| Clark Park Fundraiser December 6th |
[Dec. 5th, 2008|10:01 pm] |
Give a gift of your own to Clark Park -- and have a great time -- at the 'Party to Rebuild the Park' tomorrow, Saturday, Dec 6. This classic West Philly unoccupied-house party will be thrown at 4502 Kingsessing Ave., 4-8 pm. Admission is on a sliding scale, from $10 to $25. Proceeds go to support the rehabbing of the North Park (Park A).
Enjoy local live music, food and beverages. Check out gift items and certificates donated by local artists and merchants. You can also pick up a famous Clark Park t-shirt or other goodie (everybody knows somebody who needs one).
Lots of folks there will have been planting trees in the park all morning, but we promise we'll all try to shower before the party. We hope to see ALL you friends drop by, and we're always grateful for your support.
-- Tony West
FoCP |
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| Rooms to be available in my house |
[Sep. 18th, 2008|09:40 pm] |
Okay, during October, I'll have two rooms available in my house for rent. It's a shared house in Wewst Philadelphia/University City, with a shared first floor, laundry, kitchen, living room, etc. Cable TV (living room only), TiVo, and DSL is included in the deal, and utilities are included in the rent. You'd share a bathroom with one other person.
There's a fairly big room on the second floor, and a smaller room on the third floor. I'm asking $550 per month for the third floor room (available end of October), or $650 for the second floor room (available end of September). I'm also looking for a female for the third floor room, as the current housemate up there's a woman, and she'd feel more comfortable sharing the floor with a female.
Location is half a block from the Green Line on Baltimore Ave. Clark Park is a block away, it's real close to the trolley lines.
So, any restrictions? No pets, no smoking. That's basically it. |
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| Clark Park Announcements: Youth Soccer, Farmer's Market and Elections |
[Sep. 5th, 2008|12:30 pm] |
Registration for the Fall 2008 Youth Soccer season as just opened. Please browse to our website's Youth Soccer page (http://www.clarkpark.info/YouthSoccer.html) to download the required forms and information. The deadline is September 15th.
Also, due to the expected inclement weather, the Farmer's Market 10th Anniversary Celebration scheduled for September 6th-- tomorrow-- has been postponed to October 4th.
And finally, this October, the Friends of Clark Park will be electing new board members. We want people who love the park, use the park, and can get involved with everything that keeps it such a great place. (And we'll need a new Secretary, too.) If you're interested, visit our table at the Farmer's Market on Saturdays.
Brian Siano
Secretary
Friends of Clark Park |
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| Friends of Clark Park News, August 1, 2008 |
[Jul. 31st, 2008|11:04 pm] |
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We certainly hope you've managed to get out to the Bowl to see Shakespeare in Clark Park's production of As You Like It, which runs until August 3rd.
And we've been working hard, too. We've finished creating the videos of the July 16th General Membership Meeting, where the Park A Revitzliation Plan was presented to the neighborhood and discussed. We've also incorporated some of the images from the architects' presentation. You can view these videos online by clicking in the windows below.
Part 1: Introduction by Jonathan Snyder; Outline by Matt Grubel; Goals and Constraints by Lisa Haines
Part 2: Paths and the Plaza by Bryan Haines
Parts 3 and 4: Question and Answer Period
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| Wednesday, July 16: FoCP General Membership Meeting |
[Jul. 13th, 2008|06:21 pm] |
Please join the Friends of Clark Park at our upcoming Summer Membership Meeting.
The most recent revitalization plans for Park A will be presented. These plans are based on the needs and uses of the park as identified by the nearly 200 park users who completed the survey. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with the designer. Also on the agenda is a scene performance by 'Shakespeare in the Park' and a talk on recycling at Clark Park.
This meeting is open to the public.
Wednesday, July 16: FoCP General Membership Meeting
7:30 pm, Griffith Hall, USP
Reception 7:00 pm |
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| A Fine Clark Park Video |
[Jul. 8th, 2008|10:32 am] |
In this episode of Dialogue for Donors, PhilanthroMedia travels to Philadelphia, PA, where The Food Trust makes great strides to combat urban food deserts by sponsoring local farmers markets.
There's some dandy footage shot at Clark Park, and two of our own-- FoCP President Frank Chance, billed as "market volunteer," and farmer Gina Humphreys-- get some face time.
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| Clark Park Volunteer Work Day - Nutter inaugurates new basketball court |
[Jun. 12th, 2008|12:07 am] |
Park lovers and neighbors, join us for the next Clark Park volunteer day! Saturday, jun 14, in "the park that loves you back", from 9am to 1pm our Morning Work Day will set us to mulching and caring for our newly-planted trees in the Middle Park (B Park). Tools will be provided.
Afterwards, 1-3pm, join us to celebrate our newly-resurfaced basketball court at its public dedication! Mayor Michael Nutter will arrive around 2pm to join a posse of luminaries, including Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, Secretary of DCNR Mike DiBerardinis, Commissioner of Recreation Susan Slawson, representatives from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, University of the Sciences, the Office of Watersheds… along with neighbors and community members.
Katherine Gajewski of the Mayor's Office notes, "The outdoor basketball court is not only a great place to shoot hoops, but it is also managing stormwater at the park. Through a partnership with the Water Dept. Office of Watersheds, a water drainage system was created underneath the new court which collects rainwater from not only the court, but 43rd St. and the adjacent parking lot. What is so special about this demonstration project is that replenishes our groundwater system with clean rainwater, rather than mixing it with pollution in our sewers which then overflows to our rivers.
"The new DCNR grant will support the redesign of Park A, the portion of Clark Park located between Baltimore and Chester Avenues. The proposed plan calls for the creation of a central plaza, consolidation of the pathway system to create more usable green space, the addition of more benches and game tables, additional trees and understory planters and lighting upgrades. Stormwater issues will also be address in the redesign, including improved drainage and catch basins."
Parents, bring your kids. Give them a hand at tree care and then let them shoot a hoop. It'll be fun for all.
-- Tony West
FoCP Outreach Committee**
(Posted to LiveJournal by Brian Siano) |
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| June 2008 means Festivals in Clark Park! |
[Jun. 6th, 2008|10:06 am] |
June is when Clark Park's summer really begins. Not only does the farmer's Market start running on Thursdays, but we're blessed to have two fantastic music festivals grace our lovely park.
This weekend (June 7) brings us the latest Best Fest, and if you click on the link, you'll get their Myspace page. Performers will include The Extraordinaires, Vice Versa, Kurt Vile, Drums Like Machine Guns, Serpents of Wisdom, Soft People, L'ananas, The Chimeras, and the Beat Jams.
http://www.myspace.com/bestfest
It's also wonderful to see the resurrection of a West Philadelphia tradition; the stunning posters and designs for the Clark Park Music and Arts Festival on June 21st. The new poster's a stunner, and their website's logo (by D.E. Christman?) is just spiffy. They also have a MySpace page that has other information there as well.
http://clarkparkfest.org/
http://www.myspace.com/clarkparkfest
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| Party for the Park, May 8th |
[May. 6th, 2008|11:37 am] |
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO YET -- THIS IS THE EVENT that pays for most of the the lawn care (the seeding, fertilizing and mowing) and most of the trash removal in Clark Park during the peak season (May through October). The City does not pick up this cost! There is no other way, not this year. It's on the community; it's on us to come through.
If you love the park, and you love the wonderful impact it has on our neighborhood, then please support it now. The tickets are $60 for Friends of Clark Park members ($75 for non-members) and can be purchased online at http://www.toursignup.com/clarkpark (and yeah, we take them at the door, too.)
What does your money accomplish? Let's see. Your $75 would defray the cost of caring for a strip of parkland 14 ft. wide x 33 ft. deep. That's about the same size as two rooms of a typical West Philly twin.
The event runs from 5:30pm to 8:00pm this Thursday, May 8th. But if you can't make it, you can still give to this cause -- and enjoy the park another day.
Some people don't have $60 in their budget. They donate smaller amounts, whatever they can afford. Whatever you give, you will be able to look at the park every day, and realize it was worth every penny. |
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| Public Safety Forum April 26 |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|09:10 am] |
> "What Can We Do to Make Our City Safe":
> A Forum Featuring Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey
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> and a Panel of Advocates:
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> Bilal Qayym - Men United for a Better Philadelphia
> Dorothy Johnson-Speight - Mothers In Charge
> Bryan Miller - Ceasefire PA
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> Moderated by Elmer Smith - Daily News Columnist
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> Saturday, April 26, 2008
> 10AM to Noon
> First Unitarian Church
> 2125 Chestnut Street
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> Free/Public Welcome
> Coffee and Donuts
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> Sponsored by Americans for Democratic Action, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter
> http://www.phillyada.org |
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| Japanese Cherry Blossom Planting April 26th |
[Apr. 21st, 2008|03:22 pm] |
Yesterday, I went out to Clark Park to dig some holes for the Japanese Cherry Blossoms we're putting in this Saturday. Every one of my vertebrae has something to say about my taking these little adventures.
The Japanese Cherry Blossoms are a project we're doing with the Japan America Society for Greater Philadelphia (http://jasgp.org/) They've been planting cherry blossoms in fairmount Park for decades... and now that that place is full of of the things, they're starting to plant them in local parks. Clark Park is among the first, and we're happy to get some more of these lovelies.
But, this coming Sunday, if you feel like digging in the dirt, come on down to the middle section of Clark Park, right near the basketball courts. We start around 9 a.m., and the ceremony's somewhere around 1 p.m. |
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| Clark Park Calendar of Events |
[Jul. 17th, 2007|03:29 pm] |
Tuesday, July 17th: Arna's Children
The Philadelphia International Action Center and the Philadelphia Anti War Forum will host a free showing of ARNA'S CHILDREN at 8pm in Clark Park at 45th & Regent Sts.
It was made from 1992-2002 and follows a group of Palestinian children in occupied territory.
Wednesday, July 18th: FoCP General Membership Meeting
The Bowl.
Saturday, July 21: The Philadelphia Orchestra Free Neighborhood Concert
7:00 p.m.
http://www.philorch.org/styles/poa02e/www/neighborhood/neighborhood_universitycity_2007.html
Sunday, July 29-Tuesday, July 31: Shakespeare in the Park Amplified Sound Rehearsal
3-9 pm, July 30 and 31 - 5-9pm
August 1 through August 5: Shakespeare in the Park, "Romeo and Juliet"
Nightly at 7 pm. Contact: 215-462-2115 or http://www.shakespeareinclarkpark.org
Tuesday, Aug 7th: FoCP Board Meeting
Saturday, August 18: Pink Elephant Health Fair and Bazaar, Grief Assistance Program ( affilated with city agency)
DJ music 11-5. Contact: Sadiyah Rasheed 215-685-7408
Tuesday, September 4th: FoCP Board Meeting
Saturday, September 8th: Woodland Ave Reunion
Contact: Allen Diggs 215-727-8883
Saturday, Sep 15th: Clark Park Music and Arts Festival
http://www.myspace.com/clarkparkfest
Wednesday, Oct 17th: General Membership Meeting |
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| Clark Park, June 2007 |
[Jul. 9th, 2007|08:01 am] |
This is a project I put together this past month. Hope y'all like it.
(Work safe, but there's music.)
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| Friends of Clark Park General Membership Meeting Jan 17th |
[Jan. 15th, 2007|11:10 pm] |
ANY PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT the proposed "A" (North) Park redesign, which is being negotiated with landscape architect Simone Collins at this time. It'll have quite an impact on the park! FoCP Planning Committee has been busy trying to bring this major project into line with community concerns.
Learn about this at the FoCP General Membership Meeting this coming Wednesday Jan. 17th at Grifith Hall Rm "C", 43rd & Kingsessing Mall on the USP Campus. We'll offer a reception at 7:00pm; the meeting will start at 7:30pm.
A public safety report will deal with recent thefts at the Farmers Market.
Plans for this spring's Party for the Park will be reviewed. This is the benefit that pays for the expanded maintenance program that keeps the park neat and healthy during the peak season. Plenty of volunteer support will be needed.
All persons are welcome to an FoCP general meeting. |
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| Get those posters ready |
[Oct. 8th, 2006|10:59 pm] |
There's a new Poster and Flyer Kiosk installed over at Clark Park. It's about eight feet high, three feet in diameter, made of red cedar, and it's on Chester Avenue between 43rd and 44th streets and it looks frickin' _gawjuss_.
So, if you have any flyers or posters that need displaying, or circulation, g'wan out and staple them up. Be courteous, of course; try to avoid putting your posters over those of other people, and don't cover the thing with dozens of copies of the same flyer. (The kiosk was designed and built by a guy named Joe Shapiro, who does excellent work, as you'll see.)
Also, down near the Tot Lot, there's a new sign illustrating the variety of trees we have in the park. This one was designed by Chris Leswing, who's behind most of the tree plantings and horticultural initiatives around here.
Both of these were initiatives of the Friends of Clark Park. And yeah, we do want people to join. Best way to do this is visit our table at the Farmers' Market on Saturdays. Or, if you come on out to our General Membership Meeting on the 18th, you can join at the door. Or, if you want to participate in our first annual Picnic for the Park on the 21st, you can join then, too.
http://www.clarkpark.info |
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| Friends of Clark Park Meeting October 18th |
[Oct. 6th, 2006|12:48 am] |
(Posted by Brian Siano, Secretary, FoCP)
The Friends of Clark Park is a neighborhood advocacy group for Clark Park. Basically, we try to do what the Dept. of Recreation can't do. And we do a pretty good job of it, raising funds for cleanup, coordinating events, planting trees, and much, much more.
Our most important General Membership Meeting is coming up Wednesday, Oct 18 at 7:30pm (reception with snacks and beverages starts at 7:00). It'll be held in Griffith Hall on the USP campus at 43rd & Kingsessing Mall.
If you are not currently a member of the Friends of Clark Park, you can join at our membership table at the meeting. Or, you can come by to the Farmers' Market this weekend and buy a membership (and maybe a T-shirt).
At the Friends of Clark Park Fall Membership Meeting, officers and directors for the upcoming year will be chosen by vote of the members. A comprehensive set of proposed new bylaws will be voted on by the members.
A design firm has been chosen to come up with a ready-to-go plan for the long-awaited remake of the "A" (North) Park, between Baltimore and Chester. Learn the details and find out how to become involved.
The Large Events Committee will launch a review of this season's activity. Never before has the park been so heavily used. The Rec Dept has asked us to assess the impact on parkland and neighborhood and offer suggestions for reform of next year's rules. We'll recruit members to sit on Large Event Committee meetings to study the record and make recommendations.
If any FoCP member wishes to place a Motion before the Membership Meeting, I need to receive the gist of it no later than 12:00 midnight Thursday, so that it may be published in the UC Review according to our rules.
-- Tony West
FoCP Membership chair
anthony_west@dca.net
cell (267) 456-5687 |
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[Oct. 5th, 2006|11:55 am] |
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I started this community on a whim. I'm the Secretary for the Friends of Clark Park, but I'm leaving this as an open, unmoderated community. Post what ya like, even if ya wanna bitch about the Park or the Friends. |
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