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Renting an Apartment in Wynnewood
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania is a suburban community located outside of
Philadelphia in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. Wynnewood was named
in 1691 for Dr. Thomas Wynne, William Penn's physician and the first
Speaker of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Wynnewood is one of the
many neighborhoods on the Pennsylvania Main Line, and encompasses
suburban residential neighborhoods as well as institutions such as
Lankenau Hospital, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Palmer Theological
Seminary, and Friends' Central School. Library Video Company, a major
educational video distributor, is also based there.
People
* Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers lived in Wynnewood while
attending Lower Merion High School, located in nearby Ardmore,
Pennsylvania.
* Henry Scattergood lived in Wynnewood until his death in 1953.
* Billionaire Walter H. Annenberg, media mogul, philanthropist, arts
patron, and United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's (United
Kingdom) died at his home in Wynnewood in 2002; his wife Leonore
Annenberg continues to maintain a residence in Wynnewood.
* Also residing in Wynnewood are Dr. Fordham G. Anton, the first person
to identify the Herpes Simplex II virus, and John Arthur, goose down
expert.
* Musician Patti Labelle resides in Wynnewood, PA.
* Local legend Adam Rosenthal attended Lower Merion HS from 1993-1997
and then West Chester University where he played baseball and was a 1st
team Jewish All-American in 2000 and 2001.
* Charlie Foltz
Demographics
Wynnewood has approximately 4,900 homes and 12,700 residents. Residents
of Wynnewood cooperate with those of adjacent Ardmore in many ways, one
of which is the ArdWood Civic Association. South Ardmore Park is partly
in Wynnewood, and partly in Ardmore. This park is the site of a free or
low-cost summer camp, sporting activities, walking paths, and a verdant
setting.
Wynnewood itself is mostly residential, with its shopping in various
clusters. The largest shopping center in Wynnewood is the Wynnewood
Shopping Center. Many Wynnewood residents go to other districts of the
Main Line, like Ardmore or Narberth, for shopping, because Wynnewood
itself is so residential.
Located in Wynnewood is Shortridge Memorial Park, a small park in a
creek valley with stone bridges under which Indian Creek flows.
Shortridge Memorial Park is also the situs where recent ecological and
environmental efforts are being expended in a revitalization and
restoration project focused around Indian Creek. Wynnewood residents are
also active in the Wynnewood Civic Association and the Shortridge
Association of Wynnewood.