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{{See also|Chester school protests|Wade Dump}}
[[File:Covanta Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility.jpg|thumb|Covanta [[Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility]]]]
[[File:Crozer Library Chester PA DelCo.jpg|thumb|[[J. Lewis Crozer Library]]]]
[[File:Alfred O Deshong Memorial.jpg|thumb|[[Deshong Art Museum]]]]
Chester was known as a freewheeling destination for vices such as drugs, alcohol, [[Numbers game|numbers]] rackets, gambling and prostitution. Chester was widely known as Greater Philadelphia's "Saloon Town".{{sfn|Mele|2017|p=19}} By 1914, Chester had more saloons than police officers; approximately 1 saloon per every 987 residents.{{sfn|Mele|2017|p=27}}
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