Center City section

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The Center City section is the primary downtown and central business district of Philadelphia, known for its dense concentration of offices, shops, cultural institutions, and historic landmarks.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf central business district
neighborhood
urban district
contains Avenue of the Arts
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Independence Hall
Liberty Bell Center
Logan Square
Market East
Old City
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia City Hall
Philadelphia Museum of Art vicinity
Reading Terminal Market
Rittenhouse Square
Society Hill
Washington Square
cultural venues
historic sites
major office towers
major retail corridors
numerous hotels
numerous restaurants
country United States
hasCharacteristic dense concentration of cultural institutions
dense concentration of historic landmarks
dense concentration of offices
dense concentration of shops
high population density
hasFunction cultural center
employment center
government center
retail center
tourism center
hasLandmark Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Independence Hall
Liberty Bell
Philadelphia City Hall
Rittenhouse Square
hasRole central business district of Philadelphia
primary downtown of Philadelphia
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
partOf Philadelphia city center
servedBy SEPTA Regional Rail
SEPTA subway lines
SEPTA trolley lines
numerous bus routes

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
15th Street station ("Center City business district")
Suburban Station ("Center City business district")
Walnut–Locust station ("Center City business district")
servesArea
Race–Vine station ("Center City business district")
SEPTA Route 34 ("Center City business district")
serves
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)
hasNotableArea
City Hall Station (Philadelphia) ("Center City business district")
locatedIn
Penn Center ("Center City business district")
partOf
13th Street station ("Center City business district")
servesDistrict

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