Representing the 13th Congressional District of Pennsylvania
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2012 |
CONTACT: Tali Caiazza 202-225-6111 |
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SCHWARTZ JOINS TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD, MAYOR NUTTER, AND ELECTED AND CITY OFFICIALS FOR GROUNDBREAKING OF DILWORTH PLAZA Schwartz Helped Secure $15 Million for Renovation Project |
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On Monday, January 30th, U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz will join U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, the Philadelphia Congressional Delegation and the Center City District for the groundbreaking of a $50 million investment to renovate Dilworth Plaza in Philadelphia. Schwartz regularly communicated with LaHood to secure $15 million for this critical investment.
Dilworth Plaza will be transformed into an active public plaza for residents, employees and visitors, making it an inviting, attractive destination and public transportation hub. This project will create more than 900 construction jobs with $22 million in wages over the 27 months of the project, which will be completed in early 2014.
The new Plaza will have a large lawn, tree groves, seating for 400, a programmable fountain and a café. During winter, a portable ice rink will cover the fountain area. The concourse beneath Dilworth Plaza will be dramatically improved as a new transit gateway, providing entrances to Broad Street and Market Street subways and the trolley lines. New elevators will make the transit platforms accessible for the first time and a unique work of public art will highlight the movement of trains below the Plaza.
Dilworth Plaza is situated among towering residential and office buildings in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, immediately adjacent to historic City Hall, and at the juxtaposition of the expanding Pennsylvania Convention Center, the thriving Avenue of the Arts performing district and the beginning of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway cultural district.
WHO: Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter
Philadelphia Congressional Delegation
Representative of Governor Corbett
Paul R. Levy, President of Center City District
City Council President Darrell Clarke
Representative of SEPTA
WHEN: Monday, January 30, 2012
9:30 a.m.
WHERE: 1515 Market Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
(immediately across the street from Dilworth Plaza in an office building with a panoramic view of the construction site)
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