4 PHILADELPHIA FREE PRESS • UC REVIEW • APRIL 6, 2016 continued from page 2 SMITH
about nature.” Part of Smiths proactivity expands beyond the out- door classroom. “We are embarking on some capital fundraising to make improvements to our building and we hope that it will allow us to open a nature pre-school in the space,” Wise explained. “That’s not going to hap- pen for a few years because we have to raise a lot of money…in the interim, the nature’s classroom will give adults and children in the North Philadelphia neigh- borhood we want to serve the opportunity to realize the importance of nature- based learning. Three-year-
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olds,” Wise continued, “should not be learning on a worksheet, they should be digging…this,” Wise said of the outdoor nature’s classroom “gives us the op- portunity to help families immediately.” Dan Lambe, President of
the Arbor Foundation joked, “We hear the urban envi- ronment behind us and the birds are chirping, I don’t know if you staged it this way…When we started the nature explorer program several years ago,” Lambe continued, “we had a very simple but important pur- pose and that was to create experiences in nature with children, which would fos- ter wonder and curiosity in children, which would ad- vance our mission to inspire people to plant and nurture trees.”
On the importance of con- necting children to nature, Wagner of the US Forest Service asked, “Do you re- member the first time you heard a songbird chirp and you thought ‘what was that? Where was that?’ These are the kinds of things that you are inviting kids to experi- ence in this outdoor class- room.”
The outdoor classrooms- -developed across the country--offer interactive elements such as musi- cal instruments made of natural materials, garden or pathway areas, and natural materials for building and creating art. Children who learn and grow in Certified Nature Classrooms enhance concentration, develop cre- ativity and problem-solving, relieve stress, and improve skills in many areas of de- velop.
Smith Memorial earned its national certification as a Nature Explore Classroom from the Arbor Day Foun- dation and Dimensions Ed- ucational Research Founda- tion. The outdoor classroom
was made possible with the generous financial support from the US Forest Service in collaboration with Forest Service Northern Research Station, Delaware Valley As- sociation for the Education of Young Children, Phila- delphia Water Department, Philadelphia Horticultural Society, Arbor Day Founda- tion and Dimensions Re- search Foundation. Smith welcomes over 200,000 visits annually to its 16,000 sq. ft. Playhouse and 6.5 acre playground with visitors from over 600 local, national and international postal codes, including ev- ery zip code in Philadelphia. For more information on the Smith Memorial Playhouse and Playground, 3500 Res- ervoir Drive: 215-765-4325,
www.smithplayground.org.
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The first phase also in- cludes the construction of a four-five-story parking garage.
The second phase per- tains to the construction of an NCWA Division Two regulation sports field on campus, as well as a learn- ing commons, “which is a library with some really good study space,” Vitali explained. Phase Three includes
replacement housing for the university’s second and third year students as well as a new lab building and other buildings for ad- ditional student amenities. “This is ten years away,” Vitali noted.
Burke form Campus Apartments, a national housing developer for col- lege campuses, explained that similar redevelop- ment plans have occurred throughout the U.S. “As we work around the country, it’s interesting to see that many institutions are faced with similar challenges: ag- ing facilities. The universi- ties are all raising the bar in improving their facilities on campus to improve spacing for studying, learning and living. We view this as a necessary move for the uni- versity.”
The new residence hall will include “400 beds with a mix of uses from study spaces that are desperately needed…many of the resi- dence halls on campus are fairly dated, living, learning communities for college stu- dents are very important,” Burke emphasized. The four-five story-park-
ing garage, Burke explained, will be constructed on the current campus surface lot. “We’re envisioning that public safety and the facility management team will be located at the base of this building.”
The university expects to complete the garage and residence hall by 2018, Burke added. One nearby resident and block captain said that if the university constructs a four-five-story dorm, she’d oppose it because it would block sunlight to neighbor- ing homes. Mansperger from the Design Collective assured that wouldn’t happen. “The good news is our building is on the north side of 46th Street…Luckily, there’s no effect to any of the build- ings south of it [Woodland Ave]…we’re primarily shad- ing our own courtyard and our lab building…we’re really trying to protect the community from that kind of negative impact.” Mansperger went on to explain the design of the residence hall, a u-shaped building with a center court- yard open to the public. Two retail facilities, pulled back from Woodland Av- enue will flank either side of the building. The univer- sity would like to attract a dining establishment with outdoor seating for part of the retail. Resident hous- ing/study space will be located on the upper floors. The ground floor facing the courtyard will include classroom space that will be available for community use in the evenings as well as resident life offices and two staff apartments. In response to community concerns on the fate of mu- rals at the former Wilson, Mansperger explained that the Design Collaborative would replicate a few on the residence hall. “There are a series of ter- raced courts for storm water management,” Mansperger added.
Questions and concerns
from the community are as follows: One resident would like the university to make its ten-year plan public. Ford said the university could do so when it’s finalized. Concern expressed from the owner of a Mexican eatery who said he wasn’t invited to former meetings with retailers.
Suggestion that the uni- versity should invite retail- ers to have a meeting with the community to gage what it wants.
Suggestion made that
there should be more than one community representa- tive working with the devel- oper and retailer subcom- mittee.
Concern expressed over how the sports fields, when games are occurring, will impact parking.
Request made that local contractors have access to construction jobs.
Request made that the university offers retail op- portunities to diverse eth- nicities.
Concern expressed that the parking garage will not adequately address the lack of parking for long-term residents.
Several in attendance complimented the residence hall’s design. In response to the com- munity’s request for jobs at a previous meeting, the Uni- versity of the Sciences will host a job fair on Saturday, May 21st
from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
For more information: 267-417-7573,
www.uscienc-
es.edu.
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cottage in upstate PA. Jan was a practitioner of living life to its fullest. She was the co-owner with her husband Arthur of Urban & Bye Re- altor in Philadelphia. Jan is survived by her husband Arthur Bye; daughters Elizabeth (James) Haley of Haddonfield, Meredith (Byron) Murrill of Cherry Hill & Jennifer (Michael) Fratini of Man- tua; sisters Gerre Vecchiola & Roberta Maggs and her grandchildren Samuel, Kaitlyn, Anna, Christian, Ava, Henry & Lila whom she loved unconditionally. She was predeceased by her parents Homet and Roberta Vaughan of Danville, PA and sister Nancy Magill. Jan was involved in the University City community for almost 50 years. In the late 1960s/early 1970s, she worked for the Powelton Village Development As- sociation, a community group. PVDA’s focus was on purchasing multifam- ily properties and rooming houses, turning them back into housing appropriate for owner-occupants, and sell- ing them to families. Later, Jan worked for George Fun- derburg and Lois Bye’s real estate firm, Urban Develop- ers, which promoted Uni- versity City in order to build community and preserve the area’s Victorian houses. Jan and Arthur Bye married and took over Bye Real Es-
tate, Arthur’s father’s firm, which was located at 40th & Chestnut Sts. at the time. Twenty-five years ago, they combined Bye Real Estate with Urban Developers, becoming the owners of both, with a name change to Urban & Bye, Realtor. As their predecessors had done, the new firm focused almost exclusively on University City properties. Jan Bye sold many homes in University City over the years, developing long friendships and furthering the growth of University City as a special Philadel- phia neighborhood. Along the way, she never hesitated to go the extra mile, helping out her clients and friends with last-minute painting assistance, finding them temporary places to stay, and taking care of them Visitation Wednesday April 6th 1pm until the Memorial Service at 2pm at the Riverwinds Community Center 1000 Riverwinds Dr, West Deptford, NJ 08086 under the direction of DA- VIS &WAGNER FUNERAL HOME Woodbury, NJ. Memories and condolences shared
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