Editing Ardmore, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], Ardmore has a total area of {{convert|5.1|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/> Ardmore is adjacent to [[Wynnewood, Pennsylvania|Wynnewood]] (east), [[Haverford, Pennsylvania|Haverford]] (west), [[Gladwyne, Pennsylvania|Gladwyne]] (north), and [[Havertown, Pennsylvania|Havertown]] (southwest).<ref name=":0" />

Ardmore's downtown, primarily centered around [[Lancaster Avenue|Lancaster Ave]], Rittenhouse Place, and Cricket Ave, is home to many shops, restaurants, and [[small business]]es.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Ardmore Initiative |url=https://www.destinationardmore.com/ardmore-initiative/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=Destination Ardmore |language=en-US}}</ref> The western end of downtown features more traditional retail establishments, including the Ardmore West and Ardmore Plaza Shopping Centers. Similarly, the eastern portion of Ardmore along Lancaster Ave is home to several [[car dealership]]s, offices, and apartments, as well as the Wynnewood Plaza Shopping Center. [[Suburban Square]], opened in 1928 as one of the earliest shopping centers in the United States, is located just north of the Ardmore train station.<ref>Jones, Dick, ed. ''The First Three Hundred: The Amazing and Rich History of Lower Merion.'' Ardmore: Lower Merion Historical Society, 2001.</ref> Ardmore contained the nation's first suburban branch of a major department store, the former [[Strawbridge & Clothier]] which opened there in 1930.<ref>''Ibid.''</ref>

The Merion Golf Manor neighborhood, named for the adjacent [[Merion Golf Club]], is roughly bounded by Ardmore Avenue to the north, Darby Road to the West, Hathaway Lane to the South, and the [[Norristown High Speed Line]] to the East. Another neighborhood in the Haverford Township portion of town is Ardmore Park, roughly bounded by Haverford Road to the South, Ardmore Avenue to the west, and County Line Road to the North. While originally developed and marketed as Ardmore Park, today it is more commonly referred to today as South Ardmore<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Ardmore |url=http://iliveinharford.com/south-ardmore.html |access-date=November 21, 2022 |website=I LIVE IN HARFORD |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> (not to be confused with a separate housing development of the same name located in nearby Havertown).<ref>{{Cite web |title=1948 Edition |url=http://lowermerionhistory.org/?page_id=951 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> This neighborhood is home to Normandy Park, Chestnutwold Elementary, and businesses along Haverford Road and County Line Road.

Residents from portions of southeastern Ardmore and Wynnewood cooperate as the ArdWood Civic Association. The Ardmore Progressive Civic Association serves the historically [[African Americans|black]] section of Ardmore bordered by ArdWood Civic Association, [[Haverford College]], Montgomery Avenue, and the Montgomery/Delaware County line.<ref name="APCA">{{cite web |title=Ardmore Progressive Civic Association |url=http://www.ardmoreprogressive.org/index.html |access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> The North Ardmore Civic Association represents residents of North Ardmore and Wynnewood north of Montgomery Avenue. The South Ardmore Betterment Alliance is a community group in the Haverford Township portion of Ardmore which organizes various community activities.<ref name="civic">{{cite web |title=Civic Associations |url=http://www.lowermerion.org/index.aspx?page=565 |website=Lower Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |author=South Ardmore Betterment Alliance |url=http://www.sabanews.org/ |title=South Ardmore Betterment Alliance &#124; A Neighborhood Civic Association operating in Haverford Township, Delaware County |publisher=Sabanews.org |access-date=May 6, 2012}}</ref>