Normandy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Normandy is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia, nicknamed Northeast Philly, the Northeast and the Great Northeast, is a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the 2000 Census, the Northeast has a sizable percentage of the city's 1.547 million people — a population of between 300,000 and 450,000,...

. It is located east of Roosevelt Boulevard
Roosevelt Boulevard (Philadelphia)
Roosevelt Boulevard , often referred to simply as "the Boulevard," is a major traffic artery through North and Northeast Philadelphia...

, in the vicinity of Woodhaven and Byberry Roads, built in 1955- 1956. All of the streets in this neighborhood begin with the letter N. The neighborhood is made up of cape cod style single family homes, with frame construction. Most of the homes have received additions over the years. The original landowners were Joseph Buckman, who owned 73 acres (295,420.8 m²) and John Rieger, who owned 18 acres (72,843.5 m²). Kraft Foods currently operates the old Nabisco plant at the southwest corner of Roosevelt Boulevard and Byberry Road. Devon self-storage occupies what used to be Best products, also what was the original Normandy Square market.

The Northeast Village
Northeast Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Northeast Village was a wartime military housing project just south of the present Normandy Village, between Red Lion Rd. to the south, Decatur Rd. to the east, Comly Rd. to the north, and the Roosevelt Boulevard to the west...

was a wartime military housing project just south of the present Normandy Village.
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