Brewerytown

Brewerytown takes its name from the dozen-plus breweries that once operated here in the 19th century, making it the brewing capital of America. Perched on the bluffs above the Schuylkill River just north of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the neighborhood offers something increasingly rare in Philadelphia: proximity to Fairmount Park and the Art Museum area at prices that feel like they belong to a different era.

The renaissance is well underway. Girard Avenue, the main commercial corridor, now hosts craft coffee shops, a thriving brewery scene (the name lives on), and restaurants that draw diners from across the city. New-construction townhomes and gut-renovated rowhomes are selling briskly, and the neighborhood's housing stock of classic Philadelphia rowhomes provides endless renovation potential. For buyers priced out of Fairmount or Northern Liberties, Brewerytown delivers similar proximity and walkability at a significant discount.