Parkway Council Foundation March 5, 2012 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 Yvonne Clayton, Hangley Aronchick Mike DiBerardinis, Phila. Parks and Recreation Sally Elk , Eastern State Penitentiary Happy Fernandez , Moore College of Art & Design Mark Focht , Phila. Parks and Recreation 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 • Accessibility & Flow • Increased Cultural Activity • 2017-2018 Parkway Centennial • Collaboration Organizational Objectives • City State & Federal Administration • Fundraising • Marketing Initiatives
• The Academy celebrates its Bicentennial • Bicentennial Opening Weekend • Monthly family-themed programs • Behind the Scenes at the Academy • A Glorious Enterprise Book Launch and Signing
• Opening May 19 th • 60-hour free celebration over Memorial Day weekend • Regular public hours begin May 30 • Ensemble: Albert C. Barnes and the Experiment in Education
• 2012 Preservation Achievement Grand Jury Award • Second Season of Concerts at the Cathedral Basilica • Cathedral Basilica Ambassadors Program
• $8.7 million in street, monument & façade lighting completed • $1.5 million in pedestrian access to Logan Circle completed • $600,000 million in Parkway interpretive signs completed • $1.75 million renovation of Aviator Park completed • $2.3 million Café Cret & Three Parkway Park completed • $4.6 million renovation of Sister Cities Park • $50 million renovation of Dilworth Plaza under construction
Attendance has tripled in • past six years New Master Plan • Rebuilding ticketing • spaces/museum store Opening new spaces in • 2012 for visitors Four new artist • installations for 2012 New “ Searchlight Series ” •
Fairmount Park Art Association • World Premiere of “Open Air” by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer • “Site Seeing: Rediscover Public Art this Spring” • Annual Outdoor Sculpture Conservation • Phase Two of Museum Without Walls™: AUDIO
• The Fountain Restaurant’s unique status in Philadelphia • The Spa at Four Seasons’s new treatments • The new Philly Beer Loft • Glass sculptures in The Fountain Restaurant
• 2012 Exhibition Line-Up – Design Zone – Giant Mysterious Dinosaurs – Dead Sea Scrolls – Titanic • The 2012 Philadelphia Science Festival • 2012 Franklin Institute Awards Week • Building Expansion
Year in Review • Kicked off Year of Dickens • 10 th anniversary of One Book, One Philadelphia • E-reader pilot program • Shakespeare Park • Philbrick Hall Looking Ahead • Parkway Central renovation • Public Library Association Conference • Summer Reading • Dickens Grand Finale
At the Center of Learning in Center City • Growth of international student population • 325 th anniversary celebration planning • Capital Campaign: Elevating the Core • Albert Barnes and the Art of Collecting
• New Foundation Curriculum iPad partnership • Learning Through Photography Project • MOOREcycle • Event honoring Happy Fernandez • New President • Visionary Woman Awards
Rendering courtesy of OLIN PAFA Exhibition Highlights School of Fine Arts • Lenfest Plaza • Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit • Selma Burke Scholarship • PAFA Alumni Sales • 111th Annual Student Exhibition • Maguire Scholars Program Gallery • Visiting Artists Lecture Series
Philadelphia International Flower Show – “Hawaii: Islands of Aloha,” March 4 -11 – $61 million economic impact City Harvest Plant One Million Civic Spaces – Rodin Museum – Pop-Up on Logan Square
Exhibitions • Van Gogh Up Close • Zoe Strauss: Ten Years • Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia • Shipwreck! Winslow Homer and The Life Line Continued Progress on the Museum’s Master Plan • 2007 – Perelman Building • 2009 – Exterior renovations, Parking Garage & Sculpture Garden • 2012 – Art Handling Facility Project • 2012 & beyond – Renovation & expansion with Gehry Partners
Rodin Museum and Garden Reopens July 2012
• Parkway’s public spaces • Seasonal plantings • Fairmount Park Welcome Center • JFK Plaza arts and entertainment • Parkway special events • Parkway public realm improvements • Streetscape improvements
The Philadelphian • Philadelphia Area Green Condo and Apartment Initiative • Extensive Physical Upgrades
Parkway Updates Mike DiBerardinis • Parkway Homeless Issues • Other Parkway Initiatives Alan Greenberger • Future Use of Family Court Building @1801 Vine St.
Parkway Updates Steve Buckley • Parkway Area Streets Projects Ahmad Corbitt • Philadelphia Mormon Temple @1739 Vine St.
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 Commercial & Residential Redevelopment • 8 storefront facades improved in 2011. • 23 new businesses , since 2011, filling vacant and blighted buildings along Fairmount & Girard Avenues, creating or sustaining approximately 185 jobs (full and part time) . • Completed Phase II of Vital Neighborhoods Initiative (see Before & After Photos) • Completed the community driven Brewerytown Neighborhood Plan in partnership with Greater Brewerytown CDC. A Clean & Green Community BEFORE AFTER • Greening efforts including the planting of over 200 trees and distribution of over 1,000 recycling bins. • Beautification of pocket park Veterans Memorial Park, 31 st and Girard • Kicking off Textile Recycling Pick-Up and Drop-Off (Starts March 2012) An Enhanced Quality of Life • Over 2,000 hours of after-school and weekend youth programming made available to students at Bache-Martin Elementary. • Development of the Young Friends of Fairmount group with mission of Social, Sports, Service. • “Dream Garden” – Community Expression Project, MLK Day of Service Project at Girard College (see Photos)
Spring Garden Civic Association & Spring Garden CDC Priorities: • A vibrant, flourishing, ethnically and economically diverse community • A decent quality of life for all of our residents • Elimination of the elements, and attitudes, that erode our residents’ (and City’s) quality of life • Trees, green spaces, cleanliness • Preserve the community’s history/aesthetics Current Projects: • Use self-help and zero-tolerance to effect change • Dramatic improvements to Roberto Clemente Playground, and its maintenance/operations • A team of sweepers, community war on trash • Police activity to curb drugs, crime • Broad array of social services; jobs and job training; youth programs • Plant and care for trees, flowering bulbs • Constant battle for appropriate economic development/ improvements/preservation
Wrap Up
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