also served as a lecture room seating 150, and a basement, which had two toilets, a staff room, kitchen, janitor's room, boiler room, and coal bins. The Manayunk Branch served the Manayunk neighborhood until it closed in 1969. The building was later used as a nursing home and is currently part of a condominium development. Transportation The SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown Line ex-Reading Railroad rail line runs through Manayunk, partly along an elevated structure above Cresson Street. The Manayunk train station is located on this elevated section. The Cynwyd Line used to have a stop in Manayunk before the line was cut back to its current terminus in Bala Cynwyd. This line used the landmark Manayunk Bridge, a concrete railroad viaduct built by the Pennsylvania Railroad which spans the Schuylkill River. Manayunk Bridge is an icon of Manayunk. The neighborhood is also served by bus routes 9, 27, 35, and 61. Civic association The local civic association is the Manayunk Neighborhood Council. Public meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at one of three locations: the Manayunk Development Corporation Office, the Venice Island Performing Arts Center, or at North Light Community Center. See also Philadelphia International Cycling Championship References Further reading Fisher, Geraldine A. The Gentrification of Manayunk. MS Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2006, ScholarlyCommons. Online. Manton, John Charles: Bygones: A Guide to Historic Roxborough-Manayunk. Philadelphia : J. C. Manton, Historical Research, c1990. Miles, Joseph S., and William H. Cooper. A Historical Sketch of Roxborough, Manayunk, Wissahickon. Philadelphia, PA: G. Fein & Co., 1940. Print. Minardi, Joseph. Historic Architecture in Philadelphia: East Falls, Manayunk, and Roxborough. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013. Print. Myers, Nick. Milestones in History, 1690-1990: Roxborough, Manayunk, Wissahickon, Andorra. Philadelphia, PA: Roxborough-Manayunk-Wissahickon Historical Society, 1990. Print. Nickels, Thom. Manayunk. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2001. Print. Shelton, Cynthia J. The Mills of Manayunk: Industrialization and Social Conflict in the Philadelphia Region, 1787-1837. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. Print. External links Neighborhoods in Philadelphia Irish-American neighborhoods Irish-American culture in Philadelphia Municipalities in Philadelphia County prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854 National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Populated places on the Schuylkill River Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts in Philadelphia Northwest Philadelphia Houses in Philadelphia 1840 establishments in Pennsylvania