Broad Street Station at Broad and Market streets in Philadelphia was the primary passenger terminal for the Pennsylvania Railroad in the city from December 1881 until the 1950s. Located directly west
A photograph of Broad Street Station in the 1890s by William H. Rau
The original Broad Street Station in September 1885
The station in the 1920s
The "Chinese Wall", the PRR's stone viaduct, extended 9 blocks west to the Schuylkill River with the section beneath the train shed from 15th to 16th Street
Penn Center, Philadelphia
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Penn Center is the heart of Philadelphia's central business district. It takes its name from the nearly five million square foot office and retail complex it contains. It lies between 15th and 19th St
Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)
…the 1950s. Located directly west of Philadelphia City Hall, the site is now occupied by the northwest section of Dilworth Park and the office towers of Penn Center. It was designed by Wilson Brothers & Company and extended significantly by Frank Furness. The original station was designed by Wilson Brothers & Company…
Penn Center in 2006
Broad Street Station (demolished 1953), NW corner of Broad and Market Streets, before 1901; Philadelphia architect Frank Furness greatly expanded the station in 1893.