Parkway Council Foundation March 7, 2011 State of the Parkway - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Parkway Council Foundation March 7, 2011 State of the Parkway Meeting

Board of Directors Gail Harrity, Philadelphia Museum of Art (President) Dennis Wint , The Franklin Institute (Vice President) Rose Hagan , Friends Select School (Treasurer) Walter Korn , The Philadelphian (Secretary) Penny Bach , Fairmount Park Art Association Drew Becher , Pennsylvania Horticultural Society David Brigham , Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Mike DiBerardinis, Parks and Recreation Sally Elk , Eastern State Penitentiary Happy Fernandez , Moore College of Art & Design Mark Focht , Fairmount Park System George Gephart , Academy of Natural Sciences Derek Gillman , Barnes Foundation Harry Gorstayn , Four Seasons Hotel Paul Levy , Center City District Siobhan Reardon , Free Library of Philadelphia Msgr. Arthur Rodgers , Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul Mark Silow , Fox Rothschild LLP

Mission • Ensure that the Parkway realizes its full potential as: – a vibrant cultural campus and destination – an economic force for the City and region • Create a distinctive and welcoming experience for all – Residents, recreational and cultural visitors – Businesses and organizations Collaborate and develop plans for the • enhancement and promotion of the Parkway, working with: – City Administration and City Council – Private and public organizations – Community organizations

Priorities Programmatic Objectives • Long-term Parkway Enhancements • Parkway Studies – I ncreasing Cultural Activity – Eakins Oval & 25 th / PA Ave. • 2017-2018 Parkway Centennial Collaboration • Organizational Objectives Marketing I nitiatives • – Promote Parkway Museums District: Ads, Brochure, Website, FB, Twitter & Flickr • City State & Federal Administration Fundraising •

Enhancing the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA March 2011 Completed Projects Rodin Museum Landscape Current 2100/2200 Projects Barnes Blocks I-676 PennDOT Bridge Reconstructions Partners: •Philadelphia Parks & Sister Cities Recreation Park •Philadelphia Museum of Art 1800 Block •Pennsylvania South Horticultural Society 1600/1700 •Center City District Blocks Funding - $20.4 million total investment City of Philadelphia - $7.2 million Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - $6.5 million (not incl. I-676 bridges) Private Foundations - $4.7 million (Dietrich, Knight, Pew & William Penn) Philadelphia Museum of Art - $2.0 million

• New President and CEO George Gephart • Bicentennial Committee • Bizarre Beasts Past and Present • Spruce Up Museum • Board • Guided group tours

• Cathedral Basilica Ambassadors Program • Extensive Renovations and Restoration • Upcoming Sacred Music Concerts

• $8.7 million in street, monument & façade lighting completed • $5.2 million in Parkway signs completed • $1.75 million renovation of Aviator Park completed • $2.3 million Café Cret & park completed • $4.6 million renovation of Sister Cities Park • $50 renovation of Dilworth Plaza planned

• Continued increases in attendance • Terror Behind the Walls 2010 • Death Row fundraising • $2 Million roofing project • Hands-On History

• Parkway’s public spaces • Seasonal plantings • Fairmount Park Welcome Center • JFK Plaza arts and entertainment • Parkway special events • Parkway public realm improvements • Streetscape improvements

Fairmount Park Art Association • Museum Without Walls™: AUDI O • Sculpture Saturdays on the Parkway • Annual Outdoor Sculpture Conservation • World premiere installation by artist Rafael Lozano- Hemmer

• Newly renovated ballroom completed in January 2011 • Firepits – s’mores and more! • The Fountain Restaurant: Philadelphia’s only AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Restaurant • Best Massage in the City • Facebook and Twitter

• 2011 Exhibition Line-Up – Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop Exhibition: Now- May 22 – Mummies of the World Exhibition: June 18-October 23 – CSI : The Experience Exhibition: October 2- January 2 • The Philadelphia Science Festival: April 15-28 • 2011 Franklin I nstitute Awards Week: April 25-29

Year in Review Fels I nstitute Report • Mayor’s Commission on • Literacy • Free Library Hot Spots • Philadelphia Book Festival Looking Ahead Reenvisioning/ renovation • of Parkway Central and Shakespeare Park • One Book, One Philadelphia • National Summit on 21st Century Literacy Dickens Bicentenary •

At the Center of Learning in Center City I nternational Studies Program • I nterSession 2011: the Middle East • Total immersion in Middle East studies, studied “real time” • Public debate: I s Democracy Necessary in the Middle East? • I nterSession 2012: Central and South America School Expanded Footprint • Leased critical space at 1700 Race St. building

• First Endowed Professorship • Literacy Through Photography Philadelphia Project • First MFA in Studio Art Thesis Exhibition • Visionary Woman Awards of 2011: honoring Signe Wilkinson, Jane Walentas and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Rendering courtesy of OLIN PAFA Exhibition Highlights School of Fine Arts • Lenfest Plaza • Anatomy/ Academy • Selma Burke Scholarship Scheduled Opening October 1 Through April 17 • Maguire Scholars Program • Paint Torch • 110th Annual Student • PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery Claes Oldenburg Commission Exhibition , May 13 – June 5

• Philadelphia I nternational Flower Show – “Springtime in Paris,” March 6-13 – $61 million economic impact on the region • Plant One Million • City Harvest • Civic Spaces – Rodin Museum – Logan Square

Upcoming Exhibitions • Paris Through the Window, Marc Chagall and His Circle • Roberto Capucci, Art into Fashion • Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus • Van Gogh Up Close Continued Progress on the Museum’s Master Plan • 2007 – Perelman Building opens • 2009 – Exterior renovations to the Main Building and construction of the Parking Garage and Sculpture Garden complete • 2010 – Art Handling Facility Project, designed by Frank Gehry • 2011 – Renovation and expansion with Gehry Partners

2010 – Rodin Museum Renovations and Garden Rejuvenation Completion in Spring 2011

The Philadelphian • New Emergency Generator Coverage being expanded to include Hallway Lighting and Signage • Air-conditioning Units being installed in Meeting Rooms and several commercial establishments. • Corridor Re-decoration • Multiyear Roof Top Mechanical Plant Replacement • Going Green emphasis continues

Q & A

Fairmount Civic Association • Promote development in our commercial corridors and support partnerships to benefit the community. Proactively work with City housing • divisions encouraging rehab/ improvement in residential stock. Continue to work with neighborhood • Police Districts to promote a safe and secure neighborhood. Create opportunities and activities to • engage the neighborhood as a whole promoting good will. • Continue to improve synergy with the Parkway institutions including creating a shared voice on common interests.

Fairmount Community Development Corporation Cleaning & Greening Public Art • West Girard Gateway Mural (25 th • Street cleaning along West Girard Avenue & Girard) • Fairmount Gateway Mural (24 st • Resident clean up days & Fairmount) • Community garden improvements • Community Painted Trash Cans! • Harper Street improvements • Fairmount Avenue Streetscape Projects Business Support • Mugshots on Girard Community Building • Façade Improvement Grants • Business retention and attraction • Fairmount Fling • Support for FAB and WGBA • Fairmount Arts Crawl • New Website for Residents & Visitors • Art + Soul Food

Spring Garden Civic Association & Spring Garden CDC Priorities: • a vibrant, ethnically and economically diverse community • preservation of aesthetics, livability, historical integrity • continue revitalization, blight eradication • plant/maintain trees, gardens, green spaces; safe, attractive recreation areas • eradicate poverty, crime and the effects • keep the area trash-and-graffiti-free Current Projects: • improvements, Roberto Clemente Playground • continue comm./res. revitalization, incl. E. end Fairmount Ave. • preserve our neighborhood history • continue planting trees, flowers, gardens • team of sweepers, area cleanliness programs • jobs/job training, econ. advancement opps. • youth programs (art, camp, educ., rec., after- school) • wide array of social services programs

Parkway Council & Neighbors’ Collective Issues • Parkway events and their impact • Advocacy for aesthetic excellence Support of way finding, • signage, and greening efforts Pedestrian and vehicular • balance I mproved transportation and • parking • Development on or near the Parkway; zoning issues • Collaborative approach to the homeless

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