Broad Street (Philadelphia)
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Broad Street is a major arterial street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is Pennsylvania Route 611 for the majority of its length. Running North-South, Broad Street is between 13th Street and 15th Street, in lieu of 14th Street. The street is interrupted at the block containing Philadelphia City Hall, which sits where Broad and Market Street would intersect in the center of Center City; Broad meets Market as a pedestrian path at the center of the City Hall block. It is said to be the longest straight street in the world.
The Broad Street Line subway, which serves thousands of people a day, runs underneath Broad for the majority of its length. Distinguished by its orange cars, the subway starts in the Fern Rock neighborhood and extends through Center City to the south end of Philadelphia at Pattison Avenue.
Broad Street is home to a number of Philadelphia's cultural landmarks. Between Spruce Street and Market Street it is called the Avenue of the Arts. Art galleries, as well as the Academy of Music and the Kimmel Center are located here on Broad Street.
The Philadelphia Sports Complex, near Broad's south end in South Philadelphia, is home to Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field, the Wachovia Spectrum and the Wachovia Center. JFK Stadium and Veterans Stadium were former sports facilities in the area. As a result, the Philadelphia Flyers are nicknamed the "Broad Street Bullies."
The offices for The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News newspapers make their homes on Broad Street just north of City Hall. In North Philadelphia, Broad bisects the campus of Temple University.
Despite being one of the busiest streets in the city, every year Broad Street is shut down for the annual Broad Street Run, a 10 mile race. The section of Broad Street from approximately Oregon Avenue (Marconi Plaza) to City Hall, in South Philadelphia and Center City, is also the traditional location of the Mummers Parade on January 1.
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| Major streets of Philadelphia | |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin Parkway • Broad Street • Girard Avenue • Haverford Avenue • Market Street • Roosevelt Boulevard • South Street • Walnut Street |
