Come celebrate art, ecology and the Delaware River
with a movie night! 

8 PM, August 26, 2010 at
Jefferson Square Park, Washington Ave and S. 4th Street  
The new pop-up park at Pier 53 on the Delaware River, located at Washington Ave. and Columbus Blvd will open this fall! The design of the new meadows, woodlands and recreational trail will combine art and design sensitive to river ecology. 

Come celebrate this new resource for South Philly and the city by watching Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time. 
 
This 90-minute film is a beautiful look at Goldsworthy's ecological art and his creative process:    “… a mesmerizing, poetic and curiously contemplative portrait of revered Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, whose long-winding rock walls, icicle assemblages and other intricate, druidic masterpieces are made entirely of materials found in the wild. Gorgeously shot and edited by director Thomas Riedelsheimer, RIVERS AND TIDES is an intoxicating study of the fragile relationship between man, art and nature.”  
Join the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the Friends of Jefferson Square, Queen Village Neighbors Association  and Pennsport Civic, and the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation for this special event.   

Bring a chair or blanket. FREE  –  includes popcorn! 
Rain date September 2nd.  

 

PROJECT BACKGROUND 
Pier 53 is a new park project located on the waterfront at Washington Avenue. The site is behind the Sheetmetal Workers’ training facility and just south of the US Coast Guard station. The project is a fast-tracked design-build project. The design portion includes the design of a park and ecological restoration for a partially submerged pier and one acre of upland area. The funds available will only construct the upland one acre, but once the design is complete DRWC will be using the design documents to search for funding for construction of the rest of the project.  

A illustration of the plan for Pier 53 showing the first phase of work, the upland area

DRWC engaged Biohabitats, Inc., a Baltimore-based firm, to complete the design. Biohabitats has engaged The Dawson Corporation for the construction work. Biohabitats is currently in design, will have a concept completed by the end of May, and the entire project will be completed by the beginning of September.  

This project also contains a public art component, and renowned environmental artist Stacy Levy has been engaged by Biohabitats to complete this portion of the project.  

Funding for the project is as follows:$500,000 from DRWC (grant from William Penn Foundation)$70,000 from the Philadelphia Water Department (grant from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources)$30,000 of in-kind staff time from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society for public outreach (grant from federal Coastal Zone Management program through the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)