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Reading Terminal Market

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Reading Terminal Market is an enclosed public market at 12th and Arch Streets in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1893 under the elevated train shed of the Reading Railroad Company, after the city of Philadelphia pushed to move public markets from the streets into indoor facilities for reasons of safety and sanitation.

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Market 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Philadelphia, United States 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1984 1
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Commercial / Shop 1
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Reading Terminal Market (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia "Reading Terminal Market" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Reading Terminal Market is an enclosed public market at 12th and Arch Streets in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1893 under the elevated train shed of the Reading Railroad Company, after the city of Philadelphia pushed to move public markets from the streets into indoor facilities for reasons of safety and sanitation.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1984)
    Reading Terminal Market is an enclosed public market located at 12th and Arch Streets in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened originally in 1893 under the elevated train shed of the Reading Railroad Company after the city of Philadelphia advocated to move public markets from the streets into indoor facilities for both safety and sanitary reasons. When the Center City Commuter Connecti
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2. Reading Terminal Market (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Market)
    Wikidata item Q7300572, instance of (P31): market
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Philadelphia, United States
    Wikidata item Q7300572, property P131/P17 (location): Philadelphia, United States
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