One such place for Jazz and Blues music was the Uptown Theater, built in 1927. William H. Gray III 30th Street Station to 69th Street Transportation Center. Nearby non-SEPTA parking may be available through other transit services, municipalities, private owners, or streetside. A Night Owl Service route, continuing to operate after midnight. Penn intended that the center square would eventually be home to Philadelphia's City Hall. When the call was completed, the time was calculated and the customer would pay for the call. Nor was there any movement by the City to extend East River Drive to South Street and threaten Chestnut Street Station with condemnation. [7] Messer, David W. (2000). Avenue of the States: from Washington Avenue to Oregon Avenue. Still Chugging Along: Exploring Philadelphias Other Broad Street PRRs options for expanding Broad Street Station had now become quite limited by its proximity to its new neighbor, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and to a lesser extent by the City Parks Associations proposal to extend East and West River Drives (todays Kelly and King Drives) further to South Street, where a new bridge built across the Schuylkill River would complete a loop road system extending back to the Falls Bridge. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Modifications were made if there was information conflicting with them.. 1234 Market Street With $100 million in public funds Broad has received new lighting and streetscaping, restored theaters as well as new restaurants and cafes. WebStation House Transitional Shelter Philadelphia 2601 N Broad St Philadelphia, PA 19132 (215) 225-9230 Visit WebsiteGo to Facebook Class of Housing/Services:Centralized Homeless Intake for single men, after 5pm. Interior views of North Broad Street Station. Nearby non-SEPTA parking may be available through other transit services, municipalities, private owners, or streetside. Sundae Best: A History of Soda Fountains, Anne Cooper Funderburg wrote, At the turn of the century, virtually all soda fountains were wall models that is, the back of the apparatus sat flush against a wall. She also remembers the station having a candy store and a dry cleaners.). CNJ essentially ran shuttle service through Elizabeth to Broad St. in Newark (the viaduct over the PRR [Amtrak NEC] still stands). As ridership dwindled, the Reading put North Broad Street Station up for sale in August 1960, with an asking price of $181,000.00. Specific Populations Served: Adults Fees: Please contact provider for fee information. Then in 1912, the city's director of public works, Morris Cooke, engaged the preeminent landscape architecture firm, Olmsted Brothers, to produce designs for League Island Park, Oregon Plaza[8] and the stretch of south Broad Street from Oregon Avenue south to Pattison Avenue and southward to League Island. While that clock doesn't work, the one he has in the station's tower does. Penn intended that the center square would eventually be home to Philadelphia's City Hall. It concluded that the answer for Philadelphia congestion would be an entire new station of Neoclassical design on the Schuylkill Rivers west bank at 30th and Market Streets. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's a new semester at Temple University, but for students, it's the same old concerns about safety. In a television documentary on vanished buildings in Philadelphia, Xaras said, The railroad station, the grand terminals of the cites, really in a sense were the modern cathedrals, the modern temples. It took months to find something acceptable, he said. The Reading Railroads North Broad Street Station opened in 1929. Hawks' Landing. The ideal location would have been the northeast corner of Broad and Callowhill Streets where the Reading had a railyard for switching freight on the City or Subway Branch west of Broad and traffic east of Broad on the Noble or Willow Street Branch but the Reading had under simultaneous construction there its 13 story Terminal Commerce Building with a railyard and freight station in its basement. Try our Trip-Planning Tools and Popular Links for more travel resources. The parkway consists of the central median landscaped area including the bordering east and west tree lined sidewalks and various sized green spaces which separates opposing lanes of traffic, and roadway intersections. Ed Zwick said his aunt Muriel, who worked as a supervisor at the phone counter, and operators kept a scrapbook of autographs of prominent people who used the phones. As a boy, Ted Xaras's father took him to one of the nation's great train depots, Broad Street Station, located in downtown Philadelphia. South Broad became center for the fine arts with the establishment of the Academy of Music in 1857. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, Address: 2700 North Broad StreetCity: PhiladelphiaFare Zone: 1. Was the Baldwin Locomotive works still in the way there? 9.86 miles. A special southbound-only service to NRG Station from select stops. 1441 CHESTNUT STREET, Philadelphia, PA, 19102. Airy. Where Broad Street intersects with Clearfield Street in North Philadelphia is the exact location of the 40th Parallel. Additional routes may serve stops that are adjacent to this location or a short walk away. Henry. All rights reserved. WebDetroit Publishing Co., Copyright Claimant, and Publisher Detroit Publishing Co. Broad Street station, Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia. Serving Center City and PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's a new semester at Temple University, but for students, it's the same old concerns about safety. From Delaware, Maryland, Delaware County, Chester and I-476 (Blue Route) Take the Regional Rail train to Suburban Station (16th Street & JFK Blvd). Our Philadelphia (Pennell, 1914) p229 Image of p. 229 from Our Philadelphia (1914) by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell. Demolished sports facilities located in this area were John F. Kennedy Stadium, the Spectrum, and Veterans Stadium. Route ID: 15. Edward W. Duffy is the author of "Philadelphia: A Railroad History" (Camino Books, 2013) and "Philadelphia Celebrates: Three Great Anniversaries - 1876-1926-1976" (Camino Books, 2017). The High Line (Philadelphia Chapter, Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society) 2 (2 & 3). Serving Center City. The Boulevard was illuminated at night with spectacular visual displays of the huge Liberty Bell surrounded with 26,000 light bulbs, the Founder Pylons each with a powerful searchlight projecting skyward, and the shooting projection of lights from the Tower Of Light. In the 1870s, the PRR's primary depot in Philadelphia was at 32, and Market Streets, but it wanted a venue closer to the center of the city. During the administration of Mayor Ed Rendell, Broad Street between Spruce and Market Streets, became known as the Avenue of the Arts, where it is home to art galleries, the Academy of Music, and the Kimmel Center. Within a year, the station was demolished, making way for Penn Plaza and a series of high rise office buildings. Find the travel option The station opened in December 1881, at a cost of $4,272,268.53, according to Broad Street Station: 1881-1952 by Harry Albrecht. Route ID: 20. North of City Hall is the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[10]. Torresdale Avenue at Cottman Avenue to Fern Rock Transportation Center. (function() {var phplive_e_1497314496 = document.createElement("script"); phplive_e_1497314496.type = "text/javascript"; phplive_e_1497314496.async = true; phplive_e_1497314496.src = "https://customerservice.septa.org/chat/js/phplive_v2.js.php?v=0|1497314496|2|"; document.getElementById("phplive_btn_1497314496").appendChild( phplive_e_1497314496 );})(); Copyright 2023 SEPTA. Route ID: 2. Olmsted's design was centered on the availability of open space to all residents. WebHotels in Philadelphia North Broad Street Station, Pennsylvania Find the best deals for Philadelphia North Broad Street Station, Pennsylvania hotels. Most recently, the Public School District Administration relocated between these two landmarks. Fox Chase Loop to Cedarbrook Plaza. Route ID: BSL. The factories located within walking distance of the station went into decline after World War II as their multi-story design proved too cumbersome and inefficient. By 1929, the excavation for the trackwork leading to Suburban Station had begun, parallel to the north side of the Chinese Wall. Route ID: 23. The Broad Street Line local, serving all stops. Route ID: BSL. Driving Directions. Cheltenham Avenue at Ogontz Avenue to Olney Transportation Center. The Parkway, a bold diagonal slicing across the citys street grid from Fairmount Park to City Hall, was placed on the City Plan in 1903. During the Phillies 2008 World Series victory parade, an estimated 2 million people lined Broad Street. Sales Office Hours There is no sales office open at this location. However, the handwriting was on the wall for Broad Street Station. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}395703N 750950W / 39.950827N 75.163968W / 39.950827; -75.163968, This article is about the section of Pennsylvania Route 611 in Philadelphia. Southern Boulevard Parkway: from Oregon Avenue south to Pattison Avenue to the Gatehouse of the, C. A. Tindley Boulevard: from South Street to Washington Avenue. This was probably around 1948 or so.. It took him 30 hours to make the causeway. He picked me up and held me up to the height of the top rim of one of the driving wheels to impress me with the immense size of it, said Xaras, who now teaches portrait painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The B&O Railroad finally terminated their Royal Blue Line passenger service to Newark on April 27, 1958, leaving the market to its rival PRR. There is 1 rack available for 2 bicycles total. Stops on This Route The stops are listed in Fully refundable Reserve now, pay when you stay. Instead of individual sheds covering each track, one huge shed, measuring 306 feet wide and 591 feet long was built. Please add additional time to the displayed shipping time. He also cautioned me not to reach my hand out to touch it as it was really hot from brake shoe resistance. Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania: Harry P. Albrecht. The 1920s saw a flurry of railroad station construction, highway grade crossing elimination, and track electrification. Date of photos unknown. [3] During the American Revolution, the street was often settled by troops moving in and out of the city. Penns Landing to 69th Street Transportation Center. Passengers use the platforms only, as the former PRR depot now serves Route ID: 9. Denlinger says it's powered by a battery for a lady's wristwatch. (function() {var phplive_e_1497314496 = document.createElement("script"); phplive_e_1497314496.type = "text/javascript"; phplive_e_1497314496.async = true; phplive_e_1497314496.src = "https://customerservice.septa.org/chat/js/phplive_v2.js.php?v=0|1497314496|2|"; document.getElementById("phplive_btn_1497314496").appendChild( phplive_e_1497314496 );})(); Copyright 2023 SEPTA. Set back 22 feet from the street, the station presented a facade of Indiana limestone set on a Milford pink granite base, with a colonnade of 12 Doric columns 30 feet high holding a narrow portico leading to the main entrance. Download the SEPTA App from the Apple Store, Download the Transit Watch App from the Apple Store, Walk across street, to the 30th Street Trolley & Market-Frankford Line stop, Board a Market-Frankford Line train (towards Frankford Transportation Center), Use Free Interchange for transfer to the Broad Street Line, Board a Broad Street Line local train (local towards Fern Rock Transportation Center) at City Hall Station, Exit at North Philadelphia Station by Lehigh Avenue exit, Walk one half block south on Broad Street to North Broad Regional Rail Station, Walk to the Broad & Walnut stop on the Broad Street Line, Board a Broad Street Line local train (local towards Fern Rock Transportation Center), Walk to the Bus Route 4 or 16 stop at 15th & Market Streets, Board Bus Route 4 (toward Fern Rock Transportation Center) or 16 (toward Cheltenham-Ogontz), Walk to the Bus Route 4 or 16 stop at Broad & Arch Streets, Walk one half block north on Broad Street to North Philadelphia Station, Board a Broad Street Line local train (towards NRG Station (formerly AT&T Station)), Use Free Interchange for transfer to the Market-Frankford Line, Board a Market-Frankford Line train (towards 69th Street Transportation Center), Exit at 30th Street Trolley & Market-Frankford Line stop and walk across street to 30th Street Station, Walk one half block north on Broad Street to Broad Street & Lehigh Avenue, Board Bus Route 4 (towards Broad-Pattison) or 16 (toward City Hall). In Philadelphia, the problem for the Pennsylvania Railroad was the lack of a station that would deliver passengers directly into Center City Philadelphia. In Sundae Best: A History of Soda Fountains, Anne Cooper Funderburg wrote, At the turn of the century, virtually all soda fountains were wall models that is, the back of the apparatus sat flush against a wall. One runner broke a course record. This listing is for one single vintage standard sized postcard, Route ID: 1. Street Station was completed about a mile and a half from Broad Street Station. Columbus Commons to Frankford Transportation Center. Construction began in 1907 and was completed as a roadway by 1919, although it would take several decades to finish all the public buildings proposed to line it. Southern Boulevard Parkway is a landscaped segment of south Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania connecting Marconi Plaza and FDR Park from Oregon Avenue at Broad Street southward five intersections to the gateway entrance of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The first Innovation was installed in J.W. Serving Northeast Philadelphia. [5], At the turn of the 20th century, Broad Street transformed from a bustling boulevard to a cultural magnet for music and the arts. It enjoyed seasonal baseball traffic, luckily opening just in time for the thousands of fans who attended the 1929 World Series, which featured the Athletics versus the Chicago Cubs. Enter a word that appears in the name or description. It hired the architectural firm Wilson Brothers to design a station with accompanying tracks. Delayed by the Depression and WWII, the PRRs Philadelphia Improvements were not completed until 1952. | Images courtesy of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. As the city's population grew, Broad was extended both north to Vine and south to Dickinson, eventually reaching the Delaware Waterfront, where today's Philadelphia Naval Shipyard stands. Because tunnels were not ideal for steam-powered trains, and street-level tracks were potentially dangerous, the railroad built a two-story, 2,000-foot long, 55-foot wide viaduct that led to the station. Penns Landing to 20th Street at Johnston Street and Broad Street at Pattison Avenue. Street Station, then on to the PRR's North Broad Street Station, the last stop of the last train to mark the end of the station's service. View more property details, It seems right and natural that Furnesss fathers close friends were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman: honesty and passion are the themes of his architecture, as much as space and light.. South of the sports complex and interchanges with the Schuylkill Expressway (Interstate 76) and Interstate 95, Broad Street has its southern terminus in the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The subway starts at the Fern Rock Transportation Center in the Fern Rock neighborhood in North Philadelphia and begins to follow Broad Street at the Olney Transportation Center, extending south through Center City to NRG station at Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia. See our copyright and trademark notices. [3] Baldwin's company was one of the biggest steam locomotive producers before the transition to diesel powered trains. Parking and a taxi stand was also provided. These elements come together as a complex, energetic whole, and it is no exaggeration to speak of Furnesss buildings as embracing the whole scope of 19th-century American culture. MLS# PAPH2193148. The steel framed structure with a frontage of 180 feet to a depth of 100 feet rose a maximum of 50 feet above the grade of Broad Street. Farther north, Broad passes through the campus of Temple University. Route ID: 28. That lesson would be learned and applied by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The station would be connected by multiple tracks to the Pennsylvania Railroad station located in West Philadelphia, across the Schuylkill River, Broad Street Station was officially opened on December 5, 1881, Triumph III: Philadelphia Terminal 1838-2000. He saw a book about the station, and began making a model of it. Serving Strawberry Mansion and North Philadelphia. I don't think I'm exaggerating, it was a temple of transportation., Preston Thayer in The Railroad Designs of Frank Furness, wrote how Furness' concepts were intensely powerful, sometimes almost deliberately perverse, full of unexpected juxtapositions of the gentle and the tough, the big and the small, the refined and the raw. Construction of this $2 million building spanned 14 months. Thomas Holme introduced the first geographical plan of the city to William Penn in 1687. Broad Street Station was made of brick and terra cotta, and its Gothic quality was reminiscent of medieval castles, complete with spires. These elements come together as a complex, energetic whole, and it is no exaggeration to speak of Furnesss buildings as embracing the whole scope of 19th-century American culture. The B&O never completed its share of improvements that would have allowed it to conveniently access North Broad Street Station. It featured a 10-story tower to house the company's main offices on the upper floors, and leased office space for businesses on the lower floors. By 1910, when its 18-acre, one block-wide approach corridor,known as the Chinese Wall, was widened for additional tracks, the PRR knew that drastic steps would be necessary. On August 1, 1928, ground was broken on North Broad Street Station with Mayor Harry Arista Mackey wielding the silver spade. Alas, it proved even more popular than the PRR had imagined, necessitating a major expansion in 1893 with the addition of the elaborate Frank Furness-designed head house built for additional waiting rooms and the railroads corporate headquarters. In 1904, a plan for a Park and Parkway Improvements in South Philadelphia began with Samuel Parsons Jr. laying out a design, but work stopped by 1910. In the main lobby was a huge map of Pennsylvania, showing the PRR's tracks across the state. Serving Olney Transportation Center. WebBroad St. station of Pennsylvania R.R. A Night Owl Service route, continuing to operate after midnight. Date of photos unknown. Penns Landing to 23rd Street at Venango Street. From: Pennsylvania Rail Road Station, Philadelphia, Pa (NYPL Try our Trip-Planning Tools and Popular Links for more travel resources. The customer would go to a phone booth, and when their party was on the line, the operator would connect them. ), As the model was built based on images I found or was offered, it is a blend of different eras from 1881-1923, he said. The legislation was quite revolutionary for its time, as it stipulated that railroads could pay no more than a six percent annual dividend. A partial solution was provided by the railroads electrification, allowing the use of multiple-unit commuter trains which could operate in either direction. An ancillary benefit of the new station was elimination of a large abatoir and cattle, hog, and sheep stock yards at 31st Street and its odors that often wafted into Center City. Its route is now used for high speed double stack container service. City Hall to 76th Street at City Avenue. Olmsted wanted to create a place that took advantage of the best characteristics that the city and the country had to offer. City Hall to Cheltenham Avenue at Ogontz Avenue. We might have actually been embarking on a trip to the shore that day. A large clock was installed in the four-story tower in 1881, and ran until April 27, 1952. Broad Street Station as a symbol of power. At the same time, the success of Broad Street Station brought with it a number of problems. 1234 Market Street The streets of Penn Square, Juniper Street, John F. Kennedy Boulevard, and 15th Street form a circle around City Hall at this point. Widener, the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, and Free Library of Philadelphias Parkway Central branch on Logan Square. $1,250-$1,695/mo. The Reading embarked on a review of potential sites for this new passenger station and soon focused on its Huntington Street station, which dated from 1887. North Broad Street Station at Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue. In 1910, there were 578 arrivals and departures daily, more than one-tenth of all the PRR's trains. The PRRs initial interest in expanding westward toward the Schuylkill River was blocked by the plans being formulated for East River Drive, and it could not encroach onto the Parkway. Philadelphia sat at the nexus of the railroads two most important routes New York to Washington (todays Amtrak Northeast Corridor) and Philadelphia to the Midwest (Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Detroit). Open green areas, parking, and huge exposition buildings flanked the Boulevard lined with linden trees and flowering crab apple trees, individual obelisks as the 13 columns for each of the original colony States known as the "Founders Pylons", various standards, banners and a huge 80 foot high 27 ton replica of the Liberty Bell at the gateway of Oregon Plaza. Id love to hear an orchestra playing there. The PRRs first foray into the Neoclassical movement occurred in Chicago, where it joined three other railroads in designing and constructing that citys Union Station. 20th Street at Johnston Street to Pulaski Avenue at Hunting Park Avenue or Wayne Junction. Denlinger isn't finished with the model. It was nicknamed The Chinese Wall., The station opened in December 1881, at a cost of. We might have actually been embarking on a trip to the shore that day. Philadelphia, PA 19107 It was nicknamed The Chinese Wall. The station opened in December 1881, at a cost of Broad Street Station: 1881-1952 by Harry Albrecht. Pier 70 Boulevard to 33rd Street at Dauphin Street. Warminster and Willow Grove from Jacksonville Road to Olney Transportation Center. Private clubs such as the Columbia and Mercantile were popular during the Gilded Age. | Photo: Michael Bixler. The intended result was to create a "Suburban Village" by blending the countryside with the urban environments and developing an organization of open space, views and providing the advantages of increased health benefits of "purity of air" and "facilities for quiet out-of-door recreation". Web4444 City Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19131. While that clock doesn't work, the one he has in the station's tower does. Probably the most challenging part was finding materials that reasonably represented the various architectural shapes, said Denlinger, who retired after working 30 years for Verizon. Philadelphia, PA 19132-2400. While it served well as a final stop for commuter traffic into Center City, it was inconvenient and time consuming for through trains because they were required to retrace their steps to West Philadelphia Station before continuing on their journey. For the entire route, see, Broad Street Historic District (Philadelphia), Broad Street Historic District (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), "South Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", The Olmsted Brothers Artificial Nature: South Philadelphias League Island (F.D.R) Park, Philadelphia City Charter, CHAPTER 15-200. There is no parking lot at this location. The last scheduled departure from Broad Street Station was train 431 to Washington, D.C. at 1:10 a.m. on April 27, 1952. Broad Street is a major arterial street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ft. condo is a 3 bed, 3.0 bath unit. All rights reserved. WebDownload Images of Broad street station philadelphia - Free for commercial use, no attribution required. On the streets outside the station are trolleys and pedestrians (which would have been a daily sight during the station's existence). Why didnt they build a station on the City Branch at Broad Street? But fewer are aware that there is another Broad Street Station and that the building still exists, although it is no longer used as a railroad station. per night. Route ID: 5. A larger station was needed. However, the Reading continued providing a Philadelphia-Newark passenger service from Reading Terminal, with North Broad Street remaining a stop for its Crusader and Wall Street Budd Company-built diesel-electric coaches until the advent of Conrail in 1976. It seems right and natural that Furnesss fathers close friends were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman: honesty and passion are the themes of his architecture, as much as space and light., In the 1920s, the railroad made plans for a larger, more modern station, and by 1933, 30. Thanks for explaining how the B&O would get to the North Broad Street station I was wondering before, because there wasnt any direct route without some backing maneuvers. View details, map and photos of this condo property with 2 bedrooms and 2 total baths. Sales Office Hours There is no sales office According to Dodie L. Robbins, collections manager for the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum, this clock was manufactured specifically for Broad Street Station. It was installed on the exterior of the museum's front entrance and dedicated on Jan. 22, 1983. The station would continue to serve baseball fans until Connie Mack Stadium closed in 1970. Needless to say, I was impressed. One might ask why railroads found this investment so attractive, given that automobiles and trucks were already eating into their revenue business. Also located on North Broad at its intersection with Fairmount Avenue is the historic Divine Lorraine Hotel. By the 1950s Broad Street residential areas had been replaced with skyscrapers as well as the newly developed Penn Center. Although the thoroughfare carried the name of Broad Street the green space was officially designated in the 1950s Philadelphia Home Rule City Charter as part of the Fairmount Park urban park system as parkland, to be known as Southern Parkway. [4] Social life dominated the street during the second half of the 19th century. The roof was made of wood and glass, and at its highest point stood 100 feet above the ground. Included on Temple's campus is the performing arts center, established in 1891. As much as I have studied railroading in Philadelphia, I never came across this magnificent building. WebIt serves both local trains and Broad-Ridge Spur trains. Surprisingly, the station was used for two more decades before finally closing on April 27, 1952. Route ID: 4. In 1903, the American Soda Foundation Company introduced the first modern counter-service fountain called the Innovation. The stops are listed in their order on this route. Perhaps they even remember it or have heard stories of the role it played in their familys lives. He picked me up and held me up to the height of the top rim of one of the driving wheels to impress me with the immense size of it, said Xaras, who now teaches portrait painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. It is Pennsylvania Route 611 along its entire length with the exception of its northernmost part between Old York Road and Pennsylvania Route 309 (Cheltenham Avenue) and the southernmost part south of Interstate 95. It was restored and converted from mechanical to electric. Began the 'contract' issues, cards produced for museums and other organizations. Serving Olney. Route ID: 6. Download the SEPTA App from the Apple Store, Download the Transit Watch App from the Apple Store, Walk across street, to the 30th Street Trolley & Market-Frankford Line stop, Board a Market-Frankford Line train (towards Frankford Transportation Center), Use Free Interchange for transfer to the Broad Street Line, Board a Broad Street Line local train (towards Fern Rock Transportation Center) at City Hall Station, Exit at North Philadelphia Station by Glenwood Avenue, North Philadelphia Regional Rail station is on west side of Broad Street, north of Glenwood Avenue, Walk to the Broad & Walnut stop on the Broad Street Line, Board a Broad Street Line local train (towards Fern Rock Transportation Center), Board a Broad Street Line local train (towards NRG Station (formerly AT&T Station)), Use Free Interchange for transfer to the Market-Frankford Line, Board a Market-Frankford Line express or local train (towards 69th Street Transportation Center), Exit at 30th Street Trolley & Market-Frankford Line stop and walk across street to 30th Street Station. A Night Owl Service route, continuing to operate after midnight. | Image courtesy Print and Picture Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia. The clock was donated to the Railroad Museum in 1982. No traces of this name exist in this area today and it is merely referred to as part of Broad Street. Remembering Philadelphia's Broad Street Station. the journal of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and the author of several books on the railroad. The Route 4 bus follows Broad Street from Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia north to Rising Sun Avenue in North Philadelphia, where it diverges to the east to head to the Fern Rock Transportation Center. Columbus Boulevard at Dock Street to 50th Street at Woodland Avenue. It also accommodated electric trains. Over 27,000 runners returned to Broad Street for the 42nd annual Blue Cross Broad Street Run. Bike Racks Banks and offices grew in number around center city as well as high rise structures. Route ID: 19. 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