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1 the Minutes of the 687 Th Stated Meeting of The
THE MINUTES OF THE 687TH STATED MEETING OF THE PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2019 ROOM 18-029, 1515 ARCH STREET ROBERT THOMAS, CHAIR CALL TO ORDER START TIME IN AUDIO RECORDING: 00:00:00 Mr. Thomas, the chair, called the meeting to order at 9:06 a.m. and announced the presence of a quorum. The following Commissioners joined him: Commissioner Present Absent Comment Robert Thomas, AIA, Chair X Emily Cooperman, Ph.D., Committee on Historic Designation X Chair Arrived at Kelly Edwards, MUP X* 9:11 am Steven Hartner (Department of Public Property) X Josh Lippert (Department of Licenses & Inspections) X Melissa Long (Division of Housing & Community X Development) Arrived at John Mattioni, Esq. X* 9:16 Dan McCoubrey, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Architectural X Committee Chair Jessica Sánchez, Esq. (City Council President) X H. Ahada Stanford, Ph.D. (Commerce Department) X Meredith Trego (Department of Planning & Development) X Betty Turner, MA, Vice Chair X Arrived at Kimberly Washington, Esq. X* 9:08 am The following staff members were present: Jonathan E. Farnham, Ph.D., Executive Director Randal Baron, Historic Preservation Planner III Kim Chantry, Historic Preservation Planner II Meredith Keller, Historic Preservation Planner II Allyson Mehley, Historic Preservation Planner I Leonard Reuter, Esq., Law Department Megan Cross Schmitt, Historic Preservation Planner I The following persons were present: Todd Curry, Emerald Windows Kate Cowing, Kate Cowing Architect Lindsey Peruto D. Wagner S. Vorwerk PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION, -
03.031 Socc04 Final 2(R)
STATEOF CENTER CITY 2008 Prepared by Center City District & Central Philadelphia Development Corporation May 2008 STATEOF CENTER CITY 2008 Center City District & Central Philadelphia Development Corporation 660 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA, 19106 215.440.5500 www.CenterCityPhila.org TABLEOFCONTENTSCONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 OFFICE MARKET 2 HEALTHCARE & EDUCATION 6 HOSPITALITY & TOURISM 10 ARTS & CULTURE 14 RETAIL MARKET 18 EMPLOYMENT 22 TRANSPORTATION & ACCESS 28 RESIDENTIAL MARKET 32 PARKS & RECREATION 36 CENTER CITY DISTRICT PERFORMANCE 38 CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENTS 44 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 48 Center City District & Central Philadelphia Development Corporation www.CenterCityPhila.org INTRODUCTION CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA 2007 was a year of positive change in Center City. Even with the new Comcast Tower topping out at 975 feet, overall office occupancy still climbed to 89%, as the expansion of existing firms and several new arrivals downtown pushed Class A rents up 14%. For the first time in 15 years, Center City increased its share of regional office space. Healthcare and educational institutions continued to attract students, patients and research dollars to downtown, while elementary schools experienced strong demand from the growing number of families in Center City with children. The Pennsylvania Convention Center expansion commenced and plans advanced for new hotels, as occupancy and room rates steadily climbed. On Independence Mall, the National Museum of American Jewish History started construction, while the Barnes Foundation retained designers for a new home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Housing prices remained strong, rents steadily climbed and rental vacancy rates dropped to 4.6%, as new residents continued to flock to Center City. While the average condo sold for $428,596, 115 units sold in 2007 for more than $1 million, double the number in 2006. -
Arts, Culture, and Economic Prosperity in Greater Philadelphia
arts culture & economic prosperity in Greater Philadelphia Peggy Amsterdam, President Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance One of the most frequent requests to the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is for the economic impact of the region’s cultural sector. It is with great pleasure, then, that we present Arts, Culture, and Economic Prosperity in Greater Philadelphia, the latest data available regarding the economic activity of our region’s nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and their audiences. This report is the result of collaboration among many partners, including Americans for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project (PACDP), Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project, and Drexel University’s Arts Administration Graduate Program. We thank the cultural organizations whose participation in the PACDP made this report possible, in particular those who allowed us to survey their audience members. We are also grateful to The Pew Charitable Trusts and the William Penn Foundation for their support of the Cultural Alliance, and to Tom Scannepieco and 1706 Rittenhouse Associates for supporting the design, printing, and distribution of this report. We express sincere gratitude to our external reviewers, board of directors, and staff, who guided the work through its inception and development. Much growth has occurred in our sector over the last decade. Through the information, analysis, and tools contained within this report, we trust that Arts, Culture, and Economic Prosperity in Greater Philadelphia will help us all in the quest to continue building an ever-stronger, more vibrant region. Tom Scannapieco, Partner Joe Zuritsky, Partner 1706 Rittenhouse Square Associates Over the past decade, Greater Philadelphia has experienced remarkable growth. -
Annual Report 2018
2018 Annual Report 4 A Message from the Chair 5 A Message from the Director & President 6 Remembering Keith L. Sachs 10 Collecting 16 Exhibiting & Conserving 22 Learning & Interpreting 26 Connecting & Collaborating 30 Building 34 Supporting 38 Volunteering & Staffing 42 Report of the Chief Financial Officer Front cover: The Philadelphia Assembled exhibition joined art and civic engagement. Initiated by artist Jeanne van Heeswijk and shaped by hundreds of collaborators, it told a story of radical community building and active resistance; this spread, clockwise from top left: 6 Keith L. Sachs (photograph by Elizabeth Leitzell); Blocks, Strips, Strings, and Half Squares, 2005, by Mary Lee Bendolph (Purchased with the Phoebe W. Haas fund for Costume and Textiles, and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation from the William S. Arnett Collection, 2017-229-23); Delphi Art Club students at Traction Company; Rubens Peale’s From Nature in the Garden (1856) was among the works displayed at the 2018 Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show; the North Vaulted Walkway will open in spring 2019 (architectural rendering by Gehry Partners, LLP and KXL); back cover: Schleissheim (detail), 1881, by J. Frank Currier (Purchased with funds contributed by Dr. Salvatore 10 22 M. Valenti, 2017-151-1) 30 34 A Message from the Chair A Message from the As I observe the progress of our Core Project, I am keenly aware of the enormity of the undertaking and its importance to the Museum’s future. Director & President It will be transformative. It will not only expand our exhibition space, but also enhance our opportunities for community outreach. -
Henry Chapman Mercer Fact Sheet
Henry Chapman Mercer Fact Sheet Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) a noted tile-maker, archaeologist, antiquarian, artist and writer, was a leader in the turn-of-the-century Arts and Crafts Movement. ● Henry Chapman Mercer was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1856 and died at his home, Fonthill, in Doylestown in 1930. ● After graduating from Harvard in 1879, he was one of the founding members of The Bucks County Historical Society in 1880. ● He studied law at The University of Pennsylvania and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar. Mercer never practiced law but turned his interests towards a career in pre-historic archaeology. ● From 1894 to 1897, Mercer was Curator of American and Pre-historic Archaeology at The University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia. ● As an archaeologist, he conducted site excavations in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, and in the Ohio, Delaware, and Tennessee River valleys. ● In 1897, Mercer became interested in and began collecting "above ground" archaeological evidence of pre-industrial America. ● In searching out old Pennsylvania German pottery for his collection, Mercer developed a keen interest in the craft. By 1899 he was producing architectural tiles that became world famous. ● At fifty-two Mercer began building the first of three concrete structures: Fonthill, 1908-10, his home; the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, 1910-12, his tile factory; and The Mercer Museum, 1913-16, which housed his collection of early American artifacts. ● Mercer authored Ancient Carpenters Tools and The Bible In Iron. ● Fond of animals and birds, Mercer developed a large arboretum with plants native to Pennsylvania on the grounds of Fonthill. -
2026 Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2021
City of Philadelphia Six Year Capital Program for Fiscal Years 2021 – 2026 Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 RECOMMENDED CAPITAL PROGRAM AND BUDGET This report is available online at www.phila.gov/finance and www.phila.gov/CityPlanning City of Philadelphia James F. Kenney, Mayor Philadelphia City Planning Commission Philadelphia Budget Office Marisa Goren Waxman, AICP, Budget Director Anne Fadullon, Chair Peilin Chen, Deputy Budget Director, Capital and Real Estate Joseph Syrnick, Vice Chairman Tavare Brown, Assistant Budget Director Brian Abernathy, Managing Director Shawn Dunn Rob Dubow, Finance Director Maribel Rosado Sylvie Gallier Howard, Acting Commerce Director Thomas Tartack Garlen Capita Monique Turner Patrick Eiding Cheryl Gaston Maria Gonzalez Nancy Rogo Trainer, FAIA, AICP Ariel Vazquez Philadelphia City Planning Commission Staff Department of Public Property Eleanor Sharpe AICP, Executive Director Bridget Collins‐Greenwald, Commissioner Martha Cross, AICP, Deputy Director Thomas C. McDade III, Deputy Chief of Staff Martine Decamp, AICP, Deputy Director Valerie Bergman, Deputy Commissioner, Capital John Haak, AICP, Director, Planning Policy and Analysis Harold Aponte, Project Director, Real Estate Paula Burns, AICP Roy D. Conard, Project Director, Capital Sarah Chiu, AICP James Lowe, Project Director, Capital Keith F. Davis, AICP Marc Orgovan, Project Director, Capital Jametta Johnson Pedro Pinto, Project Director, Capital David Kanthor, AICP Jason Stevens, Project Director, Capital David Munson Ayse Unver, AICP, LEED GA -
CONNECTING to COLLECTIONS PENNSYLVANIA a Five-Year Preservation Plan for Pennsylvania PROJECT OVERVIEW
CONNECTING TO COLLECTIONS PENNSYLVANIA a five-year preservation plan for Pennsylvania PROJECT OVERVIEW Imagining Our Future: Preserving Pennsylvania’s Collections, published in August 2009, includes an in-depth analysis of conditions and needs at Pennsylvania’s collecting institutions, a detailed preservation plan to improve collections care throughout the state, and a five-year implementation timetable (2010-2015). The analysis concludes that many of Pennsylvania’s most important historic holdings must be considered at risk. Millions of items comprise these collections, and the financial resources available to care for them are limited and shrinking. Pennsylvania is a state vibrant with world-class art museums, libraries, historic sites. Arts and culture play a substantial role in creating business, jobs, and bringing revenue into the state and stewardship of its artifacts is too important —to the state, to the people, to the history of country—to be ignored. This call to action is a rallying cry for all future generations of Pennsylvanians. With generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and in close partnership with three leading preservation organizations, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations (PFMHO), and LYRASIS, the Conservation Center for Arts & Historic Artifacts organized and led the assessment and planning process. The project was capably guided by a Task Force with representatives from the Office of (PA) Commonwealth Libraries, the Western Pennsylvania Museum Council, the Pennsylvania Caucus of the Mid- Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Pennsylvania State University, the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries, the University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University. -
Philly's Own Ellis Island
January/February 2015 The Newsletter of The Society Hill Civic Association SOCIETYHILL Reporter www.societyhillcivic.org Philly’s Own Ellis Island he Society Hill Civic Association Susan became interested in the stories of immi- T (SHCA) invites all neighbors to its grants and has been collecting family histories General Membership Meeting on January 21, from descendants. She will share with you the when Pennsport neighbor Susan McAninley Pier’s history and some of those family stories. will speak about Pier 53, a Philadelphia Remember that everyone is welcome to attend treasure steps from our own community. our General Membership Meeting. Simply arrive Susan McAninley is a graphic artist and a lifetime at Pennsylvania Hospital’s Zubrow Auditorium, resident of Philadelphia. When she made her located on the first floor inside the main entrance home three blocks from the Delaware River in at 8th Street near Spruce, before 7:30 p.m. 1991, the riverfront was long abandoned and bar- All members interested in Society Hill issues ricaded. In 2008, the Central Delaware Advocacy are welcome at our monthly Board Meeting, Group launched a 10-year strategic plan to imple- 6 p.m. at the Great Court Conference Room. ment a new civic vision for the waterfront. The first area developed was the Washington Avenue Green Park, at the foot of Washington McCALL SCHOOL Historical Marker at Avenue and Columbus Boulevard. An overgrown Washington Avenue and Pier 53, abandoned since 1965, extended from Columbus Boulevard. that park into the river. Little was known about Pier 53, even though the site played a part in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812; served as a boatbuilding shipyard and the nation’s first Naval Yard; and welcomed and dispatched Civil War soldiers. -
Historic-Register-OPA-Addresses.Pdf
Philadelphia Historical Commission Philadelphia Register of Historic Places As of January 6, 2020 Address Desig Date 1 Desig Date 2 District District Date Historic Name Date 1 ACADEMY CIR 6/26/1956 US Naval Home 930 ADAMS AVE 8/9/2000 Greenwood Knights of Pythias Cemetery 1548 ADAMS AVE 6/14/2013 Leech House; Worrell/Winter House 1728 517 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 519 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 600-02 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 2013 601 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 603 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 604 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 605-11 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 606 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 608 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 610 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 612-14 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 613 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 615 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 616-18 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 617 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 619 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 629 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 631 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 1970 635 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 636 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 637 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 638 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 639 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 640 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 641 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 642 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 643 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 703 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 708 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 710 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 712 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 714 ADDISON ST Society Hill -
CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECT ITEMIZATION ACT of 2013-2014 - ENACTMENT Act of Nov
CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECT ITEMIZATION ACT OF 2013-2014 - ENACTMENT Act of Nov. 1, 2013, P.L. 680, No. 85 Cl. 86 An Act Providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2013-2014; itemizing public improvement projects, furniture and equipment projects, transportation assistance projects, redevelopment assistance capital projects, flood control projects, Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund projects, State forestry bridge projects, State ATV/Snowmobile Fund projects, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission projects, Manufacturing Fund projects, Oil and Gas Lease Fund projects, Environmental Stewardship Fund projects, highway bridge projects and State Stores Fund current revenue projects to be constructed or acquired or assisted by the Department of General Services, the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation or the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, together with their estimated financial costs; authorizing the incurring of debt without the approval of the electors for the purpose of financing the projects to be constructed, acquired or assisted by the Department of General Services, the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation or the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; stating the estimated useful life of the projects; and making appropriations. -
Re-Evaluating the Design of the Richardson Dilworth House
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Theses (Historic Preservation) Graduate Program in Historic Preservation 2013 Go with the Faux: Re-Evaluating the Design of the Richardson Dilworth House Chelsea Elizabeth Troppauer University of Pennsylvania Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses Part of the Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons Troppauer, Chelsea Elizabeth, "Go with the Faux: Re-Evaluating the Design of the Richardson Dilworth House" (2013). Theses (Historic Preservation). 213. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/213 Suggested Citation: Troppauer, Chelsea Elizabeth (2013). Go with the Faux: Re-Evaluating the Design of the Richardson Dilworth House. (Masters Thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/213 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Go with the Faux: Re-Evaluating the Design of the Richardson Dilworth House Abstract When elected to the office of Philadelphia's Mayor in 1956, Richardson Dilworth pledged his administration's dedication towards the physical improvement of Philadelphia. The Mayor made the revitalization of southeast quadrant of the city's core, known as Society Hill, a priority during his administration. As a symbol of his commitment, Dilworth decided to move himself and his family to the neighborhood. The Dilworths commissioned restoration architect, G. Edwin Brumbaugh. Brumbaugh designed a three and a half story, single family Colonial Revival house on the former site of two, 1840s structures. Dilworth resided in the house until his death in 1974. Discussions pertaining to the site's significance have focused narrowly on the building's associations, rather than the physical structure. -
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INDEX See also Accommodations and Restaurant indexes, below. GENERAL INDEX AIA Bookstore and Design traveling to, 233 Center, 172, 173 visitor information, 234 AIDSinfo, 258 Amish Experience (Inter- cademic trips and language A Airport Wireless, 51–52 course), 234 classes, 49 Air travel, 37–38 Amish Farm and House Academy of Music, 191 A.K.A. Music, 182 (Lancaster), 237 Academy of Natural Sciences, AllCell, 52 Anabaptists, 230 139 All Join Hands (mural), 131 Animal-rights issues, 49 Academy of Vocal Arts, 189 Amada, 205 Annenberg Center at the Uni- Access America, 257 America-Italia Society of Phila- versity of Pennsylvania, Accommodations, 1, 64–83. delphia, 49 192, 193 See also Accommodations American Express, 254 Antiquarian’s Delight, Index American Helicopter Museum 169–170 B&B agencies, 64–65 (West Chester), 223 Antiques, 169–171 best, 7–9 American Music Theatre Pennsylvania Dutch Brandywine Valley, 226–227 (Lancaster), 253 Country, 242 Center City American Revolution (Revolu- Antiques Show, 34 east of Broad, 84–94 tionary War), 18–19 Aquarium, Adventure, 146 west of Broad, 94–103 American Swedish Historical Architectural highlights, City Line and Northeast, 82 Museum, 140–141 129–132 hostels, 82–83 America the Beautiful Access Architecture, 21–23, 25, 162 near the airport, 80–82 Pass, 45 historic buildings and mon- New Hope area, 219–220 America the Beautiful Senior uments, 135–138 Old City and Convention Pass, 46 Arch Street Meeting House, Center area, 65–72 The Amish, 229, 232–237, 240, 133, 166 Pennsylvania Dutch 243–245, 247–249,