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
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.
A 1903 photograph of the train-shed wall on Market Street from 15th Street to 16th Street
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
Penn Center, Philadelphia
…the era of modern office buildings. In 1881, the Pennsylvania Railroad brought passenger service into the center of the city, and constructed the first Broad Street Station just west of City Hall. The sea of iron pillars holding up the PRR's elevated trackbed was replaced in the 1890s by a 10-block stone viaduct to the…
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