Plan Philly: Engaging in Urban Dialogue

3rd Annual Philly Spring Cleanup
Saturday, April 10

University City District and City of Philadelphia are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Philly Spring Cleanup to be held Saturday, April 10, 2010 (rain date, Saturday, April 17, 2010).

This year's cleanup, entitled "Keep Up the Sweep Up," will be the start of the City's sustained effort to eliminate and prevent litter and illegal dumping permanently. With ongoing strategies of education, enforcement, intense cleaning and beautification, the City is committed to keeping Philadelphia clean.

If you would like to sign up to participate or organize your block in University City please contact dexter@universitycity.org for more details and supplies.

The Friends of the Oak Lane Library will be sponsoring a series of FREE LECTURES on East Oak Lane Architecture.

The Lectures will be held in the Korean United Church of Philadelphia, PCA, at 12th Street and 1200 W. Cheltenham Avenue, Philadelphia, 19126-2116 at 4:30 pm on Sundays, March 7, March 14 and March 28, 2010. All lectures will be followed by a reception.

Free Parking is available in KUC Lot at 70th and Old York Road. Park in back, north east corner, and take sidewalk to rear of church on 12th Street.
The series of three lectures is to be given by two prominent, local architects, John J. Di Benedetto and David S. Traub and Marita Krivda, historic preservationist. Both men will enlighten those interested in learning about the architectural history
and styles of buildings that used to exist in East Oak Lane;buildings that currently exist in East Oak Lane; and buildings of great architectural interest that are currently in desperate need of restoration.

• John J. DiBenedetto, FARA Sunday March 7 , 2010 4:30 PM
• Marita Krivda, MS Sunday March 14th, 2010 4:30 PM
• David S. Traub, AIA Sunday March 28th, 2010 4:30 PM

John DiBenedetto of the Jenkintown based architectural firm DiBenedetto & Associates will expand on his Drexel University dissertation. He wrote this along with Vincent A. Girondi, Oak Lane, A Study of Urban Growth and Architectural Development, 1876-1976, Philadelphia, 1976.

Marita Krivda, librarian & historian, will expand on some of the special Victorian buildings and T. Henry Asbury – the father of Victorian Oak Lane.

David S. Traub, prominent Center City architect, will discuss his preservation efforts with the Save Our Sites non-profit devoted to preventing the demolition of historic Philadelphia properties. He will discuss the Bauhaus style homes in East Oak Lane.

All lectures will be followed by a reception. For more information contact: Michael Poxon, President Friends of the Oak Lane Library – 215-549-6531; email: tm.poxon@verizon.net.

Weekly Press: The opulent Met and Hidden City

Inquirer: a focus on Phila's hidden sites

 

Hidden City Philadelphia is a unique arts festival that brings Philadelphia’s best unknown historical and architectural landmarks back to life through original works of art. It runs May 30 through June 28, 2009.
 
There are many historical and architectural landmarks around Philadelphia that at one time were all important to the city’s neighborhoods, but their significance – and in some cases their existence – has been forgotten over the years, making them hidden to the people who walk, run, or drive by them every day.  Performing and visual artists have created dance, music, sculpture, video, print, and mixed media pieces inspired by the history and architecture of their selected sites to draw attention back to the important people and places forming Philadelphia.

 

CLICK HERE FOR A FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday, April 4

2nd Annual Philadelphia Citywide Cleanup/MLK Day of Service

 

April 4, the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is Philadelphia's Annual Citywide Spring Cleanup and Day of Service. Last year's was the largest cleanup day in the City's history - and we want to help make this year's even bigger!

Check out http://www.phillycleanup.com/pages/Home.asp?Section=Home for more information, or contact your local CDC or neighborhood group to get involved.  Here is some contact information for some neighborhoods:

 

Northern Liberties:

In the morning neighbors can clean their own blocks or join a cleaning team to target weedy, trash-strewn lots and graffiti. In the afternoon we have spring cleaning projects planned at Liberty Lands. To get involved, contact Lara Kelly at trash@nlna.org.

 

University City:

University City District, in cooperation with the City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park, CLIP Project and Philadelphia Department of Streets, will assist your block by providing bags, work gloves, and trash/leaf pick up.

For more information, contact Dexter Bryant at dexter@ucityphila.org or 215-243-0555 x236.

DUE TO OVERWHELMING ADVANCE RESPONSE, REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CLOSED. COPIES OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND FEEDBACK FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE AFTER THE EVENT. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

 

This marks the next round of public input in the Kimmel Center Public Space Project, organized by PennPraxis and the Penn Project for Civic Engagement and sponsored by the Kimmel Center to develop ideas on how to further enliven the building's public spaces.

 

The Civic Feedback Session will give citizens the opportunity to view initial design concepts developed for the Kimmel public spaces and provide feedback in response to the ideas that will help enrich strengthen the work.

 

Design students from University of the Arts and University of Pennsylvania will present their ideas, all of which grew from the Design Principles developed out of the public forums held in January. The Principles will serve as the basis for the public dialogue.

 

6:00 -- registration

7:00 -- presentation in the Perelman Theater

8:00 -- discussion in Commonwealth Plaza

9:10 -- design panel in Perelman Theater

9:30 -- end

Cedarbrook

Cedarbrook is located in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is also sometimes said to be in Northwest Philadelphia. It borders suburban Montgomery County, Pennsylvania at Cheltenham Avenue and Ivy Hill Road. It is northeast of East Mount Airy and northwest of West Oak Lane.