Bala Cynwyd

Bala Cynwyd is a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the Philadelphia Main Line in Southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia at U.S. Route 1 (City Avenue) It was originally two separate towns, Bala and CynWyd, but is commonly treated as a single community. The community was long known as hyphenated Bala-Cynwyd. It was settled in the 1680s by Welsh Quakers, who named it after the town of Bala in Pennsylvania and the village of Cynwyd in Wales. Bala is home to most of the broadcasting outlets in the Philadelphia region, including CBS radio stations WXTU, WOGL, and WTDY. The village is also the corporate home of Entercom, which is poised to be the second largest owner of radio stations in the United States following its announcement of a merger with CBS Radio in February 2017. Its major outlets are Acme Markets, Olive Garden, US Mail, and LA Fitness. The oldest church in the village is Saint John's Episcopal Church on Levering Mill Road, founded in 1863. It also has a branch of Saint Matthias Catholic Church on Bryn Mawr Avenue, founded one block south of the village center in 1863, which was the first Catholic church to be built in the area. The Bala Theater is located in the center of the community, along Montgomery Avenue at Bala Avenue. The town is also home to the Bala Theatre, a children's clothing stores, women's dress and consignment shops, and a number of small restaurants.

Description

Bala Cynwyd is the primary city name, but also Belmont Hills are acceptable city names or spellings, Bala, Cynwyd on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. Bala Cynwyd lies in the Welsh Tract of Pennsylvania and was settled in the 1680s by Welsh Quakers. A mixed residential community made up predominantly of single-family detached homes, it extends west of the Philadelphia city limits. This large residential district contains some of Lower Merion's oldest and finest stone mansions, built mainly from 1880 through the 1920s. It is located in the sycamore-lined district between Montgomery Avenue and Levering Mill Road, as well as split level tract houses built east of Manayunk Road just after World War II. It was named after the town of Bala and the village of Cynwyd in Wales, and is located on the Pennsylvania-Welsh border. It has a population of about 3,000 people, making it one of Philadelphia's most ethnically diverse areas. The community is home to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which has a collection of more than 2,000 pieces of art, including works by Picasso, Mathewson, Moya-Smith, and Van Dyke, among others. It also has the Philadelphia Opera House, which was built in the late 19th century and is one of the city's oldest surviving opera houses. The city's first African-American mayor, James Moore, was elected to office in 1876. He was re-elected to a second term in 1978. The town's population is about 2,500 people, and it has a history of being home to many Quaker families.

History

Bala Cynwyd has long been home to most of the broadcasting outlets in the Philadelphia region. The village is home to houses of worship of many religions. The oldest of these is Saint John's Episcopal Church on Levering Mill Road, founded in 1863. The neighborhood is the corporate home of Entercom Communications Corporation, which is poised to be the second largest owner of radio stations in the United States, following its announcement of a merger with CBS Radio February 2, 2017. The Lower Merion Academy-Cynwyd Elementary School Complex and West Laurel Hill Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The First Boy Scout Troop 1 in the U.S. is located on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Bala CynWyd. The National Football League has had its headquarters in the village since 1946, and the Philadelphia Eagles have had their headquarters on Bala Avenue since 1964. The Philadelphia Phillies have played their home games in the city since the late 1950s and early 1960s. The Phillies' last home game in the area was in the 1970s, when the team moved to Philadelphia. The team's headquarters are still located in the same building, though it has since moved to a new location in Center City. The Eagles have also played some home games at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the past, as well as the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and The Philadelphia Sun. The city's mayor, Michael Nutter, is a native of the village and served as mayor of Bala from 1973 to 1986.

Schools

Bala Cynwyd is served by the Lower Merion School District with its headquarters in Ardmore. Public school children of area residents attend the Cynwyd Elementary School on Levering Mill Road. Kosloff Torah Academy, an Orthodox Jewish, private all-girls high school is located on Montgomery Avenue at Bryn Mawr Avenue. The bilingual French International School of Philadelphia, on North Highland Avenue, teaches approximately 320 children from pre-kindergarten (K3) to eighth grade in French and English. The private, Catholic Merion Mercy and Waldron Mercy Academies are only a quarter mile up Montgomery Avenue in Merion. High school students living in Bala CynWyd may choose between Lower Merions High School in Ard more and Harriton High School in Rosemont. The public schools in the area are CynwYD Elementary, Belmont Hills Elementary School, and Bala Clywyd Middle School on North Bryn Mawr Avenue and Belmont Hills High School on Madison Award Road on Levering Mill Road. The high school in the city is Harrit Mill High School on Old Lancaster Road, which is located in the Rosemont section of the city. The city is home to the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Eagles. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philadelphia Daily Mail are among the local papers that cover the area.

Library

The Bala Cynwyd Public Library is part of the six-branch Lower Merion Library System. It is home to more than 221,000 items and features up-to-date computer facilities. The system as a whole, with its central library located at Bryn Mawr's Ludington Memorial Library, is hometo more than 1.4 million items. It stands in the 99th percentile nationwide for annual resident visits and volumes per resident capita. The library is located on Old Lancaster Road and is open daily from 9am to 5pm. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org. For support in the Middle East, call the Salvation Army in the Mideast on 0800-457-9090 or visit http://www.susan.org/. For help in the developing world, go to www.sasan.gov.uk.

Places of interest

The U.S. Postal Service is one of the largest postal service in the world. The postal service has been around since 18th century. It is based in Washington, D.C. and is part of the postal service of the United States. The Postal Service was founded in 1803 and has been in operation since 1805. It was the first postal service to be established in the U.K. in 1807. The first post office opened in the town of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1808. The name of the post office is St. Mary’s Post Office, and it is located on the corner of Main Street and Main Street in St. Paul, Minnesota. The post office has been there since 1807 and is located in the St. Charles area. It has a population of 1.2 million people. The Post Office is located at the intersection of Main and Main Streets in the city of St Charles, Minnesota, and the city's downtown area. The town is home to more than 100,000 people. It also has a large number of small businesses, many of which are based in and around the city. The city has a long history of being a center for the arts and culture of the community, including a number of museums and galleries. The U.N. has a presence in the area, including the National Museum of Natural History, which was established in 1851. The National Museum is in the center of the city, and is on the main street of the town.

In popular culture

Bala Cynwyd was hometown to the fictional character Vida Boheme, a drag queen played by Patrick Swayze in the 1995 movie To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. The respective scenes were filmed in Montclair, New Jersey. It was the location of a home invasion in the 2000 movie Unbreakable. It is also home to the setting of the TV series "American Horror Story: Coven" The town is also the setting for the television series "Boardwalk Empire", which is based on the book "American Horror  Story Coven" by Neil Gaiman and Neil Patrick Harris. The town also appears in the TV show "The Voice" and the film "American Beauty" The city is also featured in the book and film "The Secret Life of the American Teenager", which was based on a novel by Gwyneth Paltrow. The book was written about the life of a teenaged girl who moved to New Jersey and became an adult. The novel was about the adventures of a teenage girl who moves from New Jersey to New York City and lives in New York. The movie was about a teen who becomes an adult and moves back to her home town to live with her parents. The city was also used as the location for a scene in "The Godfather: Part II" in which the main character returns to his native New Jersey for the first time. It also appeared in the movie "Unbreakable" as a location for the home invasion.