Penn Center

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Penn Center is a major commercial and office complex in downtown Philadelphia that emerged as one of the city’s first large-scale urban renewal projects in the mid-20th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial complex
office complex
urban renewal project
adjacentTo Suburban Station
characterizedAs one of Philadelphia’s first large-scale urban renewal projects
city Philadelphia
country United States
developedDuring mid-20th century
developerRole major role in postwar redevelopment of Center City
economicRole major employment center in Philadelphia
hasBuildingType high-rise office buildings
mixed-use commercial buildings
hasFunction commercial services
office space
retail space
hasPublicSpaces plazas and concourses
influencedBy postwar modernist planning ideals
location Center City, Philadelphia
downtown Philadelphia
near JFK Boulevard, Philadelphia
originatedAs urban renewal initiative
partOf Center City business district
replaced former Pennsylvania Railroad viaduct area
servedBy Suburban Station
state Pennsylvania
transportationIntegration integrated with regional rail and subway access
urbanPlanningSignificance key example of mid-20th-century modernist redevelopment in Philadelphia
zoningType commercial
office

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