Arts and Culture
Glen Foerd on the Delaware/Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation
Glen Foerd, a grand ‘20s-era estate on the Delaware River, is now part of Philadelphia’s park system. The Collaborative’s volunteer team developed a conceptual plan to show how its charming garden house could be reinvented as a play house for children’s programming. They also designed and built a temporary play space to test out ideas for bringing play to Glen Foerd.
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A patio could extend play space beyond the garden house.
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Glen Foerd's garden house has been vacant for 30 years.
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A conceptual plan shows one option for the layout of the play house.
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A temporary play patio was fabricated from recycled pallets and ordinary lumber in the summer of 2016.
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Playing checkers on the temporary play patio.
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Enjoying the chalkboard and chimes on the temporary play patio.
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The conceptual design for creating a permanent play patio.
