Arch Street (Philadelphia)

Arch Street

Arch Street in Penn Center with the base of the Comcast Center visible to the left
Former name(s)	Mulberry Street[1] Holme Street Tioga Street
Owner	City of Philadelphia
Maintained by	Streets Department
Length	3.7 mi (6.0 km)[2]
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nearest metro station	30th Street
Coordinates	39°57′15″N 75°09′42″W / 39.9543°N 75.1618°W / 39.9543; -75.1618
West end	Gross Street in Overbrook
Major junctions	I-76 / PA 3 in University City PA 611 in Center City
East end	Front Street in Old City
North	Race Street (West Phila.) Cherry Street (Center City)
South	Market Street (West Phila.) JFK Boulevard / Filbert Street (Center City)
Construction
Commissioned	1682

Arch Street is a major east-west street in Center City Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.

Location

Arch Street runs from the Delaware River one way westbound through the Old City section of Philadelphia, where landmarks include the Arch Street Friends Meeting House, the Betsy Ross House, Girard Fountain Park, the U.S. Mint, and Christ Church Burial Ground. It crosses Independence Mall at 5th and 6th Streets, traverses Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood, and passes Reading Terminal Market.

The tourist areas around Logan Square and the museum district are just north of Arch Street, which ends just east of the Schuylkill River at 23rd Street. West of the river, there is a block of Arch Street between 30th Street Station and Cira Centre. Arch Street also runs eastbound one-way from 49th Street to 63rd Street.

As of 2023, the section of Arch Street from 6th to Broad Streets is part of Philadelphia's High Injury Network, the small fraction of streets on which the majority of traffic deaths and serious injuries occur.^[3]

History

The street was called Mulberry Street in William Penn's original city grid, but it was renamed Arch in 1854.^{[1][unreliable source?]} Other parts of the street were once called Holme and Tioga streets.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1950s and 1960s, Arch from 6th to 11th Streets was known as Radio Row, after its extensive number of electronic goods stores.^[4]

Gallery

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  Arch Street in Chinatown
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  Philadelphia Mint
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  Independence National Historical Park at 6th and Arch Streets

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