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Bartram’s Garden
The site – Bartram’s Garden – is located in West Philadelphia, off of Lindbergh Boulevard at Harley Street (near 54th Street). It is approximately 45 acres and stretches over 2000’ along the Schuylkill River. It was founded by John Bartram, a noted American botanist, in 1728. The site contains both historic and contemporary structures as well as a new public trail (‘The Bartram’s Mile’) that will connect to the Schuylkill River Trail via a new bridge that is under construction near Gray’s Ferry Avenue. An adjacent site, immediately north of Bartram’s Garden, also along the Schuylkill River, is included in the project. This site, approximately 5 acres along Botanic Avenue, includes several industrial structures that are owned by the City of Philadelphia. Within my project, I addressed the site by making it a uniting factor for the community, as well as anchoring its visitors. This plan addresses the historic core and provides a relationship with gestural land-form buildings on either side of the historic core of the site. Additionally, the new master plan gracefully develops the waterfront and allows for row home-like structures to interact with the water and alludes to the fabric of the West Philadelphia community.
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