The Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC)
The Pennsylvania Convention
Center (PCC) represents the
largest public construction project undertaken in the state
of Pennsylvania. The Grand Hall and Ballroom occupy the renovated
Reading Terminal Trainshed, the oldest surviving single-span
arched trainshed roof structure in the world, and the only
one of its kind remaining in the United States.
The PCC also preserved the Reading Terminal Market on the
ground level of the Trainshed, maintaining the continuous
use of that location as a market place since 1653. The PCC,
located in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, makes this
convention center one of the few such major facilities actively
integrated into an urban center allowing our visitors access
to a host of restaurants, shops, cultural institutions and
other downtown amenities.
The exterior of the building reflects the traditional construction
materials of the historic Philadelphia streetscape; internally,
it combines state-of-the-art-meeting facilities with a hotel-like
ambiance.
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