This Old Girl, Loretta Moore

The Bottom, also known as Black Bottom, existed as an African American community in the City of Philadelphia. Located roughly between 33rd and 40th streets east and west and to Lancaster and University Boulevard, The Bottom existed from the early1900s until the mid-to-late 1950s. In 1999, the city declared the last Sunday in August as "Black Bottom Day," as a tribute to the legacy and the history of this West Philadelphia communi