High Street

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High Street was the original name of Philadelphia’s present-day Market Street, a major east–west thoroughfare and historic commercial artery in the city.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former street name
historic street
crosses Delaware River waterfront area
Schuylkill River vicinity
formerNameOf Market Street (Philadelphia)
hasCategory Former street names in the United States
History of Philadelphia
Streets in Philadelphia
hasFunction commercial artery
transportation corridor
hasLandmark Independence Hall vicinity
Independence National Historical Park area
Reading Terminal Market area
hasRole central commercial street of early Philadelphia
main marketplace of early Philadelphia
historicalPeriod 18th century
colonial era
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
United States
nameChangeReason association with market activities
namedBy William Penn
orientation east–west
partOf street grid of Philadelphia
partOfPlan original city plan of Philadelphia
passesThrough Center City, Philadelphia
Old City, Philadelphia
plannedBy William Penn
replacedByName Market Street

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Market Street (Philadelphia)
formerName

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