Philadelphia street grid

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city plan historic urban layout urban street grid

The Philadelphia street grid is the historic, rectilinear urban layout of Philadelphia, designed in the 17th century by William Penn and surveyor Thomas Holme, that organizes the city into orderly, numbered north–south and named east–west streets.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
South Philadelphia street grid 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city plan ⓘ
historic urban layout ⓘ
urban street grid ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Center City Philadelphia ⓘ
Old City, Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Old City Philadelphia
coordinateSystem rectilinear grid ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designer Thomas Holme ⓘ
William Penn ⓘ
era colonial America ⓘ
hasPart Arch Street ⓘ
Broad Street (Philadelphia) ⓘ
surface form: Broad Street

Chestnut Street ⓘ
City Hall square ⓘ
Delaware Avenue ⓘ
Franklin Square vicinity ⓘ
Front Street ⓘ
Logan Square vicinity ⓘ
Market Street ⓘ
Pine Street ⓘ
Race Street ⓘ
Rittenhouse Square vicinity ⓘ
Second Street ⓘ
Spruce Street ⓘ
Vine Street ⓘ
Walnut Street ⓘ
Washington Square ⓘ
surface form: Washington Square vicinity
inception 1680s ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
Renaissance planning ideas ⓘ
locatedIn Philadelphia ⓘ
notableFeature central public squares ⓘ
named east–west streets ⓘ
numbered north–south streets ⓘ
rectangular blocks ⓘ
planningGoal ease of navigation ⓘ
fire safety ⓘ
public health ⓘ
planningPrinciple orderly layout ⓘ
rational city planning ⓘ
regular blocks ⓘ
significantFor early American urban planning ⓘ
influence on other American city grids ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
streetOrientation east–west named streets ⓘ
north–south numbered streets ⓘ
topographicContext Delaware River waterfront ⓘ
Schuylkill River ⓘ
surface form: Schuylkill River vicinity

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Market Street → partOf → Philadelphia street grid ⓘ
subject surface form: Market Street (Philadelphia)
South 9th Street → partOf → Philadelphia street grid ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Philadelphia street grid