The first African-American historic district in Philadelphia now has a lasting reminder of its past.
On Friday, Philadelphia City Council President Kenyatta Johnson and community leaders hosted an event on the 1500 block of Christian Street to officially ceremonially rename Christian Street, from Broad to 20th Streets, as “Black Doctors Row.”
Joining Kenyatta during the event were community organizers Dr. Linda Evans and Mrs. Cheryl Mobley-Stimpson, Richard Gliniak from South of South Neighborhood Association, Dr. Denina Helm of the Black Doctors Consortium, Executive Director of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Paul Steinke and Dr. Delana Wardlaw, one of the twin biological sister doctors who founded “The Twin Sister Docs.”
Back in 2022, the Philadelphia Historical Commission unanimously approved a special designation for the Christian Street/ Black Doctors Row Historic District, an area of more than 150 properties now known as the Graduate Hospital section of South Philadelphia.
In the …