Gazebo At The Art Museum

Located near the Philadelphia Museum of Art this gazebo overlooks the philadelphia water works. The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia,... more

by Tom Gari Gallery-Three-Photography

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Gazebo At The Art Museum

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Tom Gari Gallery-Three-Photography

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Photograph - Photography

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Located near the Philadelphia Museum of Art this gazebo overlooks the philadelphia water works. The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1812 and 1872, it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction. It now houses a restaurant and an interpretive center that explains the waterworks' purpose and local watershed history. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Fairmount park system is named after its first park, Fairmount Park, which occupies nearly half the area of the whole system, at over 4,100 acres Today, the commission divides the original park into East and West Fairmount parks. The original domain of Fairmount Park consisted of three areas: "South Park" or the South Garden immediately below the Fairmount Water Works extending to the Callowhill Street Bridge; "Old Park" which encompassed the former estates of Lemon Hill and Sedgeley; and West Park, the area now comprising the Philadelphia Zoo and the Centennial Exposition grounds. The South Garden predated the establishment of the Park Commission in 1867 and Lemon Hill and Sedgeley were added in 1855�56. After the Civil War, work progressed on acquiring and laying out West Park. In the 1870s, the Fairmount Park Commission expropriated properties along the Wissahickon Creek to extend Fairmount Park proper. The Schuylkill River Trail is a modern addition and was not included in 19th-century acquisitions.

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June 28th, 2017