More Park, Less Way: An Action Plan to Increase Urban Vibrancy on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway

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Action 1: Design High-Quality Urban Parks

Open Space Assets

The Parkway is the gateway to Fairmount Park. The entire Parkway (from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall) consists of 85 acres of green space, primarily characterized by cultural and civic uses. This analysis of the existing open space assets highlights more than 17 underutilized acres of the Parkway between Logan Square and the Art Museum. These areas create major voids that divorce the Parkway from its surrounding neighborhoods.


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