30th Street Station Next Great University City Outdoor Space

30th Street Station Next Great University City Outdoor Space

University City – According to www.UniversityCity.org, the next great Philadelphia outdoor space is coming to the areas surrounding 30th Street Station.  Currently the area remains nameless and there is a contest to name it.  Here are some of the details and renderings from the website.

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Name Philadelphia’s Next Great Public Space! – Philadelphia’s next great public space is coming to 30th Street Station and it needs a name.

The area immediately surrounding 30th Street Station, while an important gateway to University City and the entire Philadelphia region, has long been among the least hospitable pedestrian landscapes in University City. The site is adjacent to the second busiest train station in the country, between two magnificent historic buildings, and within 1200 feet of over 16,000 jobs. Thanks to the collaboration of a group of stakeholders – including Councilwoman Jannie L. Blackwell, the Planning Commission, the Streets Department, Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, the Schuylkill River Development Corporation, University City institutions and many others – the outer parking lane along Market Street is being reclaimed as a 40 foot wide sidewalk as part of a broader PennDOT project and will be complete by Labor Day weekend.

University City District believes that PennDOT’s work will literally lay the foundation for creating an inviting, animated public place, with amenities such as abundant and comfortable seating, sun and shade, trees and plantings. We are inspired by the Project for Public Spaces’ “lighter quicker cheaper” placemaking interventions as well as many examples in New York City, where public spaces have been developed by methodically taking small, incremental steps in order to determine what works best rather than beginning with large capital expenses. While we envision a capital-intensive future phase of development with elements such as food kiosks, additional plantings, and a permanent landscaped buffer from Market Street, first phase elements will include movable tables and chairs, as well as seasonal plantings. Shade will be a component of this scheme, in both the form of brightly-colored umbrellas and trees in planters. New activities will bring people to the space—music performances, yoga classes, and holiday celebrations. Future phases of improvements will be informed by a thoughtful and methodical observation of usage patterns around the first phase of improvements.  Future capital investments will be crowdsourced, but we are starting by crowdsourcing a name.

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Here are the requirements and rules posted on the website:

 

 

 

Entry Requirements

Please submit your entry by midnight EST on September 30th to [email protected]

Suggested Name for Public Space:

Reasons for the suggested name (no more than 150 words):

Your Name:

Phone Number:

Email:

Prize – Bragging rights and a $500 gift certificate to Amtrak.

Rules and Additional Information

A 10 person jury will select the winning entry. The final list of jurors will be announced in early September. The winning entry will be announced on or around October 19, 2011.

There is no limit to the number of proposed names each individual may submit. However, each name must be submitted separately.

All submissions must be emailed and include all elements of the entry: the proposed name, an explanation, and the contestant’s contact information.

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Contest is open to residents of the United States of America. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply and all taxes are the responsibility of the winner.

In the event that any one of the winning names has been submitted by multiple entrants, UCD will randomly choose one entrant from among the duplicate entries received and that entrant shall be the winner.

Contest entrants agree that, if their proposed name is selected as the winner, the UCD may use the entrant’s name and likeness for promotional purposes including, but not limited to, official press release announcing the public space’s name and contest winner; optional appearance and/or photo opportunity at the opening event announcing the name; and official announcement on websites.

Submission of an entry constitutes the entrant’s consent to irrevocably assign and transfer to the contest sponsors any and all rights, title and interest in and to the proposed name.

By entering, entrants acknowledge compliance with these rules, including all eligibility requirements.

 

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