As
Flying Kite detailed back in late November, Avenue of the Arts, Inc. (
AAI) partnered with the Pennsylvania Horicultural Society (PHS) to launch the "New Vision for South Broad Street" competition. The participants' mission was to continue the thoroughfare's original purpose as an arts and entertainment district but with a modern take. Ten architectural and landscape firms submitted ideas, and four were chosen as finalists. Now the
list has been narrowed once again. From PlanPhilly:
A judging panel, overseen by Avenue of the Arts, Inc. (AAI) Chairman Dianne Semingson, has chosen Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Jonathan Alderson Landscape Architects, Inc., to participate in Phase II of the “New Vision for South Broad Street” Request for Proposal (RFP) project. The two teams, selected from four finalists (the other two were LRSLA Studio and Cairone & Kaupp, Inc.) are charged with pushing forward a program to reinvigorate South Broad Street from City Hall to Washington Avenue.
The two firms will present refined proposals in early 2013 and one winner will be selected.