Book Links   South Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion West Philadelphia Oxford Circle Philadelphia Trolleys North Broad Street Jewish Family and Children's Service Under the Frankford El Jewish South Jersey         Images of America Strawberry Mansion The Jewish Community of North Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion was the first Jewish suburb within an urban setting. Affectionately known as "the Mansion" it was only a trolley car ride away from the South Philadelphia immigrant district. Jewish families migrated from one neighborhood to another as they advanced economically in America society during the early 1900s. By the mid-1950s the decision to discontinue the once heavily traveled route #9 trolley car marked the decline and eventual demise of Strawberry Mansion as a Jewish enclave.