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| • | Center City is the section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania bounded by South Street to the south, the Delaware River to the east, and the Schuylkill River to the west and either Vine Street or Spring Garden Street to the north. If Vine Street is to be considered the northern border, Center City corresponds exactly to the original city of Philadelphia as it existed prior to the consolidation of all of Philadelphia County into the city in 1854.
Center City serves as the city's Central Business District (CBD) and is the third-largest by area of its kind in America. The term "Downtown" also refers to Center City, but is rarely used by Philadelphians.
Among Center City's neighborhoods and districts are Penn's Landing; Old City (which holds the historic district, numerous art galleries & collectives, and a number of bars and restaurants); Society Hill; Washington Square West; Market East; Chinatown; Logan Circle; and the Museum District, located along the Ben Franklin Parkway, Rittenhouse Square, and the Avenue of the Arts (South Broad Street).
Most of Philadelphia's skyscrapers are located here. Philadelphia's City Hall is the tallest masonry building in the world; and through the late 1980s, City Hall was known locally as the tallest building in Philadelphia. In March of 1987, One Liberty Place broke the gentlemen's agreement not to exceed the height of the statue of William Penn on the top of the City Hall.
Since then, seven other skyscrapers have been completed exceeding the statue, including One Liberty Place's little sister, Two Liberty Place. One Liberty Place is the tallest building in the state, but in 2005 construction began on the Comcast Center which, when completed in 2007, will be 30 feet taller than One Liberty Place. A ninth building, a
Source: [wikipedia: center city, philadelphia]
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