Penn Center

E48098
commercial complex office complex urban renewal project

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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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Penn Center canonical 5
One Penn Center 4
Penn Center Concourse 3

Statements (29)

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Center City, Philadelphia

downtown Philadelphia ⓘ
near JFK Boulevard ⓘ
surface form: JFK Boulevard, Philadelphia
originatedAs urban renewal initiative ⓘ
partOf Center City section ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) → siteRedevelopedAs → Penn Center ⓘ
Center City Philadelphia → contains → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: One Penn Center
City Hall square → near → Penn Center ⓘ
subject surface form: City Hall Square (Philadelphia)
City Hall station → hasConnection → Penn Center ⓘ
subject surface form: City Hall station (SEPTA)
this entity surface form: Penn Center Concourse
Suburban Station → locatedNear → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penn Center complex
City Hall Station (Philadelphia) → connectedTo → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penn Center Concourse
JFK Boulevard and Market Street → hasNearbyLandmark → Penn Center ⓘ
JFK Boulevard and Market Street → hasNearbyLandmark → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: One Penn Center
JFK Boulevard and Market Street → hasNearbyLandmark → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Two Penn Center
JFK Boulevard and Market Street → hasNearbyLandmark → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Four Penn Center
JFK Boulevard and Market Street → hasNearbyLandmark → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Five Penn Center
Center City Concourse → connects → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penn Center complex
Center City Concourse → connects → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: One Penn Center
Center City Concourse → connects → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Two Penn Center
Center City Concourse → hasPart → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penn Center Concourse
Center City → contains → Penn Center ⓘ
Vincent G. Kling → notableWork → Penn Center ⓘ
Penn Square → hasAdjacentBuilding → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: One Penn Center
Penn Square → hasAdjacentBuilding → Penn Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Two Penn Center