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FYI - Hawthorne Park Rally
Hi there, I received this info from my homeowners assoc. at MLK Plaza. Am all for a park AS LONG AS some sort of park dept will be designated to take care of the upkeeps and not become a trash or hang-out haven. From what I heard of the 13th comm center and park PHA wants to sell it to private investors for lots of $$$$.
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10-12-2007, 02:34 PM
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yeah, why is that when there are many other vacant lots and properties own by PHA and they don't anything with it??
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Great news, Dedication of Park “ within the MLK Community and Hawthorne neighborhood” will be announced on July 17, by Mayor Nutter.
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07-16-2008, 11:57 AM
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Join Governor Rendell and Mayor Nutter on Thursday, July 17th
The following invitation comes to you from the office of the Mayor Nutter. On behalf of the Mayor's Office, Governor Rendell and Mayor Nutter would like to invite you to two press conference events on the afternoon of Thursday, July 17th to announce the partners, funding and scope of the enhancement project along the Parkway and the development of Hawthorne Park in South Philadelphia. The press conference on the Parkway will take place at 1pm on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, between 20th and 21st Streets. The event is rain or shine but in case of heavy weather will relocate indoors to the Moore College Of Art and Design. Both Governor Rendell and Mayor Nutter will speak. The 2 pm press conference will take place on the future site of Hawthorne Park, located on 12th Street between Clymer and Catharine Streets. Mayor Nutter will be joined by DCNR Secretary Mike DiBerardinis, who will speak on behalf of the State. Both of these projects will play a crucial role in the economic and cultural development of the city by creating active and attractive public spaces for residents and visitors alike. Come on out to learn more about the scope of the projects and to celebrate the announcements with community leaders and project stakeholders. Please email Katharine Gajewski, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Office of Mayor Michael A. Nutter, at katharine.gajewski@phila.gov with any questions or to RSVP. Feel free to share this invitation with anyone you think might be interested in attending. The Mayor, Govenor and DCNR Secretary hope to see you on Thursday! The Parks Alliance
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07-16-2008, 03:15 PM
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From 7/16/08 Inquirer (park is in second paragraph and after):
$17 million to beautify Parkway By Joseph A. Gambardello Inquirer Staff Writer A $17 million mix of government and foundation funding has been put together for landscaping and other improvements as part of the effort to revitalize the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, sources familiar with the project say. An additional $2.1 million is earmarked for a long-awaited, eco-friendly park at 12th and Catharine Streets, in the city's Hawthorne neighborhood, where a high-rise public-housing complex once stood. Gov. Rendell's office is keeping details of the Parkway work under wraps until an announcement tomorrow. But insiders say the money is coming from the state, the city, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Knight Foundation, and the William Penn Foundation. The improvements will coincide with the $107 million taxpayer-supported move of the Barnes Foundation art collection from Merion to a new Parkway home on the site of the Youth Study Center. The Catharine Street Park is to be built on a plot created by the implosion of the Martin Luther King towers in 1999. Properties in the area have been at the center of a development dispute involving the Philadelphia Housing Authority during former Mayor John F. Street's administration, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Kenny Gamble, the music-legend-turned-developer. Patricia Bullard, president of the Hawthorne Empowerment Coalition, a neighborhood group that has been working to overcome the post-demolition blight, said the park site was not part of the dispute. Still, she said, "it's been a long time coming." "We're delighted the park is going to happen," Bullard said. Plans for the nearly one-acre park, based on a design by University of the Arts students, call for a small amphitheater and a fountain, said Joan Reilly, senior director of Philadelphia Green, which will coordinate the project. The park, with a good view of the Center City skyline, is intended as a "passive" green spot where people in a built-up, gentrifying neighborhood can gather, relax, and get to know one another, Reilly said. She praised the neighborhood group, saying, "There's never been a more dedicated friends-of-a-park group that didn't have a park." "It's going to be turned into a wonderful, 21st-century park," Reilly said, adding it will incorporate elements to handle storm-water runoff.
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07-16-2008, 11:18 PM
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Proposed names for the park
Hi Ya'll
what do you think of the following alternate names for the park Dream Park King Park Dream Square King Square Shippen Square any other suggestions.......
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07-17-2008, 12:33 AM
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Shippen Square, that's just terrible!  Just kidding, I like Green(e) Square.
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