WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST – Is a neighborhood in downtown Center City that is named after Washington Square, the urban park on its eastern boundary. This area is located roughly between 7th and Broad Streets, and between Walnut and South Streets. It borders the neighborhoods of Chinatown to the north, Bella Vista and Hawthorne to the south, Society Hill to the east, and the Avenue of the Arts and Rittenhouse Square to the west.

Washington Square West is home to some of the oldest artists clubs in the nation. Camac Street, in the heart of the neighborhood, has officially been named the Avenue of the Artists by the city. The Philadelphia Sketch Club, founded in 1860 is the oldest existing artists club in America.

The area is also home to Philadelphia’s Antique Row, and to many hospitals including that of Thomas Jefferson University, and the nation’s oldest, Pennsylvania Hospital.

Hig-rise, Mid-rise Buildings in Washington Square, Philadelphia: Hopkinson House, Independence Place, Strickland Row, The Ayer, The Lippincott, 220 W. Washington Square and Arch Street Exchange