Logan Square -- in Philadelphia
Logan Square -- in Philadelphia
Logan Circle, also known as Logan Square, is an open-space park in Center City Philadelphia's northwest quadrant and one of the five original planned squares laid out on the city grid. The circle itself exists within the original bounds of the square; the names Logan Square and Logan Circle are used interchangeably when referring to the park. Originally Northwest Square in William Penn's 1684 plan for the city, the square was renamed in 1825 after Philadelphia statesman James Logan. The park is the focal point of the eponymous neighborhood. Logan Square was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
History
Prior to the 1800's the city developed along the Delaware River, leaving the area around Logan Square as untouched forest through the American Revolution. Over the next quarter century the square served as a pasture, execution grounds, and graveyard, and hosted a gallows until the hanging of William Gross in 1823. With aims of redirecting public attention away from its previous morbid use, Philadelphia leased the square to the Orphans' Society from 1821 to 1830.
In 1842 an ordinance “made it an offense to drive or take into Logan, Penn, or Rittenhouse squares any ‘horse, cow, cart, wagon, carriage or wheelbarrow, except by permission, or place any wood, coal, rubbish, carrion, or offensive matter within either [sic] of the squares, or to climb on the trees, fences or gates . . . or to dig up the soil or injure the grass, or to run or walk over or lie on the same.’”[5]By the 1840s Philadelphia had begun a restoration of the square from its former days as a graveyard, lining the walks with trees, planting greenery and shrubbery, and constructing a wooden fence allowing the square to resemble Penn's vision of an urban green space. During this period, the city limited access to Logan Square to homeowners with property connected to the square who paid for its upkeep; the city constructed a wrought iron fence around the square in 1852.
In 1864 the square was the site of the Great Sanitary Fair, a fundraising event in support of the United States Sanitary Commission to help raise money, support, and buy medicine for the Union troops during the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln visited the fair and donated forty-eight signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation, which sold for $10 each. In 1881 the Pennsylvania Railroad constructed a viaduct that disconnected Logan Square and Rittenhouse Square, altering William Penn’s original plan of connectivity between the city's five squares. Before the 20th century the square was also used as a location for concerts and other community events.
Since the 1890's the city had envisioned constructing of a boulevard similar to the Parisian Champs-Élyséese and in 1907 the plans were approved. The square began to transform again: the original bounds of the square—18th Street to the East, 20th Street to the West, Race Street to the South and Vine Street to the North remain intact, and the square began to more closely resemble its appearance today, distinguished by its circle. Construction began in 1917 on a plan to connect Center City with Fairmount Park which later became a segment of Benjamin Franklin Parkway. It was designed by Jacques Gréber, a French landscape architect who converted Logan Square into a circle similar to the oval of the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Philadelphia even modeled its Free Library and Family Court Building after the twin buildings of the Hôtel de Crillon and the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris.
Among the sites in its immediate vicinity are the Swann Memorial Fountain at the center of the circle, Parkway Central Library, the former Philadelphia Family Court Building, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute, Moore College of Art and Design, the Roman Catholic Cathedral-Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, and the Mormon Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple.[10]
The circle itself is the subject of the local band The Wonder Years' song 'Logan Circle' from their studio album The Upsides.
Logan Circle in Philly
Logan Circle, also known as Logan Square, is an open-space park in Center City Philadelphia
The Logan Hotel Experience
Experience cosmopolitan culture and artistic sensibility at The Logan, Philadelphia's Hotel.
PHILADELPHIA LANDMARKS
Logan Circle
Rally for Equality in Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA; Speaking is Jordan Gwendolyn Davis
Marriage Equality for Pennsylvania, Delaware Valley Americans United, Marriage Equality USA, The Summit, and many more came together today to rally for LGBT rights and marriage equality!
Logan Square, Philadelphia
view from guest room, Four Seasons Philadelphia
Comcast Technology Center -- Beautiful New Building by Comcast in Philadelphia
Comcast Technology Center
The Comcast Technology Center is a supertall skyscraper in Center City, Philadelphia. The 60-floor building, with a height of 1,121 feet (342 m), is the tallest building in Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania, the tenth-tallest building in the United States and the tallest outside Manhattan and Chicago. The tower is located on the southwest corner of 18th and Arch Streets, one block west of the Comcast Center, the headquarters of Comcast Corporation. A hotel—the highest in the country—and restaurant are located on the top floors, while central floors contain offices for Comcast software developers and engineers, and the lowest floors have television studios and retail stores.
Construction began in mid-2014, topped out on November 27, 2017, and the first personnel began moving into the building in late July 2018. The tower was open to the public in October 2018.
Design and construction
The lead architect was Foster and Partners, with Kendall/Heaton Associates the collaborating architect, and interior design by Gensler with Foster and Partners in collaboration. The L.F. Driscoll Company was the construction contractor. The tower contains approximately 1.566 million rentable square feet, including 1.334 million rentable square feet of office space, 230,112 square feet of hotel space, and 2,682 rentable square feet of retail space.
A set of five tuned sloshing dampers containing 125,000 gallons of water are located in the ceiling of the 57th floor, beneath the hotel lobby. The moving water is a counteracting force on windy days to reduce swaying of the upper part of the tower. A-shaped steel braces are embedded between hotel rooms on the east and west sides, to stiffen the upper part of the building against strong, prevailing winds.
Use
The building consists primarily of workspace for Comcast employees and the Four Seasons Hotel, formerly on Logan Circle. The hotel is on the 48th to 56th floors with a lobby and restaurant on the 60th floor. Accommodations include 219 rooms, 39 of them suites. The building also includes television studios, restaurants, a retail mall, and a parking garage. The entire project contains about 1,566,000 square feet (145,500 m2). The property is co-owned by Comcast and Liberty Property Trust, and had an estimated construction cost of $1.5 billion.
Comcast's NBC station WCAU (channel 10), along with Telemundo's WWSI (channel 62) announced plans to move their studio operations and offices from City Avenue, the Philadelphia-Bala Cynwyd boundary, to several of the lower floors of the building. The stations completed the on-air move on October 21, 2018, though some operations (such as the base for the station live vehicles) will remain in Bala Cynwyd for the time being.
Tour in Philadelphia USA
giro turistico,da Benjamin Franklin Pkwy alla fontana di Logan Square,in Philadelphia.USA
Architectural details of the Philadelphia Temple
Video showing some of the architectural details of the new Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple.
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Logan square park philadelphia
Philadelphia up-close - Logan Square
Philadelphia - Logan Square.
PHS: The Logan Square Restoration
PHS partners with Fairmount Park to renovate Philadelphia's Logan Square landscape through its Philadelphia Green program.
People To Rappel Down One Logan Square For Good Cause
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Logan Square in Philadelphia
I visited Philadelphia early July 2016.
Scuhykill Expressway ( Interstate 76 U.S 202 to interstate 676) east
This is a portion of interstate 76 that goes from the turnpike to Philadelphia. Highlights: U.S 202, interstate 476, and downtown Philadelphia. For more info go here:
Philadelphia Logan Square, Swan or Three Rivers fountain
This beautiful bronze figured fountain is located in Logan square Philadelphia and is called the Swan fountain or Three rivers fountain. Spectacular Turtles and frogs spray under high pressure water
LOVE PARK {The Love Fountain} PHILADELPHIA, PA
The Love Park fountain is often dyed colors throughout the year to commemorate or celebrate events. Regular colors have included:
Pink - kickoff for breast cancer awareness month (annually in October)
Blue - commemoration of police officer fatalities
Green - in honor of the Philadelphia Phillies winning the World Series, Phanatic Green (October 29, 2008) Also to support the Philadelphia Eagles in 2011.[2]
Red - marketing event for Showtime's Dexter television series[3]
Purple - Lupus Awareness[4]
Swann Memorial Fountain Fountain by Alexander Stirling Calder The Swann Memorial Fountain
Swann Memorial Fountain
Fountain by Alexander Stirling Calder
The Swann Memorial Fountain (also known as the Fountain of the Three Rivers) is an art deco fountain sculpture located in the center of Logan Circle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[1
JFK Plaza and City Hall in Philadelphia
PHS: Partnering with Fairmount Park to restore Logan Square
Fairmount Park's Mark Focht's discusses their partnership with PHS to restore Philadelphia's Logan Square.