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Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Temple is strategically located for corporate partnerships in a hub of the financial services, information technology, healthcare, pharmaceutical/biotechnology and tourism industries.
Philadelphia is the second largest city on the east coast of the United States and the fifth largest metropolitan area in the U.S. The "Big Four" accounting firms maintain major offices here. The region is home to financial services giants such as The Vanguard Group, the second largest mutual fund company in the world. Sixty percent of the nation's GDP is generated within a 350-mile radius of the city.
The Philadelphia region is alive with innovation and achievement in commerce, finance, technology, science, medicine, law, education and the arts. Philadelphia's Broad Street has been transformed into The Avenue of the Arts, an axis of theaters, galleries, and performance spaces winding from South Philadelphia, wrapping around City Hall, reaching west to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and extending north through Temple's Main Campus.
East of the Avenue of the Arts is a district well known to business travelers, tourists, historians and shoppers. Here you'll find the Reading Terminal Market, the Pennsylvania Convention Center, world-class restaurants, and world famous historical sites such as Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. Further east is Penn's Landing, a scenic boulevard at the edge of the Delaware River splashed with clubs and restaurants.
Fairmont Park is the largest inner-city park system in the world and, along with the resources of the Greater Philadelphia region, provides a full range of recreation and sports activities and facilities.
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