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SUMMARY:Ben Franklin Parkway turns 100
DESCRIPTION:On October 26, 1918, the Parkway was officially opened to 
 traffic end to end.\r\nIn 1937, the name of the Fairmount Parkway was 
 changed to honor the city’s most celebrated citizen, Benjamin Frankl
 in.\r\n\r\nSome great pics here http://www.parkway100.org/my-parkway-p
 hoto-contest/winter-season-top-25\r\nParkway Soirée on the Benjamin F
 ranklin Parkway\r\nFriday, October 26, 2018 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm\r\n\r\n
 The wrap-up to our 14-month Parkway 100 celebration is on October 26th
 \r\nThis is the actual date, 100 years ago, when you could first trave
 rse the Parkway, end-to-end!\r\n\r\nPhiladelphia is set to celebrate t
 he 100th birthday of its grand cultural boulevard, the Benjamin Frankl
 in Parkway, with Parkway Soirée, a block-party birthday festival from
  5:00-10:00 p.m., on Friday, October 26, 2018. Presented by the Parkwa
 y Council, in partnership with PECO and PNC Bank, and featuring Night 
 Market Philadelphia, the Parkway 100 finale promotes 100 family-friend
 ly activities and experiences in the Parkway Museums District.\r\n \r
 \nThe centerpiece block party begins with the cutting of a giant birth
 day cake for the Parkway at 5:00 p.m. in Franklin Hall at The Franklin
  Institute, and continues with live music, and square dancing around t
 he picturesque Swann Memorial Fountain in Logan Square. Guests can gra
 b dinner from some of Night Market Philadelphia’s favorite sweet and
  savory food trucks, enjoy strolling entertainers, take in a Parkway p
 ublic art or photo tour, or join a kids’ music jam session.\r\n\r\nT
 he pay-what-you wish evening admission at most institutions that night
  includes:\r\nDino-dancing and a Dino Drafts beer garden at The Academ
 y of Natural Sciences of Drexel University,\r\nPerformances by Ballet 
 X and the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School at the Parkway Central B
 ranch of the Free Library of Philadelphia.\r\nPhiladelphia Museum of A
 rt popular Final Friday has a focus on the three generations of Calder
 s on the Parkway, including Sandy Calder’s Ghost, which hangs in the
  museum’s Grand Stair Hall.\r\nEast Terrace of  The Barnes Foundati
 on will host a Young Professionals Night.\r\n\r\n\r\nhttp://www.parkwa
 y100.org/events\r\n\r\nhttp://www.parkway100.org/News/Detail/121/newsi
 d--244 of other events \r\n\n\nFor more information visit http://www.
 agilephilly.com/events/ben-franklin-parkway-turns-100
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CATEGORIES:ben, franklin, parkway, memorial
LOCATION:Ben Franklin Parkway
WEBSITE:http://www.parkway100.org/events
URL:http://www.parkway100.org/events
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Voris, Lead Coordinator":http://www.agilephilly.com
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