Streetscape

The Center City District has been working for over a decade to transform the Ben Franklin Parkway into an animated, pedestrian-friendly cultural campus.

Throughout Center City, signs, posters and banners installed and maintained by the CCD orient and inform, while adding color and excitement to downtown streets.

The CCD has completed the construction of the first phase of conversion of the defunct Reading Railroad viaduct into the Rail Park, which opened to the public on June 14, 2018.

Trees, greenery, parks and open space relieve the urban landscape, provide recreational opportunities, help control stormwater runoff, improve the environment and provide shade and relief from summer heat.

CCD is recognized as a leader in the use of lighting to enhance Center City Philadelphia's public safety, animate the downtown at night and create visual excitement.

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