Penn Park To Break Ground On Friday And Probably Be Awesome
On Friday, the University Of Pennsylvania will break ground on the long-in-coming Penn Park, which will occupy a 24-acre parcel of land south of Walnut Street, with Amtrak rail lines to the east and the SEPTA rail corridor to the west and below South Street. It’s a massive project: It’ll cost $46M, feature open space, athletic fields and tennis courts, and it won’t be finished until 2011. University City Review has a lot more details on the project, but if you want the eye candy — and in this case, you definitely do — head over to Penn Connects, where there’s a lot more renderings.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Is that a pedistrian bridge across the Schuylkill River?
November 4th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Sorry, I mean on the Penn Connects website link, images 3 & 4 seem to include a ped bridge to the east side of the river.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
@lutton – it is a ped bridge. Its been in Penn’s plans for years, providing a connection between Locust Walk and Spruce St in Center City, but I don’t think its part of the initial Penn Park development, given the high costs. Still, would be awesome someday.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I’m ridiculously excited about this entire project. Between this, the continuing development of the park and trail across the river, and the new South Street bridge, this section of the city is going to be transformed in the next 5-10 years.
November 4th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
everything is looking up on the West side of our wonderful city
at least up to 52st or so . . .
great stuff
November 4th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
maybe World Cafe Live will even stop sucking in the next 5-10 years.
November 4th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
there will be a bridge from world cafe live to the 21st century.
November 4th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
It’s odd. Some of the renderings have the ped/bike bridge over the river, some don’t. There’s nothing about it in the UC Review article or in the text about the park. Is the bridge on the horizon or has a date been left nebulous?
November 4th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
@djlynnabraham, unlikely.
People need to stop talkin’ shit about the Delaware waterfront; I mean it would be sweet to see it unsuckified but the Schuylkill is so bangin’.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Last night I went for a run on the service road along the Penn sports fields and enjoyed a view of both the skyline and the underbelly of the new South St. bridge. Get down there while you have the chance.