Broad Street and Market Street

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Broad Street and Market Street is the central intersection in Philadelphia that forms the heart of the city’s downtown and serves as a major transportation and civic hub.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civic center
intersection
transportation hub
crosses Broad Street NERFINISHED
Market Street NERFINISHED
forms geographic center of Center City Philadelphia
symbolic heart of downtown Philadelphia
hasCoordinateSystemRole origin point for Philadelphia street numbering system
hasHistoricalRole traditional center of Philadelphia’s street grid
hasNearbyBuilding Macy’s Center City (former Wanamaker Building) NERFINISHED
Municipal Services Building NERFINISHED
One South Broad NERFINISHED
The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia NERFINISHED
hasNearbyDistrict Avenue of the Arts on South Broad Street NERFINISHED
Market East commercial corridor NERFINISHED
Philadelphia City Hall complex NERFINISHED
hasNearbyLandmark Philadelphia City Hall NERFINISHED
hasNearbyPublicArt various sculptures and installations around City Hall
hasNearbyPublicSpace Dilworth Park plaza NERFINISHED
hasNearbySquare Dilworth Park NERFINISHED
Penn Square NERFINISHED
hasTrafficType pedestrian traffic
public transit traffic
vehicular traffic
hasUrbanFunction commercial center
government center
tourist focal point
hasViewOf Philadelphia City Hall tower NERFINISHED
isAdjacentTo Philadelphia City Hall NERFINISHED
isAlsoKnownAs Center of Philadelphia
isMajorNodeIn Philadelphia public transit network NERFINISHED
Philadelphia road network
isPartOf Philadelphia central business district NERFINISHED
downtown Philadelphia NERFINISHED
locatedIn Center City, Philadelphia NERFINISHED
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
United States of America
surface form: United States
servedBy SEPTA 15th Street Station NERFINISHED
SEPTA Broad Street Line NERFINISHED
SEPTA City Hall Station NERFINISHED
SEPTA Market–Frankford Line NERFINISHED
multiple SEPTA bus routes
usedFor civic events
parades
public demonstrations

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City Hall locatedAt Broad Street and Market Street
subject surface form: Philadelphia City Hall