Germantown Avenue
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Germantown Avenue is a historic thoroughfare in Philadelphia that runs through multiple neighborhoods and commercial districts, reflecting the city’s colonial-era origins and later urban development.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic street
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thoroughfare ⓘ |
| followsFormerRouteOf |
Germantown Road
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Old York Road corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorough | Chestnut Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCity | Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
associated with early German-American settlement in Philadelphia
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illustrates layered urban development ⓘ reflects colonial road patterns ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
connects Center City-adjacent areas to Northwest Philadelphia
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serves as cultural corridor ⓘ supports neighborhood retail ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | colonial era ⓘ |
| hasLandmarkAlong |
Chestnut Hill commercial district
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Cliveden (Chew House) NERFINISHED ⓘ Germantown Friends School vicinity ⓘ Germantown Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ Grumblethorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Historic churches of Germantown ⓘ Market Square, Germantown NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyck House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNeighborhood |
Chestnut Hill
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Germantown NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Airy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | generally southwest–northeast ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransit |
SEPTA Route 23 bus corridor (historically streetcar)
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SEPTA bus routes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSectionDesignatedAs |
Lincoln Highway (historic alignment)
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U.S. Route 422 Business (historic or related routing in region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportationRole |
commercial corridor
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local shopping street ⓘ major northwestern artery of Philadelphia ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
cobblestone or Belgian block sections
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colonial-era alignment ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ mixed residential and commercial uses ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| partOf |
Chestnut Hill neighborhood
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Germantown neighborhood NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Airy neighborhood NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
multiple commercial districts
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multiple residential neighborhoods ⓘ |
| roadSurfaceIncludes |
asphalt
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cobblestone or Belgian block ⓘ |
| usedToConnect |
Germantown settlement
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colonial Philadelphia ⓘ |
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