{"id":118989,"date":"2025-08-04T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/118989\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T19:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:54:12","slug":"phillys-market-street-construction-closures-2025-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/118989\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly&#8217;s Market Street construction, closures 2025: What to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business owners say they\u2019re already feeling the impact of earlier construction projects.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTourists come over, walk down from the Liberty Bell, and then they see these big fences. It just doesn\u2019t help-they think the area\u2019s closed,\u201d Palermo added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw a huge decline in our sales and foot traffic. Sales dropped by 40, 50%,\u201d said Anser Hatti, owner, Coffee Tea and Company.\n<\/p>\n<p>The added barriers are also creating new issues along the corridor that is filled with establishments.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just makes it harder to find a place to throw trash away. So, I think people end up just tossing it on the ground, unfortunately,\u201d said Kosinski.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/tag\/septa\/\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SEPTA<\/a>\u00a0bus stops along Market Street and nearby cross streets may also be impacted by the closure.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s really important that SEPTA keeps running properly, and that it\u2019s clean and functional, especially if they\u2019re closing down a major street,\u201d Baker-Butler said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Eastbound Market Street will remain open, but for residents in the area, the disruption is already being felt.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a hassle. My wife and I have a dog, and walking him has already been a challenge,\u201d said Rick Wool, an Old City resident.\n<\/p>\n<p>These westbound lanes will remain closed to traffic 24\/7 starting Monday through Friday, Nov. 17.\n<\/p>\n<p>PennDOT is urging drivers to plan ahead and expect delays around the work zone.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Business owners say they\u2019re already feeling the impact of earlier construction projects. \u201cTourists come over, walk down from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[71553,5229,10188,1448,2830,1311,5569,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-118989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-6abc","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-old-city","11":"tag-pa","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-road-closures","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114972253563660208","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}