Devil's Pocket, Philadelphia

Devil's Pocket is a small neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood, bordered by Christian and LeCount streets, Grays Ferry Avenue, and the Naval Square development (the former U.S. Naval Asylum),^[1] consists of rowhouses tucked near an industrial landscape near the Schuylkill River. A historically Irish-American neighborhood,^[2] Devil’s Pocket has seen real estate development and gentrification in recent years, including a major expansion of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.^[1][3]

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Devil's Pocket, Philadelphia
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Street in Devil’s Pocket
Coordinates: 39°56′33″N 75°11′10″W / 39.942493°N 75.18609°W / 39.942493; -75.18609
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Philadelphia
City	Philadelphia
ZIP Code	19146
Area codes	215, 267, and 445
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According to one legend, Devil's Pocket got its name after a priest said the local youth were rough enough to steal from the devil’s pocket.^[4][1]

The 1983 novel God's Pocket by Pete Dexter and its later 2014 film adaptation are set in the fictional South Philadelphia neighborhood of God's Pocket, which is based on the real-life Devil's Pocket and its tough, working class reputation.^[1]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Shelly, Kevin C. (August 27, 2015). "Devil's Pocket neighborhood fading away". PhillyVoice. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
2. ^ U.S. Immigration Commission (January 31, 1910). Immigrants in cities: A study of the population of selected districts in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Milwaukee (Report). pp. 352–3.
3. ^ Saffron, Inga (July 6, 2012). "CHOP expansion could bring jobs, traffic". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
4. ^ Klein, Michael (October 21, 2014). "A bar for Devil's Pocket". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

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