Market Street (Philadelphia)

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Market Street (Philadelphia) is one of the city’s primary east–west thoroughfares and historic commercial corridors, running through Center City and connecting key civic, business, and cultural landmarks.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf street
thoroughfare
adjacentTo Philadelphia City Hall
surface form: "City Hall (Philadelphia)"
connects business landmarks in Philadelphia
civic landmarks in Philadelphia
cultural landmarks in Philadelphia
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
direction east–west
formerName High Street NERFINISHED
hasCulturalRole hosts parades and civic events in Philadelphia
hasHistoricalSignificance early commercial center of Philadelphia
part of original city plan by William Penn
hasLandUse commercial
mixed-use
office
retail
hasNotableSection Market East
surface form: "Market East commercial district"

West Market Street business district
hasPedestrianActivityLevel high pedestrian volumes in Center City
hasPlanningDesignation primary commercial corridor in city planning documents
hasRetailType department stores
restaurants and cafes
specialty shops
hasRole historic commercial corridor of Philadelphia
primary east–west thoroughfare of Philadelphia
hasStreetscapeFeatures signalized intersections
street-level retail frontage
wide sidewalks in Center City
hasTransportation SEPTA Market–Frankford Line
SEPTA bus routes
trolley lines in Center City
hasUrbanForm high-rise corridor in parts of Center City
isAxisFor Center City street numbering system
isEconomicCenterFor Center City retail activity
office employment in downtown Philadelphia
isKeyAxisBetween Schuylkill River and Delaware River
isMajorCorridorFor downtown Philadelphia traffic
public transit in Center City
locatedIn Center City Philadelphia
surface form: "Center City, Philadelphia"

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
near Dilworth Park NERFINISHED
Love Park NERFINISHED
Pennsylvania Convention Center
partOf street grid of Philadelphia
passesThrough Center City Philadelphia
surface form: "Center City, Philadelphia"
terminusNear Delaware River waterfront
zoning primarily commercial zoning in Center City

Referenced by (5)

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

City Hall square adjacentTo Market Street (Philadelphia)
subject surface form: "City Hall Square (Philadelphia)"
High Street formerNameOf Market Street (Philadelphia)
subject surface form: "High Street (Philadelphia)"
Broad Street (Philadelphia) intersects Market Street (Philadelphia)
Chestnut Street isParallelTo Market Street (Philadelphia)
subject surface form: "Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)"
Philadelphia City Hall situatedAt Market Street (Philadelphia)
this entity surface form: "Broad Street and Market Street"

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