INCORPORATING FEEDBACK

Design, Transportation, Amenities, and Programming Ideas

Next Steps

Over the last 9 months, during parts 2 and 3 of the planning process, the team has taken the community feedback from the various engagement activities and worked with technical experts and stakeholders, such as engineers, community advocates, public art experts, and others, to establish ideas that are data-driven, achievable and functional for the purposes of additional public feedback to incorporate into the plan. Feedback to date revealed the reimagined Parkway should:

1. Have spaces and opportunities for active and passive recreation.

2. Expand art, cultural, and horticultural experiences.

3. Lend itself to diverse events and provide flexible spaces for small- to large-scale programming.

What are the Current Ideas?

To achieve the vision of a high-quality, accessible, and high-amenity public space, the design team is exploring four strategies that could be implemented over the next two decades. These strategies include shorter-term (5-15 years) and longer-term (15 years and beyond) moves:

1. Connect the Oval - make a seamless pedestrian connection to the Philadelphia Museum of Art (short-term, 2024-2028)

2. Green the Spine - transition the outer lanes of the Parkway to park space (short-term)

3. Circle to Square - restore Logan Square as a grand public square, moving traffic to the edges (long-term)

4. Take Me to the River - connect, improve, and activate the river and River Fields (long-term)

To see visualizations of these moves in detail and learn more about current thinking, take Benjamin Franklin Parkway Survey II today or visit the project StoryMap.