Parkway and civic center schemes in Philadelphia

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Parkway and civic center schemes in Philadelphia are influential early-20th-century urban planning designs that helped shape the city’s monumental civic and cultural core.

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instanceOf city planning proposal
early 20th-century urban design
urban planning scheme
appliesToJurisdiction City of Philadelphia
linked to: Philadelphia
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts planning principles
category City Beautiful movement in Philadelphia
History of Philadelphia
Urban planning in the United States
chronology developed after the turn of the 20th century
country United States
describedAs influential early-20th-century urban planning designs
fieldOfWork city beautification
civic design
urban planning
hasEffect concentration of civic buildings
establishing a formal boulevard axis
shaping Philadelphia’s museum district
hasImpactOn location of major cultural institutions in Philadelphia
symbolic image of Philadelphia as a civic capital
hasPart Benjamin Franklin Parkway planning
civic center district planning
hasPurpose creation of a monumental civic center
enhancement of cultural institutions’ setting
improvement of traffic circulation
influenced Philadelphia’s civic core
Philadelphia’s cultural district
monumental urban design in Philadelphia
inspiredBy City Beautiful movement
location Philadelphia
mainSubject civic architecture
public space design
transportation planning
partOf civic center planning in Philadelphia
development of Philadelphia’s monumental core
relatedTo Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia civic center area
startTime early 20th century

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Jacques Gréber notableWork Parkway and civic center schemes in Philadelphia
Kelly Drive isPartOf Philadelphia parkway system
linked to: Parkway and civic center schemes in Philadelphia