| 1907 |
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 February 22: Construction begins on the Fairmount Parkway, renamed the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in 1937 |
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December 12: The Fairmount Park Art Association unveils a new design for the
Fairmount Parkway by architects Horace Trumbauer, Clarence Zantzinger, and
Paul Cret |
| 1909 |
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June 8: The City authorizes the revision of the Fairmount Parkway to comply
with a compromise version of the design prepared by Horace Trumbauer,
Clarence Zantzinger, and Paul Cret for the Fairmount Park Art Association,
freeing the plot for the central library |
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October 7: Mayor John E. Reyburn founds the Comprehensive Planning
Committee |
| 1910 |
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 January 21: Library officials first consider a site for the central library on the Fairmount Parkway at Logan Square between Nineteenth, Twentieth, Vine, and Wood Streets |
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February 18: Library officials resolve to acquire the site for the central library on the Fairmount Parkway at Logan Square |
