N3RD Street (also N3rd Street, N3RD St, Nerd Street) is a nickname for a segment of North 3rd Street in

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(spanning across the neighborhoods of

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), and its surrounding community that is home to a concentration of "nerdy" companies and spaces; "N3RD" is a

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as both

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for "nerd" and reflecting the "N. 3rd St." of

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es. An official resolution recognizing N3RD Street was written by Indy Hall founder Alex Hillman and adopted by Philadelphia's city council on March 20, 2014. Starting April 10, 2014, the city installed special street signs along the corridor denoting its nickname, similar to the neighborhood-specific signs on the Avenue of the Arts,

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, Mummers Row,

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, and the

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. The official city naming ceremony took place on April 11, 2014, at Liberty Lands Park.

External links

Official N3RD Street website

References

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