Avenue of Technology (Philadelphia)
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Avenue of Technology is a city designated technology-based district on a segment of
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in
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. The area is known for being the "portal of technology" of the city that includes the
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and Drexel University. The area was originally dedicated by the mayor
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with street plates acknowledging this section of road with turquoise signs. In May 2014, a project with Google Earth was launched to document the mobility in the region.


Gallery

File:WTP A21 Techserv 2.jpg, Edmund D. Bossone Research Center, located on the Avenue of Technology


See also

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Market Street (Philadelphia) Market Street, originally known as High Street, is a major east–west street in Philadelphia. The street is signed as Pennsylvania Route 3 between 38th Street ( U.S. Route 13) and 15th Street ( PA 611). A short portion of the road continues we ...
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Avenue of the Arts (Philadelphia) __NOTOC__ Avenue of the Arts is a city-designated arts cultural district on a segment of Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that includes many of the city's cultural institutions, most notably the theater district south of City Hall. The ...
, also designated by former Mayor Ed Rendell


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