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Most of the buildings of the complex are connected to the Suburban Station retail concourse (renovated in 2007) and by extension the Center City Concourse. The buildings share a loading and delivery entrance on Commerce Street which connects to all the buildings underground. Although not part of Penn
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In 1925, the Pennsylvania Railroad announced its intention to leave Broad Street Station, freeing the land for redevelopment. The railroad, which had both outgrown the station and was operationally burdened by its stub-end nature, would move its operations to the newly constructed
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with the hopes that it would become a business center and model for future development. His plan for the redevelopment of the site included three large office towers, a pedestrian mall, and an underground concourse where retail and business was to be located. He picked architect
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The numbers of the Penn Center buildings generally radiate clockwise around One Penn Center, the oldest building. John F. Kennedy Boulevard, on which many Penn Center buildings front, was known as Pennsylvania Boulevard until 1964, after the
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Throughout the mid-to-late 20th century, the city's office sector began to move west into the Penn Center area, thanks to planning efforts. As the office-working population became more
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which stalled the planned redevelopment, forced the railroad to continue utilizing Broad Street Station for certain types of trains (such as the Philadelphia-New York "
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for placing vibrant urban activity underground leaving no use for the above ground promenade, and failing to account for actual human usage of the space.
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a Philadelphia Weekly article that discusses the history of planning in Philadelphia and specifically addresses Penn Center
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Currently known as 1515 Market Street, this was the first of the modern Penn Center buildings.
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The Exploding Metropolis: A study of the Assault on Urbanism and How Our Cities Can Resist it
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Today, the Penn Center name is officially attached to 11 mid- and highrise office buildings.
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a history of the development of Penn Center containing many historical photographs
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Fitzpatrick, Frank (22 November 2013). "A region in mourning: The death of JFK".
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brought passenger service into the center of the city, and constructed the first
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Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Cities in a Race With Time: Progress and Poverty in America's Renewing Cities
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connects to the concourse; such an option was also examined for the canceled
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Center City, Philadelphia
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began to take precedence to city planners over local city transit access.
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At the time, most commercial activity in Center City was east of
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An unusual hexagonally shaped building with mansard roof.
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Tallest Penn Center building before the completion of the
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Penn Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
39°57′13.44″N 75°10′9.80″W / 39.9537333°N 75.1693889°W / 39.9537333; -75.1693889
Neighborhood of Philadelphia
Penn Center in 2006

United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County
Philadelphia
Area code(s)
215, 267, and 445
Philadelphia
central business district
Market Street

Broad Street Station
Frank Furness

Market Street
Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)
Reading Viaduct
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street Station
City Hall
viaduct
Schuylkill River
Broad Street
SEPTA
Market-Frankford Line
30th Street Station

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