Most of the building site is on a gravel surface parking lot now only
occasionally used by the Zoo for overflow parking, not public green
space. The site slopes downward steeply from Girard Avenue, and is not
frequently used by anyone. The site is currently well-served by public
transit, and will be even more so when the 52nd Street/City Branch
Connector light rail line is built to serve the Centennial District,
Parkway Institutions, Convention Center, and possibly the Delaware
Riverfront. The School District will maintain portions of adjacent,
actively-used parkland for use as the school's athletic fields. Public
use of these School District-maintained fields will continue.
This is a case where the positives greatly outweigh the negatives.
GJJ
On Mar 21, 2005, at 3:25 PM, J. Matthew Wolfe wrote:
Agreed. Nothing has changed since this exchange of emails when the
project
was first talked about.
Matt
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I agree with Lauren 100 percent. It makes no sense to use valuable
parkland
to build a school where there is other land available. Once it is
paved
over, it is gone forever. Build it nearby and use the park for
athletic
fields.
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J. Matthew Wolfe
Law Office of Alice W. Ballard, P.C.
1616 Walnut St., Suite 2205
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 893-9990
Fax: (215) 893-9997
4256 Regent Square
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 387-7300
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Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:13 PM
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Subject: [UC] building on Fairmount Park land IS a BAD idea
With acres of brown field sites (and plenty in Mantua) I suggest that
building that school and its associated parking lots and playing
fields on
current Fairmount Park land is a very BAD use of the resources the
city has
to offer the deal. Yes getting a parcel of land from them is probably
easier than getting one together within the fabric of the city -but it
is
still a bad idea and sets a bad precedent. my 2cents worth - Lauren
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Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 2:10 PM
To: univcity@list.purple.com
Subject: [UC] Site for New High School
On my run this morning I passed by a major new construction project
that has
started in a corner of Fairmount Park that sits right on Girard and
Parkside.
They have already felled numerous large trees and fenced off a small
shortcut I
used to cut from Lansdowne Dr. to Girard Ave. The only project I could
think
of
that might be built there would be the much touted new high school I'm
sure
most of us are familiar with and which is sponsored by a particular
corporate
behemoth.
Am I right in my impression that this apparent groundbreaking has been
kept
consipicuously silent?
I also recall the site being described as an out of the way corner of
Fairmount
Park. Now that I know the specific site I can say that is out and out
shit.
They are using prime park land for other purposes. While the merits of
the
competing land uses can be debated, it should have been framed as such.
Maybe its because a corner of land that was a familiar part of my
regular
routine has now been abruptly and fundamentally altered, but this
beginning
feels rather ominous.
Steve Metraux
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