Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-03
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FOR FAIR SITE
ovt Development One Of Ar
guments Advanced by
Ne Committee
THREE BODIES FAVOR PARK

. Is.
lDsnt. construction Of a Federal build
-, creation Of q university of Phila-
/, dslphia and converting 1000 acres Of
c!ey. land into modern wonder
~ the world. the South Philadelphia
Sesqui Centennial Committee contended
leoe night at n meeting that that Sec
ton was the best site for the worlds s
! Air.
The committee met and completed rs
, organization at the City Club. n"
merits Of the South Philadelphia site.
adjacent to League Island, were pre-
sented in words and pictures.
simultaneously meeting were held bv
proponents Of the Hog Island site a.
Fifty. seventh treet and Woodland ave,
nue, and an exposition of the Cret plan
vas given at the West Philadelphia
branch Of the Y. W. c. A. The North
west Business Mems Association ap-
proved the Cret plan at meeting.
Park Site Boomed
With three organizations empowered
TO Investigate thc subject. recommend
ing the adoption of the Fairmount
Park Parkway site for the Sesdui Cen
tennial Exposition. plans were started
by the Mayor and the Executive Com
/; mittee to select site within the next
until all have had an opportunity to
Public hearings will begin at 2:30
o'clock next Tuesday afternoon in the
Mayors office. 1t is felt that the pub
ties interest Is thoroughly aroused.
As soon as the Executive Committee
has settled upon a site. Congress Will
be asked to aid the fair.
The Fairmount Park Parkway site
va. recommended by the Ensineers'
Club. the Philadelphia Real Estate
Board and the Philadelphia Chapter Of
the American Institute Of Architects in
reports made public at yesterday $
meeting Of tho Executive Committee.
The organizations had been authorized
by the committee 70 collate data re-
garding the fourteen sites under dis
cussion. They considered hotel accom-.
nlodations. railroad facilities, sccessi.
bility. and the general transportation
question.
Two Other Sites Urged
Added TO the three sites are Penny
pack Park. urged By the Northeast
Sesqui Centennial Association. and the
Houston Estate in Roxborough. Plans
were completed Wednesday night by
meeting in the Metropolitan Opera
House on the night of February 13 to
promote the Pennyp8ck site.
As an opening wedge in the South
Philadelphia movement, fifty three
acres Of unimproveI land between
League Island and the South Philadel.
phia plaza were offered by the owners
free and for an unlimited time. Charles
Shetzline offered twenty tive acres. B.
Dintcnfass twenty five and Maurice Al.
laun three.
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League Island were that It contains
space of thousands of automobiles; nc
feasibility, being only two and ne.hali
miles from the center Of the city ade-
quate transportation facilities; low
cost. as the city already has expended
millions OF dollars 70 improve the sec.
tton. and the fact that the section Is
virtually vacant would make the cos,
OF demolition negligible.
Andrew Wright Crawford, mem
Der Of the Art Jury. told Of the ad.
vontases of the Parkway -Schuykill site
st : meeting in the West Branch Of the
7. M. c. A.. Fifty second and SAMSON
streets. under the auspices of the West
Philadelphia United Civic Association.
Homer &. Davis. president Of the asso.
citation. presided.
I Resolutions were adopted requesting
the Exposition Commission to adopt the
Parkway .Schuylkill site.
More than n thousand business men
and citizens from all parts of south g.
west Philadelphia were told their con.
munity could be transformed into Il
''veritable Venice If it should be
chosen as the exposition site. by Will.
liam Il. Bricker. president of the Hog
leland Section Site Association. He
spoke at nn organization meeting Of the
body in the Fortieth Ward Republican
Club. Fifty seventh street and Wood
land avenue.