Talk:Broad Street (Philadelphia)

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Center of the City?
Broad Street is not, in fact, in the center of the original city of Philadelphia; the eastern bank of the Schuykill runs along the line of perhaps 24th or 25th Street in Center City. A map shows it's about 1.3 miles from where Broad and Market would intersect to the foot of Market at the Delaware, and about 0.9 miles from Broad and Market to where Market meets the Schuykill.

Also, Market is not in the center of the original city limits; they ran from Vine to South, so Market is closer to the northern side of the old city limits than the southern.

The statement that Broad and Market is the exact center of the original city, then, is not true. However, it's definitely an important point symbolically; I've definitely heard people refer to their distance from Philadelphia as a distance "from Billy Penn's hat", for example. So I let it stand that this is considered the center of the city. Izzycat 02:35, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Good thinking, there's no need to rewrite long standing tradition.-- danntm T C 04:43, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Article's Photo
I can take a picture of North and South Broad Streets in a few days, should we replace the main picture with a daytime picture? RegBarc 22:22, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I removed the night photo, and will add daytime photos soon.--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:23, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I've restored the night photo. It shouldn't be the main photo if a daylight one is available, but it is useful to include later to illustrate the role the street plays at nights, especially along the Avenue of the Arts segment.  Wasted Time R (talk) 02:14, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Longest straight street
Is it in fact the longest straight street? That sentence was just deleted for lacking citation. Just wondering if anyone knows for sure. --George100 19:57, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Often said, but not true, even after ignoring City Hall. For example, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland is longer. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:22, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Colfax Avenue, Figueroa_Street Full Decent (talk) 15:33, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Longest continuous street in the United States
I'm deleting the sentence stating that Broad Street is "the longest continous street in the United States" since it is unsourced, and sounds rather ridiculous. It isn't even the longest continuous street in Philadelphia because the Roosevelt Boulevard is, even without counting the expressway portions, since City Hall makes Broad Street discontinuous. --Apollo1758 (talk) 19:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Merge avenue of the arts here
Both articles are quite small. Suggest merging --96.227.233.124 (talk) 01:16, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Additionally, most content regarding avenue of the arts is marketing hype from avenueofthearts.org, from the avenue of the arts inc.   there is some media coverage, but mostly from when Rendel and streets promoted the area in 2002.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.80.126 (talk) 15:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Discussion for this issue is taking place at Talk:Avenue_of_the_Arts_(Philadelphia). - Sum mer PhD  (talk) 02:45, 23 May 2015 (UTC) The consensus was to not merge. See Talk:Avenue_of_the_Arts_(Philadelphia). - Sum mer PhD v2.0 04:49, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

History
No real explanation of the streets history or traditions or customs. Want to include those two sections to this article. Going to mention its History dating back to colonial America and the revolutionary war Ampolitsky35 (talk) 23:12, 30 November 2015 (UTC)Ampolitsky35

History and Traditions & Customs
Added over 3 paragraphs about the history of broad street from its beginnings in colonial America. Moved a few sentences from the cultural landmark section to the traditions and customs section. Added 1-2 more sentences to the Cultural Landmark section. Information comes from various sources across the internetAmpolitsky35 (talk) 00:15, 9 December 2015 (UTC)