its beautifully maintained campus has been a tremendous asset to the Wynnefield community and the City of Philadelphia for four centuries; now therefore
 
      RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the part of Parkside Avenue from Belmont Avenue to Wynnefield Avenue shall also be known as "Kearsley Avenue."
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