Masterplan Accepted June MGA Partners Planners and Architects Lager Raabe Skafte Landscape Architects

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1 Planning Centennial District Masterplan Accepted June MGA Partners Planners and Architects Lager Raabe Skafte Landscape Architects

2 Fairmount Park Strategic Plan

3 A Key Finding of Strategic Plan: Given overall constraints on public spending, maximizing earned income for all Parks programs and facilities is critical. Objective 5: Leverage existing park properties to enhance economic development and revenue generation without reducing Fairmount Park resources. Centennial District Evaluate the development of revenue zones, under which areas of the park with shared features and proximity would be the focus of targeted concession strategies...likewise t i a new family entertainment zone encompassing the Zoo, Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall, and the Mann Center [should be established]. (excerpted from the Fairmount Park Strategic Plan, draft 05/21/04)

4 Understanding the Stakeholders

5 Primary Stakeholder Fairmount Park Commission Mann Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia Zoo Philadelphia Museum of Art Please Touch Museum 5 Horticulture Center 6 School District of Philadelphia Friends of the Japanese House and Garden 8 Recreation Department Water Works Gardens Parkside Association of Philadelphia Business Association of West Parkside Parkside Historic Preservation Corporation 13 East Parkside Residents Association Fairmount Park Art Association Public Art Centennial District Stakeholders

6 Measuring the District

7 Centennial District Boundary

8 2.50 miles ( 36 Center City blocks ) Centennial District is greater than the width of Center City, from the Schuylkill to the Delaware 1 city block=400 feet

9 0mi.25mi.50mi.75mi 1mi 1.25mi 1.5mi 1.75mi 2mi 2.25mi 2.5mi Scale Comparison to Central Park and the National Mall

10 Centennial Exhibition of 1876

11 Aerial view

12 Memorial Hall

13 view of Main Building from Belmont plaza

14 inside the Main Exhibition Hall

15 view of Machinery Hall from Centennial Lake

16 Planning Principles

17 Creating a Family Entertainment District Changing the Culture Unifying through Recreation Revealing ea History Connecting to Neighborhoods Building Critical Mass Discovering Waterways Creating Gateways Getting to the District

18 Creating a Family Entertainment District 34 th Street 52 nd Street Changing the Culture Unifying through Recreation Revealing ea History Connecting to Neighborhoods Building Critical Mass Discovering Waterways Creating Gateways Getting to the District North Concourse is returned to its original name: Avenue of the Republic Avenue of the Republic extends from 34 th Street to 52 nd Street

19 Creating a Family Entertainment District Changing the Culture Unifying through Recreation Unifying through Recreation Revealing ea History Connecting to Neighborhoods Building Critical Mass Discovering Waterways Creating Gateways Getting to the District

20 Creating a Family Entertainment District Changing the Culture Unifying through Recreation Revealing e ea g History y Connecting to Neighborhoods Building Critical Mass Discovering Waterways Creating Gateways Getting to the District

21 Creating a Family Entertainment District Changing the Culture Unifying through Recreation Revealing ea History Connecting to Neighborhoods Connecting to Neighborhoods Building Critical Mass Discovering Waterways Creating Gateways Getting to the District Create pedestrian intersections and improved streets street trees, crosswalks, controlled intersections

22 Creating a Family Entertainment District Changing the Culture Unifying through Recreation Revealing ea History Connecting to Neighborhoods Horticulture Center Building Critical Mass Mass Children s Theatre Discovering Waterways Creating Gateways Getting to the District New venues and development children s theatre, science museum, mixed-use development

23 Creating a Family Entertainment District Changing the Culture Unifying through Recreation Revealing ea History Connecting to Neighborhoods Building Critical Mass Discovering Waterways Creating Gateways Getting to the District Improve and revitalize water courses lakes, streams, ravines, and the river

24 Creating a Family Entertainment District Changing the Culture Unifying through Recreation Revealing ea History Connecting to Neighborhoods Building Critical Mass Discovering Waterways Creating Gateways Getting to the District

25 Creating a Family Entertainment District Changing the Culture Unifying through Recreation Revealing ea History Connecting to Neighborhoods Building Critical Mass Discovering Waterways Creating Gateways Getting to the District Connecting from the region to the district bus, rail, and bus rapid transit

26 Mann Center Please Touch Museum Philadelphia Zoo Parkway Museums Independence Park Penn s Landing Regional transportation to family destinations in Philadelphia

27 Masterplan Vision

28 Centennial District Master Plan:

29 Centennial District Centennial Commons Girard Gateway Belmont Gardens Water Works Gardens West Parkside Village

30 Belmont Gardens Centennial Commons Girard Gateway Belmont Gardens Water Works Gardens West Parkside Village

31 Belmont Gardens PROGRAMS Belmont Land-bridge and Fountain Avenue Midway 1 Horticultural Center 2 Ferris Wheel 3 PAPAYA Children s Theatre 4 States Drive Picnic Pavilions 5 Centennial Lake Improvements and the Overlook Restaurant 6 The Glens 7 PRINCIPLES Changing the Culture, Revealing History Building Critical Mass, Revealing History Building Critical Mass Building Critical Mass Revealing History Discovering Waterways, Revealing History Discovering Waterways, Unifying through Recreation