Phoenixville Named 'Hottest Up and Coming Neighborhood' of 2013

Phoenixville, most borough residents will tell you, is on the rise. That view just got some serious validation.

By the calculus of the real estate mavens over at Redfin (via Philly.curbed.com), the borough was just named the Hottest Up and Coming Neighborhood of 2013.

Phoenixville was chosen from a pool that included Northern Liberties, Media, and West Mount Airy. The rankings were compiled on the basis of input from realtors and good old-fashioned housing data crunching.

In the words of one agent who was polled:

Phoenixville, a former industrial city on the Schuylkill River, became a ghost town when the steel corporations left in the 1980's. However, the Colonial Theater, featured in the movie, The Blob, would not be forgotten and with its renovation came an influx of former and new residents.

Congratulations Phoenixville! (And don’t let it go to your head.)

Read the Philly.curbed.com story here, or swing by Redfin for their explanation of the rankings.