Rehabilitating Philadelphia's "fourth corner"

Submitted by Albert on March 7, 2006 - 10:39am.

Rehabilitating Philadelphia's "fourth corner" - It looks like the long-overdue face-lift for Franklin Square (tragically nestled next to the highway entrance and police headquarters), NE of four symmetric parks in Center City, is about to get rolling. Plans call for repairing and renovating the central circular fountain, installed in the 1830s and nonfunctional for decades. New walkways, lighting and plantings will be installed, along with a [A Smoke-filled Room]

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