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There has been concern that the original plan of a wide, multi-sectioned, multi-lane, tree-lined boulevard, while beautiful to travel on, is not very engaging for pedestrian or other public use. Traffic along the Parkway has decreased considerably because of the completion of
965: 299:. The traffic lanes around Eakins Oval originally formed a regular oval; this pattern was modified in the early 1960s to its present elongated circular shape, with the truncated lanes serving as staging areas for various events. 233:. Preliminary proposals for the Parkway had been produced and added to the City Plan by 1906, but the first comprehensive plan for the Parkway was commissioned in 1907 by the Fairmount Park Art Association, now the 1532: 694: 408: 713: 1432: 245:, who created a detailed parkway design that was formally added to the City Plan in 1909. Construction on the Parkway did not begin until 1917, when French landscape architect 1569: 1721: 280:, and the Parkway's terminating at the Art Museum gives the notion of "a slice of Paris in Philadelphia." The Parkway contains flags of countries from around the world. 1483: 887: 417: 799: 1762: 1703: 1611: 1258: 2206: 1735: 1178: 1102: 1777: 1590: 1708: 1437: 895: 881: 673: 1782: 1767: 376:; the Parkway was flooded with over a million visitors both weekend days, a Celebration of Families on Saturday, and a Holy Mass on Sunday. 2171: 1817: 1757: 751: 732: 1772: 1540: 1153: 772: 1824: 1635: 542: 1671: 1522: 1290: 1243: 837: 2191: 1849: 1640: 1368: 2196: 1619: 1504: 1053: 1802: 1752: 1305: 345:
The Parkway has been used for several subsequent editions of the Made in America Festival. The Parkway was also the site of
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through Kelly Drive (formerly East River Drive), Martin Luther King Drive (formerly West River Drive), the
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Building the city beautiful: the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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in the United States. The road was constructed to ease heavy industrial congestion in
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On July 2, 2005, the steps of the museum played host to the Philadelphia venue of
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Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Center City, Philadelphia
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and to restore Philadelphia's natural and artistic beauty, as part of the
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on the western end of the Parkway, at the foot of the Art Museum's
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submitted a revised plan to the Commissioners of Fairmount Park.
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The Parkway also is an outdoor sculpture garden. Works include:
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Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
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Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One
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Outline History of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway 1871-1935.
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Benjamin Franklin Parkway from the top of the steps of the
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A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain
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Some of the city's most famous sights are located here:
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The vision for a grand parkway came from retail pioneer
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A Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks
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greatly affiliated with the city and the successful
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Jacques Gréber
Benjamin Franklin
City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Eakins Oval
Fairmount Park
Arch Streets
Logan Square
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father
American Revolution
grid plan
Center City
Philadelphia City Hall
Logan Circle
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Franklin Institute
Philadelphia Museum of Art
famous for its urban planning
urban renewal
Center City
City Beautiful
John Wanamaker
Association for Public Art

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