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Parkway Council Foundation

February 1, 2010 State of the Parkway Meeting

Gail Harrity, Philadelphia Museum of Art (President) Rose Hagan, Friends Select School (Treasurer) Walter Korn, The Philadelphian (Secretary) David Brigham, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine

Arts

Ted Daeschler, Academy of Natural Sciences Mike DiBerardinis, Parks and Recreation Joe Dworetzky, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin Sally Elk, Eastern State Penitentiary Happy Fernandez, Moore College of Art & Design Mark Focht, Fairmount Park Commission Derek Gillman, Barnes Foundation Harry Gorstayn, Four Seasons Hotel Paul Levy, Center City District

• Msgr. Michael McCulken, Cathedral Basilica
• f SS. Peter & Paul

Siobhan Reardon, Free Library of Philadelphia Mark Silow, Fox Rothschild LLP Dennis Wint, The Franklin Institute

Board of Directors

• 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

Mission

Parkway Council Priorities 2009-2010

Programmatic Objectives

• Long-term Parkway

Enhancements

• Parkway Studies

– I ncreasing Cultural

Activity

– Revisiting Eakins Oval

& 25th/ PA Ave.

• Collaboration

Organizational Objectives

• City Administration
• Marketing I nitiatives

– Parkway Museums

District Brochure & Website, FB Page

• Fundraising

Barnes Foundation Aerial Rendering

Barnes Foundation Site Plan

Rodin Museum and Garden Landscape Rejuvenation Project

Olin Partnership Landscape Architects 2008—2010

Sister Cities Plaza

• Renovations in progress
• Gallery changes
• Programming revamps
• Spring Break Camp
• Looking at Animals
• Creatures of the Abyss
• Urban Sustainability gets

cool

• Final unanimous building

approval received from Art Commission

• Building under

construction

• Grand Opening

scheduled for spring 2012

• Last full year of Gallery

being open in Merion

• Cathedral Basilica

Ambassadors

• Renovations and

restoration

• Sacred Music Concert

• $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
• f Sister Cities park

• Daytime

attendance has doubled

• Restored

synagogue

• Terror Behind

the Walls 2009

• TowerCam!
• $4 million

capital improvement campaign

• Maintain public spaces on the

Parkway

• Provide seasonal plant

displays

• Operate Fairmount Park

Welcome Center

• Program JFK Plaza with arts

and entertainment

• Manage Parkway special

events

• I mplement Parkway public

realm improvements

• Five Star Fountain

Restaurant

• Microturbines
• Family Values Package
• Twitter

• Two Brand New Exhibitions:

Changing Earth & Electricity

• 2010 Franklin I nstitute

Awards Week: April 26 – 30, 2010

• Cleopatra: The Search for

the Last Queen of Egypt

– June 5, 2010 – January 2,

2011

– World premiere! – From the producers of the

King Tut Exhibition

Year in Review

• Free Library of Philadelphia

Brand Initiative

• Record attendance at the 2009

Free Library Festival

• 10,000 Books for Children drive
• Renovation of original Beaux-

Arts Building

Looking Ahead

• Progress on the Parkway Central

Expansion

• Free WiFi
• Focus on expanding the Library

beyond traditional walls

Friends Select School: At the Center of Learning in Center City Program

• Pre-K – 12 city curricular

program

• I nternational Studies

Program People

• Sustained growth in lower

school

• Full, not large, school

Place

• Renovate lower level
• Explore expansion
• pportunities

• New Internship Fellowships
• New Business Scholars in the

Arts

• Expanded Culture in the

Classroom

• Philagrafika 2010
• New Graduate Symposia +

Lectures

• International Curatorial

Conference

• New Sculpture Park

Installation

Upcoming Exhibitions

• PAFA celebrates printmaking in 2010
• The 109th Annual Student Exhibition
• Andy Warhol Polaroids and B&W Prints
• The Vogel Collection
• Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits

and Self-Portraits The School of Fine Arts

• Donald R. Caldwell Scholarship
• Cooperative agreements with

Community College of Philadelphia and Camden County College

• I nternational Student Host/ Mentors

and Peer Mentors Museum and School of Fine Arts

• Development of the Cherry Street Plaza
• Commitment to the Community

I n the Main Museum

• Picasso and the Avant Garde in Paris
• Late Renoir
• 2004 – Offsite Art Storage Facility: Completed
• 2007 – Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building: Completed
• 2009 – Exterior Façade and Roof Repair: Completed

– Landscaped Parking Garage and Sculpture Garden: Completed

• 2010 – Rodin Garden Rejuvenation Project: Estimated completion December 2010

– Phase I: Renovation and expansion with Gehry Partners: will be launched 2010

Exhibitions I n the Perelman Building

• Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal
• Marcel Wanders: Daydreams

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Progress on Museum’s Master Plan

The Philadelphian

• Evaluating cost and options

for the replacement of the Cogeneration System

• Main roof replacement

initiated

• Pool and Fitness Center

Renovations Continuing

• Emphasizing recycling

compliance and conversion to energy saving practices

Q & A

Fairmount Park Art Association

Museum Without Walls™

:

AUDI O

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.

Cleaning & Greening

• Street cleaning along West Girard Avenue
• Street tree planting
• Resident clean up days
• Community garden improvements
• Harper Street improvements

Public Art

• Poplar Street Bridge Mural
• West Girard Gateway Mural (25th

& Girard)

• Fairmount Gateway Mural (24st

& Fairmount)

• Public Art Events

Neighborhood Events

• Fairmount Fling
• Bastille Day
• Fairmount Arts Crawl
• Art + Soul Food

Business Support

• West Girard Streetscape / Pedestrian Lighting
• Façade Improvement Grants
• Business retention and attraction
• Support FAB and WGBA

Fairmount Community Development Corporation

Logan Square Neighborhood Association

• completed the Logan Square

Parkway Neighborhood Plan with participation of stakeholders

• coordinating with Parkway

Council on various issues

• initiating several “greening”

activities

• refining the project review

process to facilitate complementary development

• working with other civic

associations on Zoning Code

Spring Garden Civic Association & Spring Garden CDC

Priorities include:

• Zoning issues
• Historical integrity
• Continued revitalization of the E. end
• Fairmount Ave., Broad to 19th
• Mixed-income neighborhood
• Quality education
• Clean and green community
• Opportunities for all community members
• Poverty & the effects of poverty
• Safety, crime

Current projects:

• Team of sweepers to keep the area clean
• Revitalization of Fairmount Ave., Broad to 19th
• Revitalization of low/moderate income housing

in the E. end of Spring Garden

• After-school "homework help" program
• Summer camps, mentoring, jobs for youth
• Educ. opportunities for adults and youths
• Wide array of social services
• Economic advancement opportunities

• 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

Parkway Council & Neighbors’ Collective Issues

Q & A