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Originally Posted by ewonder
This one time opportunity to bring a world class museum to Philadelphia could slip between the cracks because of this stalemate. Surely, there other locations along the Parkway or in Center City that are suitable for the Barnes. Just leave the YSC where it is and fix it. Put the blame squarely on this politician. Time is a'wastin and her obstructionism is costing the city construction jobs and eventual tourist revenue. This is a very high-profile project and the opportunity should be siezed not lost or delayed by anyone. Move it or lose it.
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The Parkway, walking distance from the Art Museum and the Rodin is the most logical place for Philly to get the biggest art tourism bang for its buck in terms of placing the Barnes. Beyond that private charities are donating the bulk of the money for moving the Barnes based on the plan that it will be on the PArkway. change the site, we lose the bulk of the funding.
Beyond that the problems with the current YSC facility are inherrent in the design of of the building. The layout of the hallways are unsafe and ill suited for security of the kids and the workers in the YSC as the old Weekly article pointed out.
The best solution is move the YSC only once to a new structure that is optimized to protect the safety of kids and workers and for the Barnes to go to the Parkway. Despite the money the city has invested in acquiring, surveying and improving the 48th and Haverford site, it may be time to look for new site for the YSC as result of Blackwell's obstructionism (maybe we can take the money the city invested in the 48th and Haverford site out of Blackwell's personal paycheck). Its not appropriate to change plans for where we put the Barnes.