A New Place to Park It
November 5, 2009 at 3:08 pm
In a move similar to the nerd-land conquests, Penn laid claim to 24 acres of land between Walnut and Spruce Street. Once serving as some US Postal Service thing, it then became some place east of campus that no one ever really thought about. Until now. Because we're getting a park!
Set for A-Gut to break ground November 6th (how do you break ground on a park?), the lofty vision for Penn Park includes such things as sprint football turf, a softball stadium, new tennis courts, and "multi-purpose artificial fields (one enclosed by a seasonal air structure)." Tree-lined raised walkways and plenty of scenic Schuylkill River photo ops will almost make visitors forget they're cozying up to the Amtrak and SEPTA lines that run through the area.
If you can't wait until the projected 2011 completion to pack your picnic basket, fear not! There's a really cool website where you can e-frolick to your hearts' content, as well as look at the other projects in Penn's pipeline (i.e. a new College House!?). Everything there seems legit, except one suspicious image. What is this, a park for ants!?
