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PGRC Pitch Meter Spring 2012 150 Years at #14 Boathouse Row: Special Edition “First on the Row, First for Women”
Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2012 Vol. 3-1 PGRC Pitch Meter Spring 2012 150 Years at #14 Boathouse Row: Special Edition “First on the Row, First for Women” Boathouse Row is intertwined with the development of Fairmount Park. The City of Philadelphia built the world’s largest dam at Fairmount to power its waterworks in 1822, forming a three-mile long slack water pond that was perfect for recreational boating. The river also froze in winter to create a generous skating rink. In 1844, the city of Philadelphia purchased Lemon Hill, a private estate just Keystone, Philadelphia Skating and Humane north of the waterworks, and in 1855 Society. Photo courtesy of E. Abrahams rededicated the property as Fairmount Park, acknowledging its popularity as a recreational The Philadelphia Skating Club and destination. Humane Society boathouse, now owned and occupied by the Philadelphia Girls’ Rowing Club at 14 Boathouse Row, is the oldest structure on Boathouse Row, itself a National Historic Landmark. It may also be one of the oldest continually occupied recreational facilities in the United States, for no comparable structures are known to have survived. History of #14 Boathouse Row Club house of the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society on the Schuylkill River near Turtle Rock, Fairmount Park. From: The story of the Philadelphia Girls’ Anne C. Lewis Scrapbook. Philadelphia: 1896. The Library Company of Rowing Club’s historic headquarters at 14 Philadelphia. PGRC and Philadelphia Girlsʼ Rowing Weʼre always remembering Philadelphia Skating Club and Club former PGRC rowers! Humane Society #14 Boathouse Row Contact us via our website Invite you to Celebrate Kelly Drive th or Facebook page the 150 Anniversary Philadelphia PA 19130 of #14 Boathouse Row http://www.philadelphiagirlsrowing June 2, 2012 4 – 7 PM club.com/ Lorem Ipsum Dolor PGRC Pitch Meter Spring 2012 By this date, Philadelphians were traveling public park. -
Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Your STEM Students Can Explore a City Filled with Robotics, Fossils, Butterflies, VR Experiences, Flight Simulators, and So Much More
TOP STEM DESTINATIONS: Philadelphia In Philadelphia, your STEM students can explore a city filled with robotics, fossils, butterflies, VR experiences, flight simulators, and so much more. If your students are ready to become detectives and examining skeletal remains, explore the “heart” of the Franklin Institute, or take lessons have been developed to meet Educational Standards, including Pennsylvania State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards, Educational Destinations can make your Philadelphia history trip rewarding and memorable. EDUCATIONAL STEM OPPORTUNITIES: • Meet Pennsylvania Academic Standards • Discovery Camps • Interactive School Tours • Museum Sleepovers • Be a Forensic Anthropologist • Philadelphia Science Festival (Spring) • Scavenger Hunts • Live Science Shows • Animal Encounters • Tech Studios • Amazing Adaptations • Robotics Workshops • Escape Rooms • Movie-Making Workshops • Virtual Reality Experiences • Drone Workshops • Flight Simulators • Game Design Workshops • Planetarium Exhibits • Lego Robotics • Survivial Experiences • Engineering for Kids STEM ATTRACTIONS: • University of Pennsylvania • Garden State Discovery Museum • Penn Museum • Greener Partners’ Longview Farm • The Franklin Institute • Independence Seaport Museum • Mütter Museum at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia • John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum • Pennsylvania Hospital Physic Garden • John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove • Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion • Linvilla Orchards • Academy of Natural Sciences -
The First Design for Fairmount Park
The First Design for Fairmount Park AIRMOUNT PARK IN PHILADELPHIA is one of the great urban parks of America, its importance in landscape history exceeded only by FNew York’s Central Park. Its name derives from the “Faire Mount” shown on William Penn’s plan of 1682, where the Philadelphia Museum of Art now perches, and where the gridded Quaker city suddenly gives way to an undulating scenery of river and park. Measuring over 3,900 acres, it is one of the world’s largest municipal parks. Nonetheless, for all its national importance, the origin of the park, its philosophical founda- tions, and its authorship have been misunderstood in the literature.1 About the principal dates there is no dispute: in 1812–15 a municipal waterworks was built on the banks of the Schuylkill, the site of which soon became a popular resort location and a subject of picturesque paintings; in 1843 the city began to acquire tracts of land along the river to safeguard the water supply; in 1859 the city held a competition for the design of a picturesque park; finally, in 1867, the Fairmount Park Commission was established to oversee a much larger park, whose layout was eventually entrusted to the German landscape architect Hermann J. Schwarzmann. This is the version rehearsed in all modern accounts of the park. All texts agree that 1867 marks the origin of the park, in conception and execution. They depict the pre–Civil War events as abortive and inconclusive; in particular, they dismiss the 1859 competition. According to George B. Tatum, writing in 1961, a series of “plans were prepared,” I am indebted to five generous colleagues who read this manuscript and contributed suggestions: Therese O’Malley of CASVA; Sheafe Satterthwaite and E. -
Philadelphia and the Southern Elite: Class, Kinship, and Culture in Antebellum America
PHILADELPHIA AND THE SOUTHERN ELITE: CLASS, KINSHIP, AND CULTURE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA BY DANIEL KILBRIDE A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 1997 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In seeing this dissertation to completion I have accumulated a host of debts and obligation it is now my privilege to acknowledge. In Philadelphia I must thank the staff of the American Philosophical Society library for patiently walking out box after box of Society archives and miscellaneous manuscripts. In particular I must thank Beth Carroll- Horrocks and Rita Dockery in the manuscript room. Roy Goodman in the Library’s reference room provided invaluable assistance in tracking down secondary material and biographical information. Roy is also a matchless authority on college football nicknames. From the Society’s historian, Whitfield Bell, Jr., I received encouragement, suggestions, and great leads. At the Library Company of Philadelphia, Jim Green and Phil Lapansky deserve special thanks for the suggestions and support. Most of the research for this study took place in southern archives where the region’s traditions of hospitality still live on. The staff of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History provided cheerful assistance in my first stages of manuscript research. The staffs of the Filson Club Historical Library in Louisville and the Special Collections room at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond were also accommodating. Special thanks go out to the men and women at the three repositories at which the bulk of my research was conducted: the Special Collections Library at Duke University, the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the Virginia Historical Society. -
4. FAIRMOUNT (EAST/WEST) PARK MASTER PLAN Fairmount Park System Natural Lands Restoration Master Plan Skyline of the City of Philadelphia As Seen from George’S Hill
4. FAIRMOUNT (EAST/WEST) PARK MASTER PLAN Fairmount Park System Natural Lands Restoration Master Plan Skyline of the City of Philadelphia as seen from George’s Hill. 4.A. T ASKS A SSOCIATED W ITH R ESTORATION A CTIVITIES 4.A.1. Introduction The project to prepare a natural lands restoration master plan for Fairmount (East/West) Park began in October 1997. Numerous site visits were conducted in Fairmount (East/West) Park with the Fairmount Park Commission (FPC) District #1 Manager and staff, community members, Natural Lands Restoration and Environmental Education Program (NLREEP) staff and Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) staff. Informal meetings at the Park’s district office were held to solicit information and opinions from district staff. Additionally, ANSP participated in the NLREEP Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meetings in March and October 1998. These meetings were used to solicit ideas and develop contacts with other environmental scientists and land managers. A meeting was also held with ANSP, NLREEP and FPC engineering staff to discuss completed and planned projects in or affecting natural lands in Fairmount (East/West) Park. A variety of informal contacts, such as speaking at meetings of Friends groups and other clubs, and discussions during field visits provided additional input. ANSP, NLREEP and the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) set up a program of quarterly meetings to discuss various issues of joint interest. These meetings are valuable in obtaining information useful in planning restoration and in developing concepts for cooperative programs. As a result of these meetings, PWD staff reviewed the list of priority stream restoration sites proposed for Fairmount (East/West) Park. -
Some Windows Onto History in Fairmount Park
Contact: Norman Keyes, Jr., Director of Media Relations Emily Raabe, Press Officer 215-684-7364 [email protected] SOME WINDOWS ONTO HISTORY IN FAIRMOUNT PARK About Philadelphia’s Historic Fairmount Park Houses Within Philadelphia’s extensive Fairmount Park is a gracious group of 18th- and early 19th-century historic houses, all of them established by wealthy landowners as country seats to provide refuge from the pressures of urban life. Located to the north and west of Philadelphia along the Schuylkill River, these houses were built within a leisurely horseback ride from the commercial center of what was once the most prosperous city in the American colonies. Some properties functioned as working farms, including productive dairies, orchards, and game lands. Others provided elegant, fashionable retreats. Fiske Kimball (1888-1955), the distinguished architectural historian who became director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1925, was the prime mover behind establishing these rare architectural treasures as house museums. In the 1920s, Kimball fostered relationships with many civic organizations, encouraging them to support and preserve the historic houses for posterity. Under his auspices, the Museum assumed administration of Mount Pleasant (built 1762-1765), which had been built for a Scottish sea captain and privateer and was briefly owned by Benedict Arnold, and Cedar Grove (built 1748), a simpler structure that is fascinating for its innovative interior features and its original furnishings that remain in pristine condition. -
"Drawings in the Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
"Drawings in the Collections of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Artist Subject Medium Date Allbright Solitude (John Penn's House) Water color c. 1840 Andre, Major John Landscape Water color 1778 Barker, J. J. Hobson House, Mantua Water color 1852 (West Phila.) Barth Washington & Tarleton at Wash c. 1850 Cowpens Becker Central High School Diploma Wash c. 1850 Besson, C. A. Slate Roof House Pen sketch 1841 Birch, T. Port of Philadelphia Wash c. 1830 Birch, T. Port of Philadelphia Wash c. 1820 Birch, W. View on Neshaminy Creek Water color c. 1800 Birch, W. View on Neshaminy Creek Water color c. 1800 Birch, W. Major General Birch Water color c. 1800 Breton, W. L. Wistar's Peach Grove, 7th & Wash c. 1830 Buttonwood Breton, W. L. Shippen Residence, Wain's Water color c. 1830 Row, 2d St. Breton, W. L. House in Germantown where Water color c. 1830 Penn preached Breton, W. L. Old Swedes' Church Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Slate Roof House Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. St. David's, Radnor Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Harriton Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Oxford Church Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Washington's House in High Water color c. 1830 Street Breton, W. L. Merion Meeting Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Pemberton House on Schuyl- Water color 1830 L-ill Kill Breton, W. L. Wilmington Meeting Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Lutheran Church, 5th & Arch Wash c. 1830 Sts. Breton, W. L. Penn Treaty Monument Water color c. -
Historic House Museums
HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS Alabama • Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens (Birmingham; www.birminghamal.gov/arlington/index.htm) • Bellingrath Gardens and Home (Theodore; www.bellingrath.org) • Gaineswood (Gaineswood; www.preserveala.org/gaineswood.aspx?sm=g_i) • Oakleigh Historic Complex (Mobile; http://hmps.publishpath.com) • Sturdivant Hall (Selma; https://sturdivanthall.com) Alaska • House of Wickersham House (Fairbanks; http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/units/wickrshm.htm) • Oscar Anderson House Museum (Anchorage; www.anchorage.net/museums-culture-heritage-centers/oscar-anderson-house-museum) Arizona • Douglas Family House Museum (Jerome; http://azstateparks.com/parks/jero/index.html) • Muheim Heritage House Museum (Bisbee; www.bisbeemuseum.org/bmmuheim.html) • Rosson House Museum (Phoenix; www.rossonhousemuseum.org/visit/the-rosson-house) • Sanguinetti House Museum (Yuma; www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/museums/welcome-to-sanguinetti-house-museum-yuma/) • Sharlot Hall Museum (Prescott; www.sharlot.org) • Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House Museum (Tucson; www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/welcome-to-the-arizona-history-museum-tucson) • Taliesin West (Scottsdale; www.franklloydwright.org/about/taliesinwesttours.html) Arkansas • Allen House (Monticello; http://allenhousetours.com) • Clayton House (Fort Smith; www.claytonhouse.org) • Historic Arkansas Museum - Conway House, Hinderliter House, Noland House, and Woodruff House (Little Rock; www.historicarkansas.org) • McCollum-Chidester House (Camden; www.ouachitacountyhistoricalsociety.org) • Miss Laura’s -
Get Physical
A publication of Philadelphia Corporation for Aging May 2016 • Free Inside Discover our city’s public art & sculpture Get Physical Elder honored: Wisdom, spirituality, integrity Bocce began in Egypt ... 14 By Marcia Z. Siegal “Go, Marie! Try to find strength!” “Give ‘em hell, Julie!” “Terry, we need you!” “Green’s in!” “Red got two!” “The stress is killing me!” At Guerin Recreation Center in South Phila- delphia, bocce is serious business. Just ask mem- bers of its women’s bocce teams. Ranging in age “Swann Memorial Fountain” at from 45 to 90, the players meet Thursday eve- Logan Square was originally named nings from October until May, when the finals “The Fountain of Three Rivers” for are held. At the Guerin Center, as traditional Philadelphia’s main waterways: the • continued on page 18 Delaware River, Schuylkill River and Wissahickon Creek. In Season: VisitPhiladelphia for B. Krist by Photo Two delicious strawberry recipes ... 16 By Alicia M. Colombo civic organization dedicated to creating a “museum without walls” by integrating public art and urban design. Philadelphia is known as the “The Many of Philadelphia’s most iconic City of Murals,” but it’s also home to sculptures represent the people and plac- a collection of 1,500 pieces of outdoor es of our region. When “Swann Memo- sculpture, with a tradition of public art rial Fountain” opened in 1924 at Logan that goes back almost a century and a Square (Benjamin Franklin Parkway at half. 19th Street), it is said that 10,000 people “Philadelphia is unique in that we danced the tango in the streets to music have one of the largest and oldest collec- played by the police band. -
Philadelphia, PA
AA rr tt ss GG uu ii dd ee PHILADELPHIAPHILADELPHIA Arts Section Association of College and Research Libraries ACRL 14th National Conference March 30 - April 2, 2011 Introduction Welcome to the ACRL Arts Section’s ArtsGuide Philadelphia! This selective guide to cultural attractions and events has been created for attendees of the 2011 ACRL Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Map of sites listed in this guide See what’s close to you or plot your course by car, foot, or public transportation using the Google Map version of this guide: http://tinyurl.com/artsguidephiladelphia Where to search for arts and entertainment • VisitPhilly.com: Official Visitor Site for Greater Philadelphia http://www.visitphilly.com/things-to-do/ • Philly Fun Guide http://www.phillyfunguide.com/ • Philadelphia Weekly or City Paper’s event listings http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/events/ http://citypaper.net/agenda/ This guide has been designed and prepared by: Eamon Tewell (Moore College of Art & Design) Contributors: Yvette Cortes (Skidmore College) Jenna Rinalducci (George Mason University) Katherine Williamson (GSLIS Student, Simmons College) *Efforts were made to gather the most up to date information for performance dates, but please be sure to confirm by checking the venue web sites provided. Contents VISUAL ARTS AND MUSEUMS 1 African American Museum in Philadelphia 1 Barnes Foundation 1 Fabric Workshop and Museum 1 Institute of Contemporary Art 1 Mütter Museum 1 Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 2 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 2 Philadelphia Museum of Art 2 Rodin Museum 2 Rosenbach Museum & Library 2 Gallery Districts 3 ARCHITECTURE 3 CENTER CITY DISTRICT City Hall 3 Masonic Temple 3 FAIRMOUNT PARK Eastern State Penitentiary 4 Cedar Grove 4 Lauren Hill Cemetery 4 Mount Pleasant 4 Woodford 4 OLD CITY DISTRICT Betsy Ross House 5 Christ Church and Burial Ground 5 Elfreth’s Alley and Museum 5 Franklin Court 5 Independence Hall & National Historic Park 5 Physick House 6 Powel House 6 Second Bank of the U.S. -
The University Barge Club of Philadelphia Founded 1854
THE UNIVERSITY BARGE CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDED 1854 THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the ______ day of __________________, 20___, by and between the University Barge Club, #7 Boathouse Row, Kelly Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19130, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation (“UBC”) and ______________________________, a member of UBC, either individually (“Bargee”) or as the sponsor, together with any person or party, to wit _____________________, (“Sponsored Party”) intending to use the Boathouse. Inasmuch as UBC enjoys the historical right to the use of the boathouse and appurtenant property at #7 Boathouse Row (hereinafter collectively “the Boathouse”), and Bargee/Sponsored Party desires to use the Lilacs Room, riverside balcony, concrete apron, dock and toilets, including those in the Member Changing Rooms, (“Public Spaces”) of the Boathouse, for social purposes, and UBC is willing to grant limited use of the Public Spaces of the Boathouse for social purposes and no other purposes of the Bargee/Sponsored Party and any of their guests (collectively “Guests”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, and therefore, UBC and the Bargee/Sponsored Party agree as follows: -- Any social function party held at the Boathouse shall be conducted under the direction and control of the Bargee sponsoring the party. The sponsoring Bargee will be responsible for any and all damage caused by Guests or others invited to the Boathouse, e.g., caterers, suppliers, vendors, by the Bargee or the Sponsored Party. -- The Bargee/Sponsored Party agree to pay the fee set forth herein as provided. -- No Guests under 21 years of age will be served alcoholic beverages of any kind. -
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORIC PLACES in SOUTH CAROLINA ////////////////////////////// September 2015
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORIC PLACES IN SOUTH CAROLINA ////////////////////////////// September 2015 State Historic Preservation Office South Carolina Department of Archives and History should be encouraged. The National Register program his publication provides information on properties in South Carolina is administered by the State Historic in South Carolina that are listed in the National Preservation Office at the South Carolina Department of Register of Historic Places or have been Archives and History. recognized with South Carolina Historical Markers This publication includes summary information about T as of May 2015 and have important associations National Register properties in South Carolina that are with African American history. More information on these significantly associated with African American history. More and other properties is available at the South Carolina extensive information about many of these properties is Archives and History Center. Many other places in South available in the National Register files at the South Carolina Carolina are important to our African American history and Archives and History Center. Many of the National Register heritage and are eligible for listing in the National Register nominations are also available online, accessible through or recognition with the South Carolina Historical Marker the agency’s website. program. The State Historic Preservation Office at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History welcomes South Carolina Historical Marker Program (HM) questions regarding the listing or marking of other eligible South Carolina Historical Markers recognize and interpret sites. places important to an understanding of South Carolina’s past. The cast-aluminum markers can tell the stories of African Americans have made a vast contribution to buildings and structures that are still standing, or they can the history of South Carolina throughout its over-300-year- commemorate the sites of important historic events or history.