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[email protected] Lehigh Somerset A Conceptual Master Planning Study Lehigh Ave.-Somerset St./Frankford-Kensington Aves. Philadelphia, PA 19134 July 2011 Project Number 2010-22 Prepared for New Kensington Community Development Corporation 2515 Frankford Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134 Kevin Gray, Real Estate Development Director Prepared by Volunteers of the Community Design Collaborative Kitchen & Associates Architectural Services, PA, Firm Volunteer Jay Appleton, P.E., Civil Engineer Claudia Bitran, AICP, Planner Keith Johnson, Intern Architect Stephen Schoch, AIA, Registered Architect John Theobald, Planner Reports printed by COMMUNITY DESIGN COLLABORATIVE © Community Design Collaborative, 2011 About Us Building neighborhood visions as communities and design pro- Board of Directors Mami Hara, ASLA, AICP, Co-Chair fessionals work together; the Community Design Collabora- Paul Marcus, Co-Chair tive is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit that provides preliminary archi- Alice K. Berman, AIA tectural, engineering, and planning services to nonprofit or- Brian Cohen ganizations. S. Michael Cohen Mary Ann Conway Design professionals—volunteering their services pro bono Cecelia Denegre, AIA, IIDA through the Collaborative—help nonprofits communicate their Tavis Dockwiller, ASLA goals for improving the physical and social fabric of their neigh- Eva Gladstein borhoods through design. Eric Larsen, PE Joe Matje, PE The Collaborative relies on a variety of resources to achieve Darrick M. Mix, Esq. its goal of assisting nonprofits in need of preliminary design Michael J.