Nice pic. I really dig HDR images.

Yeah, thats the one. Dealware Power Station.

The one by the Betsy Ross is Richmond.

I would love to get inside (legally) to take photos.

They shot the time machine scenes for 12 Monkeys there.

Personally, it wouldn't impact my decision whether to move there or not. Sometimes cities arrange agreements, such as free power for the neighboring park or even discounted power for neighbors closest to it. It's worth noting that the houses nearby probably were built to house people working at the plant and neighboring industries that used its power. new power sources is going to be important in coming years and keeping th eprice of it down will help make us competitive.

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It's unclear what will happen with the Delaware Generating Station, PECO placed new transformers near the property a year or two ago and there is some work going on the North side of the site, which does not appear to affect the structure in question. On the north side there is a peak generator - it turns on only when the grid is strained and even though it only ran five days in 2002 it was considered one of the worst sources of air pollution. The site is apparently slated to be decommissioned, but it is very polluted and leaching contaminants into a vital waterway and a coveted public space- Penn Treaty Park.

Peco had received a demo permit for the Port Richmond Station a few years ago, despite the efforts of some local architects. However, it does not appear that Peco is moving forward with the demo at this time - the city should move swiftly to historically designate these amazing Industrial Monuments.

I know someone has been working for the last two years to convert the Delaware Generating Station into a museum for the Calder Foundation - which had planned to build an 80 million dollar facility on the parkway until negotiations fell through with the Street Administration. If Peco would consider turning over the property for a dollar, as they did in Chester, the price tag for the redevelopment is in line with the original projected budget for the museum.

The Calder Museum would be one of a handful of museums dedicated to an single artist, but it wouldn't be the first Power Station turned into a museum - the world famous Tate Modern in London was a former generating station.

The artist legacy of the Calder Family begins with the eldest Calder who sculpted the most famous of Philadelphia art icons, William Penn atop City Hall. *During the 20 years it took to complete this bronze statute, Calder’s son Alexander Miline worked as an apprentice and would later create the poetic Swan Fountain at Logan Circle. It was, however, the third generation sculptor “Sandy” Calder, born in 1898, who solidified this legacy and added another dimension. **
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Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, Sandy Calder, became one of the most important artists of the 20th century with his invention of the mobile, a word coined to describe his often*whimsical kinetic sculptures activated by air movements and sometimes engines. *He is forever known as the “man who made sculpture move.”
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Wouldn’t a man who was fascinated by machines and blurred the line between art and science want to call this industrial monument home? *The Delaware Generating Station is clearly a good fit for the Calder Museum but there is a much deeper, almost fated, connection. *The sculpture of William Penn -- the heart of Philadelphia and the anchor of the Calder legacy -- is positioned to gaze upon the very site proposed for this museum.

Great information Reformer215 ! I've seen interior photos that were taken by trespassers and the architecture and interior details are amazing. I really wish I could obtain a permit to document the interior before anything happens. I've contacted PECO and Excelon and I never get an answer.

Thanks OOC for posting my photo.

mikepenn@mac.com

Let me guess you grew up in the burbs?

I grew up in a blue-collar suburb in Western NY ( I would say Upstate but every dumbf**k thinks I mean Westchester or sum ****) and let me say this...industry sucks!!! I was so happy when they destroyed the steel mill down the street where my father worked! Its an ugly eyesore period!

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When I asked a Peco guy there he said..

"Ya can't do anything with the place cause the power's still running through the thing."


as in remove/convert

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I think it should be saved and if Peco decides it doesn't want it anymore it can be turned into a sculpture like Seattle's Gas Works Park.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewphx/370345643/

PS I didn't grow up in the burbs