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Tacony Creek Park Maps, Plans and Drawings

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This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to Tacony Creek Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in items relating to city and utility plans, and plans relating to Juniata Park and Juniata Golf Course. Items included in this collection are dated from 1903 to 1983, with the bulk of items dating from the 1950s to the 1970s. All items included are in English.

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Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archives
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Finding aid prepared by Caity Tingo
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Collection Inventory

Tacony Creek Park. Plan showing additional land to be acquired for Tacony Creek Park., 1903.
Tacony Creek Park. Map of length of Tacony Creek Park from Cheltenham Avenue to Cayuga Street, including information on when parcels were placed under the care and management of the Fairmount Park Commission by dated ordinance., May 1965.
Tacony Creek Park. Map of length of Tacony Creek Park from Cheltenham Avenue to Cayuga Street with handwritten notes., 1961.
Tacony Creek Park. Proposed Tacony Creek freeway route from Delaware River to Cheltenham Avenue. [1 original; 1 reproduction] [1 unique sheet; 2 sheets total], February 1965.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of land devised by Maud Fisher to the City of Philadelphia for a park to be known as Brookwood, vicinity of Crescentville Avenue bounded by Cheltenham Avenue and Medary Avenue., 1 July 1937.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of land devised by Maud Fisher to the City of Philadelphia for a park to be known as Brookwood, vicinity of Crescentville Avenue and Chelton Avenue to lands of John Emory, primarily in Montgomery County., 1 July 1937.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of land devised by Maud Fisher to the City of Philadelphia for a park to be known as Brookwood, vicinity of Crescentville Avenue bounded by Cheltenham Avenue and Medary Avenue to lands of John Emory., 1 July 1937.
Tacony Creek Park. Portion of Brookwood Park, located in Montgomery County, bounded by Cheltenham Avenue, Tookany Creek Drive, Tacony Creek, and two set stones (previously referred to land of John Emory)., 5 April 1961.
Tacony Creek Park. Portion of Brookwood Park, located in Philadelphia, bounded by Cheltenham Avenue, Crescentville Road, Tacony Creek Park, and Tacony Creek., 23 March 1961.
Tacony Creek Park. Park addition plans, Tacony Creek Park: Site plan from Philadelphia county line to Rising Sun Avenue, bike path details, horse trail details, trim path schedules, SP1 [2 copies]; site plan from Rising Sun Avenue to Roosevelt Boulevard, sign details, grade details, tree notes, SP2 [3 copies]; detail plan for entrance area at Adams Avenue, north and south entrance details, DP1; detail plan for totlot 2 and bridges, DP2. [4 unique sheets; 11 sheets total], July 1975.
Related Archival Materials note

A blueprint copy of SP1 is located in T1.2, separated for preservation reasons.

Tacony Creek Park. General outline of a portion of Tacony Creek Park region from Melrose Country Club to Adams Avenue, bounded by Newtown Avenue and Crescentville Avenue., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Culvert carrying Tacony Creek under the Newtown and New York Branch of the Reading Railroad., 21 December 1936.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of the revision of the lines and grades of portions of city plans nos. 268 and 274 bounded by Cheltenham Avenue, Crescentville Road, Adams Avenue, Godfrey Avenue, Front Street, 65th Avenue North and Second Street and the revision of the lines and grades of intersecting and boundary streets affected thereby.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of Tacony Creek Park, from Cheltenham Avenue to Cayuga Street, labeled "incorrect"., 22 May 1939.
Tacony Creek Park. Map of Tacony Creek Park region from the Montgomery County line approximately to Roosevelt Boulevard. [reproduction], n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Map detailing the intersections of Crescentville Avenue with Walnut Park Drive and with Cheltenham Avenue.
Tacony Creek Park. Map showing the central and northern region of Tacony Creek Park, highlighing the Reading Railroad and Tacony Creek Intercepting sewer, and labeled plot no. 79 and plot no. 70., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan made for the use of Board of View in the appropriation of a lot of ground for Tacony Creek Park (Cheltenham Avevenue, Philadelphia, and Newtown Railroad, Godfrey Avenue and Tacony Creek)., 6 March 1925.
Tacony Creek Park. Olney Midget League refreshment stand and storage room, Hammond Avenue and Nedro Avenue. [reproduction] [1 unique sheet; 4 sheets total], n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan showing property to be acquired for the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad from Patrick J. Brankin, trustee, from lands of Thomas Finley et al. to lands of Oak Lane Land and Improvement Company., 19 December 1904.
Tacony Creek Park: Site plan. Sitting area, Crescentville Road and Cheltenham Avenue, featuring landscape, grading and building details., 3 August 1978.
Tacony Creek Park. Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad in the 35th ward, City of Philadelphia, and Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania., December 1916.
Tacony Creek Park. Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad in the 35th ward of the City of Philadelphia, bounded by Little Tacony Creek and Newtown Avenue., January 1933.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan and estimate for the improvement of Crescentville Road from Hammond Street to Adams Avenue, Adams Avenue (shoulder widening) from Crescentville Road to the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad: Street plans, tree well detali, and estimated quantities, sheet 1 of 2; street plan, surface sections, inlet detail, headwall detail, sheet 2 of 2. [2 unique sheets; 2 sheets total], n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan for the collection and treatment of the sewage of the City of Philadelphia, intercepting sewer along Tacony Creek (and connections thereto) from Bingham Street to about 160 feet south of the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad: Sheet 1 of 2; sheet 2 of 2. [fragile] [2 unique sheets; 2 sheets total], 24 July 1925.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Plan no. 66 as bounded by Rising Sun Avenue, the intersection of Boudinot Street and Roosevelt Boulevard, Oakland Street and Vankirk Road., December 1956.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Plan no. 73 as bounded by Broad Street, Nedro Lane, Crescentville Road, Cheltenham Avenue, and 68th Street., December 1960.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Plan no. 74 as bounded by Godfrey-Adams Road, the Montgomery County line and Levick Street, Knorr Road, and the intersection of Comly Road and Benner Street., March 1961.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Map of sewer system and intercepting sewer information in the vicinity of sta. 111+38.89 to sta. 130+46.05, depicting the eastern residential portion of Tacony north of the Reading Railroad., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park: Plan for bridge. Bridge - 221, Rising Sun Avenue over Frankford Bridge of Reading Company reconstruction of deck, including cross-sections and beam details. [fragile], 4 May 1955.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan for placing upon city plan no. 274 North Hill Creek Drive, South Hill Creek Drive, East Hill Creek Drive, West Hill Creek Drive, Hill Creek Circle and rights-of-way for drainage and water pipe purposes within the area of the Hill Creek Housing Project and revising the lines and grades of the southeast corner of Adams Avenue and Rising Sun Avenue., 8 November 1957.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan for the collection and treatment of the sewage of the City of Philadelphia, connection to intercepting sewer along Tacony Creek in Bingham Street from Chew Avenue to Garland Street. [fragile], November 1925.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of a portion of Tacony Creek Park, bounded by center line of Tabor Street, center line of Tacony Creek, north east side of Rising Sun Avenue and north side of Olney Avenue. [fragile], 6 April 1916.
Tacony Creek Park: Site plan. Little league baseball fields, Hammond Avenue and Nedro Avenue, floodlighting: Electrical plan and details, E1., September 1982.
Tacony Creek Park: Site plan. Hammond and Nedro Playground site improvements, including paving detail, A1., October 1982.
Tacony Creek Park: Site plan. Storage building for Olney Midget and Teenage Baseball League, Nedro Avenue and Hammond Avenue, Tacony Creek Park, including plot plan, footing and foundation plan, floor plan, section details, and front and side elevations. [1 unique sheet; 2 sheets total], 2 May 1971.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan placing on the city plan an addition to Tacony Creek Park and striking from the city plan and vacacting the legally open portions thereof of Bingham Street from Garland Street to Olney Avenue and Chew Avenue from Rising Sun Avenue to Bingham Street and resevring a portion of Bingham Street as a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes, 35th and 42nd wards, Philadelphia, portion of city plan no. 274. [1 sheet in two pieces] [1 unique sheet; 2 sheets total], 21 April 1952.
General Physical Description note

Document is split down the center, but still highly usable. The two pieces are in fair condition.

Tacony Creek Park: Estate plan. Plan of estates and lots approximately from City Line Avenue southward to Roosevelt Boulevard. [fragment], n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Map of Crescentville Road from "B" Street to Cheltenham Avenue. [reproduction] [in two pieces], n.d.

Tacony Creek Park. Tabor Rams Athletic Club building, Whitaker Avenue and Loudon Street: Site plan and roof plan, A1; floor plan, A2; electrical floor plan, E1. [3 unique sheets; 3 sheets total], July 1983.
Tacony Creek Park. Tracing of the intersection of Garland Street and Tabor Road, with plotting of water main and drinking fountain., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Tacony Creek Park proposed baseball field, north of the intersection of Wyoming Avenue and Maple Lane in the vicinity of St. Vladimir's Ukranian Orthodox Church with elevation details., 30 May 1972.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan for baseball field, including elevation and grading details, north of Loudon Street between Bingham Street and Whitaker Avenue., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan to revise the lines and grades of that portion of the city plan bounded by the Roosevelt Boulevard, Ashdale Street, Whitaker Avenue, Herkness Street, produced, Philadelphia, Bustleton and Trenton Railroad, Loudon Street, produced, Loudon Street and Bingham Street including placing upon the city plan Pennway Street from Whitaker Avenue to Ruscomb Street and placing on the city plan parcels "A" and "B" as additions to Tacony Creek Park and placing on the city plan parcel "C" as an addition to Tacony Creek Park. [1 unique sheet; 2 sheets total], 21 January 1952.
Tacony Creek Park: Site plan. Playground, Tabor and Garland streets, site plan and details, including planting schedule and equipment list., 27 April 1970.
Tacony Creek Park: Topographic plan. Tacony Creek Park, vicinity of Roosevelt Boulevard. [1 unique sheet; 2 sheets total], 29 December 1972.
Tacony Creek Park. Architect plan made for Howard F. Whitaker, Anthony H. Whitaker, et al., in the vicinity of the intersection of Tabor Road and "F" Street., 15 August 1972.
Existence and Location of Copies note

Mylar version of this plan can be found in T4.3.

Tacony Creek Park. Plan of property surveyed for the Estate of Gilbert R. Gaulbert, deceased, bounded by "D' Street, Winghocking Avenue, Ramona Avenue, and Tacony Creek Park. [in three pieces] [fragile], 22 January 1912.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan to revise the lines and grades of Bingham Street from Rockland Street to the Roosevelt Boulevard to place on city plan an extension of Tacony Creek Prk, the area included between east line of Bingham Street as shown on the confirmed city plan and the east line of Bingham Street as proposed to be revised by this ordinance to strike from city plan Rockland Street between Bingham Street and Whitaker Avenue and to place on city plan Rorer Street between Bingham Street to Ruscomb Street city plans nos. 232 and 233., 21 November 1927.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan revising the curb grades on city plans nos. 232, 233, and 344 of Whitaker Avenue from Loudon Street to Pennway Street and Pennway Street from Whitaker Avenue to a point of curve 161 feet southeast of Whitaker Avenue., 9 January 1968.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan revision of lines and grades of city plan no. 344, from Roosevelt Boulevard to Wyoming Avenue. [fragile].
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of property made for the Estate of Laura M. Dewees, in the vicinity of the intersection of Wyoming Avenue and Maple Lane., 16 December 1969.
Tacony Creek Park: Latitudinal and longitudinal plan. Plan made for R and S Koffler, bounded by Ruscomb Street, "F" Street, Roosevelt Boulevard and Tacony Creek., 12 November 1952.
Tacony Creek Park: Latitudinal and longitudinal plan. Plan of property surveyed for Herman Landenberger, in the vicinity of the intersection of Ruscomb Street and the center line of the Oxford Road Branch Connecting Railway. [fragment] [fragile], 27 November 1908.
General Physical Description note

Item is in poor condition. The material has become brittle and tears easily, and nearly one quarter of the document (lower right-hand side) has been torn away. Handle with care.

Tacony Creek Park: Latitudinal and longitudinal plan. Plan made for Finestone and Mittleman, bounded by Roosevelt Boulevard, Tacony Creek Park, Ruscomb Street, and Gransback Street., 4 November 1927.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan showing tract of land to be appropriated for use in control of water of Tacony Creek and for park purposes as an addition to Tacony Creek Park, in the vicinity of the intersection of Whitaker Avenue and Ruscomb Street. [fragile], 24 August 1951.
General Physical Description note

Item is extremely fragile, and is torn along creaslines. A small portion is missing from the lower half of the map, as well. Handle with care.

Tacony Creek Park: Latitudinal and longitudinal plan. Plan to place on the city plan as an addition to Tacony Creek Park a tract of land situated on the southeasterly side of the Roosevelt Boulevard one hundred and seventy-six feet ten and three-quarters inches southwestwardly from the southwesterly side of Ashdale Street., 9 September 1958.
Tacony Creek Park: Site plan. Playground, Tabor and Garland streets: Site plan and details, planting schedule, 1; detail sheet with front elevation, bituminous paving, backstop detail, equpiment footings, octoclimber detail, Goat Mountain, and guard rail detail, 2. [2 unique sheets; 2 sheets total], 30 January 1970.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan placing on the city plan an addition to Tacony Creek Park on the Roosevelt Boulevard southwest of "F" Street. [1 unique sheet; 2 sheets total], 21 March 1952.
Tacony Creek Park. Sign program clarification sheet, sign summary, sign locations, in the vicinity of Olney Avenue from Rising Sun Avenue to Tabor Road and Bingham Street from Tabor Road to Roosevelt Boulevard. [1 unique sheet; 2 sheets total], 21 July 1978.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan made for the use of the Board of View in the matter of appropriating a tract of land situated on the Roosevelt Boulevard southwest of "F" Street for the use in control of waters of Tacony Creek and for public park purposes as an addition to Tacony Creek Park., 17 October 1951.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Proposed 8 /8 inch O.D. steel pipe from Crescentville Substation to Waneeta Substation, in the vinicity of the intersection of Roosevelt Boulevard and "F" Street., 14 May 1973.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Sewer in Tabor Road from Tacony Creek to Garland Street ("F" Street) and including sanitary outler in drainage railway south of Tabor Road thence west across Tacony Creek and in Tacony Creek Park to Tacony Creek Intercepting Sewer., 1 May 1956.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan for placing on the city plan Tacony Creek Park, bounded by Ruscomb Street, "K" Street, Wyoming Avenue, and Whitaker Street. [fragile], 21 August 1908.
Tacony Creek Park. Cast iron steel water mains in Whitaker Avenue, Loudon Street to Pennway Avenue, elevation and details., 18 May 1965.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan to revise the lines and grades of Whitaker Avenue from Wyoming Avenue to Ruscomb Street and to place on city plan Loudon Street from Whitaker Avenue to Tampa Street, Tampa Street from Loudon Street to Wyoming Avenue, city plans nos. 232 and 233., 21 February 1927.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan made for use of Board of Viewers in the matter of the Northeast Freeway northwest of Wyoming Avenue concerning property of St. Vladimir's Ukranian Orthodox Church, Maple Lane northwest of Wyoming Avenue., 1 November 1965.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Plan no. 71 approximately bounded by Rising Sun Avenue, the Reading Railroad, Bingham Street, and Roosevelt Boulevard., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park: Topographic plan. Tacony Creek Park topographical plan, Whitaker Avenue and Loudon Street: Study 1; study 2. [2 unique sheet; 2 sheets total], 27 December 1978.
Related Archival Materials note

These studies resulted in a later topographic map which can be found in T4.3 labeled: Tacony Creek Park. Topographical plan, Whitaker Avenue and Loudon Street. [1 unique sheet; 3 sheets total].

Tacony Creek Park. Topographic plan, Whitaker Avenue and Loudon Street. [1 unique sheet; 3 sheets total], 27 December 1978.
Related Archival Materials note

Item is related to studies previously conducted which can be found in Drawer T4.2 labeled: Tacony Creek Park: Topographic plan. Tacony Creek Park topographical plan, Whitaker Avenue and Loudon Street: Study 1; study 2. [2 unique sheet; 2 sheets total].

Tacony Creek Park. Architect plan made for Howard F. Whitaker, Anthony H. Whitaker, et al., in the vicinity of the intersection of Tabor Road and "F" Street., 15 August 1972.
Existence and Location of Copies note

Paper version of this document can be found in T4.1.

Tacony Creek Park. Athletic playing field at Whitaker and Loudon Playground, site plan for baseball field., June 1979.

Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Proposed Channel Change in Tacony Creek at Wyoming Avenue., 15 January 1960.
Tacony Creek Park: Proposed land acquisition, Tacony Creek Park, in the vicinity of the intersection of Fishers Lane and Ramona Avenue., 11 Feburary 1975.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Park: Estate plan. Map of lower Tacony Creek Park in the vicinity of Juniata Park, including estate and lot details. [reproduction], n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Map depicting the intersection of "I" Street, Ramona Avenue, and Courtland Street. [reproduction] [fragile], n.d.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Plan no. 58 approximately bounded by the intersections of Foulkrod Street and Oakland Avenue, Paul Street at Adams Avenue, Whitaker Street at Hunting Park Road, and Rockland Street at Bingham Street., March 1966.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan showing physical conditions, Fishers Lane from "H" Street northeast in connection with cost estimate to correct present grade and intersection characteristics at "H" Street and Fishers Lane., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan to revise the lines and grades on portions of city plans nos. 344, 330, 328, 254, 253, 315, 317, 319, 349, 367.63, 289, 392, 355, 381, 382, 365, 327, and 383 by placing upon the city plan the Northeast Freeway it's right-of-way and ramps from a traffic interchange at the vicinity of Wyoming Avenue, the Oxford Road Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroa, the "I" Street to the Philadelphia-Bucjs County line at Poquessing Creek and by placing upon the city plans traffic interchange at the intersections of Oxford Avenue, Cottman Avenue, Rhawn Street, Grant Avenue, Red Lion Road, Woodhaven Road and in the area north of Southampton Road between the Poquessing Creek and the Reading Railroad, and by striking from the city plan and vacating and revising the lines and grades of intersecting and adjacent streets, roads, avenues affected thereby. [1 unique sheet; 2 sheets total], 13 September 1961.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan made for use of Board of View for the taking and appropriating of certain property for municipal purposes, bounded by Courtland Street, "H" Street, Cayuga Street, and Algon Avenue [fragile], 20 January 1923.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Branch sewer project: Stormwater outlet in Tacony Creek Park from Wyoming Avenue and Maple Lane southeastward to Tacony Creek including appurtenant work in Wyoming Avenue, sheet no. 1 of 3; Maple Lane from Wyoming Avenue to angle point 419 feet more or less northwest of Wyoming Avenue. [2 unique sheets; 2 sheets total], 29 July 1964.
Tacony Creek Park. Line and grade revisions, plan no. 345, vicinity of Tacony Creek and Wyoming Avenue. [fragment], n.d.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Planting - Juniata Golf Course. [fragile], 28 December 1935.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Proposed water lines at Juniata Golf Course, Cayuga Street from "L" Street to Wingohocking Street; alternate "A". [2 unique sheets; 2 sheets total], 22 January 1958.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Juniata Golf Course automating green ree and fairway irrigation systems., 28 November 1975.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Irrigation system for Juniata Golf Course., 19 May 1960.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course: Topographic plan. Plan ofTacony Creek Golf Course., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course: Landscape plan. Planting, Juniata Golf Course, Tacony Creek Park. [fragile], 28 December 1935.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course: Alteration and additions to barn buliding, Juniata Golf Course. [fragile], 21 May 1934.
Existence and Location of Copies note

Blueprint version of this document is available in Drawer T6.4.

General Physical Description note

Item is in fragile condition, and a portion of the upper right-hand corner has been torn away. Handle with care.

Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course: Site plan. New chain link fencing at Juniata Golf Course and Walnut Lane Golf Course., September 1980.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Area to be filled along Frankford Creek at Castor Avenue., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Juniata Golf Course and Juniata Park., 5 January 1972.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Philadelphia Gas Works: transmission gas main marker; installation plan. [2 unique sheets; 2 sheets total] [reproduced and reduced], 18 November 1975.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Plan of bridges to be built at Juniata Golf Course., August 1929.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Plan for the Juniata Golf Course, 13 December 1971.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Proposed water line at Juniata Golf Course., 23 April 1958.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Topographic map with water main notes., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Park. Juniata Park, Department of Recreation, bounded by the Juniata Golf Course, Cayuga Street, and "I" Street., 17 January 1972.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of additional property to be acquired for Tacony Creek Park, area south of Knights of Pythias Greenwood Cemetery Company, with geographic coordinates and landscape details., 18 December 1923.
Existence and Location of Copies note

Blueprint version of document can be found in Drawer T6.4.

Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Park. Bridge plan: Approval drawing with general bridge elevation, bridge details and bridge sections, T-101; bolt location, T-102. [2 unique sheets; 2 sheets total], 11 February 1981.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Park. Juniata Park maintenance building: Floor plan, reflected ceiling plan, toilet room details, A-2. [reproduction], February 1985.
Tacony Creek Park Environmental Education and Information Center. Tacony Creek Park Environmental Education and Information Center (not built): Reference sheet; landscape plan (L1); exterior perspectives (R000); site plan (A001); building plan (A100); east and west elevations (A500); north and south elevation (A501); sections (A600); interior perspectives (R001); Tacony Creek schematic design (M-1A); Tacony Creek schematic design (M1-B); Tacony Creek schematic design (M1-C); Tacony Creek schematic design (M-2); Tacony Creek schematic design (M-3); Tacony Creek schematic design (M-4); Tacony Creek schematic design (M-5); Tacony Creek schematic design (P-2); Tacony Creek schematic design (P-3); Tacony Creek schematic design (SP-1); Tacony Creek schematic design (E-1A); Tacony Creek schematic design (E-1B); Tacony Creek schematic design (E-1C); Tacony Creek schematic design (E-2); Tacony Creek schematic design (E-3); Tacony Creek schematic design (E-4); Tacony Creek schematic design (SE-1); plan (L2); exterior perspectives (A000); interior perspectives (A001); site plan (C100); building plan (A100); north and south elevation (A200); sections (A300); sections (A301); site plan (A500). [35 unique sheets; 35 sheets total], March 1999.
Related Archival Materials note

Specifications for plan are located in drawer 5-3 under: Fairmount Park System, environmental education centers: Specifications for proposed designs for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Strawberry Mansion, Wissahickon Creek and Tacony Creek Parks.

Tacony Creek Park. Bridge on line of Castor Avenue over Frankford Creek: Detail of pipe railing; structural detail of footbridge; anchor bolt plan and erection plan; welding plan, sheet 1 of 2; welding plan, sheet 2 of 2. [4 unique sheets; 4 sheets total], Bulk, 1947 1947-1949 (Bulk, 1947).
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of property surveyed for Herman Wendell, vicinity of the intersection of Courtland Street and "M" Street. [fragile], 22 September 1923.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of property surveyed for Charles Muehlman, vicinity of the intersection of Ramona Avenue and Fishers Lane., 22 May 1918.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan and cross-section for Cayuga Street from "G" Street to Wingohocking Street, 33rd ward, Philadelphia, city plans 222, 223 and 345. [fragile], 13 July 1915.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan striking from city plan no. 345 of Unity Street, from the intersection of Wyoming Avenue and Castor Avenue to Adams Avenue., 19 March 1979.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Park. Juniata Park building renovations: Men's locker house basement and first floor plan, no. 1; men's locker house second floor plan, no. 2; men's locker house elevations, no. 3; women's locker house basement and third floor plan, no. 1; women's locker house first and second floor plan, no. 2; women's locker house north and south elevations, no. 3; women's locker house east and west elevations, no. 4. [6 unique sheets, 6 sheets total] [fragile], 2 August 1929.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan showing tract of land adjoining Tacony Creek Park appropriated for public park purposes, Wyoming Avenue from Fishers Lane to "L" Street. [fragile], 30 March 1925.
Tacony Creek Park. Enlarged plan of Frankford Creek., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of property surveyed for the Real Estate Holding Company, depicting Wyoming Avenue from Ramona Avenue to "K" street., 28 September 1912.
Tacony Creek Park. Chain link fence on outlet wall, Wingohocking sewer near "I" Street and Ramona Avenue., 27 August 1956.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of additional property to be acquired for Tacony Creek Park, area south of Knights of Pythias Greenwood Cemetery Company, with geographic coordinates and landscape details. [fragile], 18 December 1923.
Existence and Location of Copies note

Paper version of document can be found in Drawer T6.3.

Tacony Creek Park. Plan showing additional land to be acquired for Tacony Creek Park, south of the intersection of Ruscomb Street and Ramona Avenue., 26 November 1921.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan showing proposed tract of land to be appropriated for park purposes as a part of Tacony Creek Park, vicinity of Wyoming Avenue from "M" Street to Adams Avenue, with owner details. [1 unique sheet; 2 sheets total] [fragile], 21 February 1924.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Plan nos. 10A and 16A approximately bounded by Wyoming Avenue, Adams Avenue, Hunting Park and Tacony Creek., 15 March 1928.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan of property surveyed for Estate of John Dewees, deceased, bounded by Wyoming Avenue, "H" Street, Ramona Avenue, Courtland Street, and "L" Street., 17 November 1913.
Tacony Creek Park: Sewer plan. Plan no. 63, Philadelphia Water Department, Water Pollution Control Department, depicting Tacony Creek Park region south of Ruscomb Street, with details on the intercepting sewer.
Tacony Creek Park. Plan to revise the lines and grades of the area bounded by Castor Avenue, Adams Avenue and Bristol Street and the necessary revision of lines and grades of streets adjacent thereto, city plan nos. 222 and 345., 7 October 1946.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course: Alteration and additions to barn buliding, Juniata Golf Course. [fragile], September 1980.
Existence and Location of Copies note

Paper version of this document can be found in Drawer T6.3.

Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Map of Tacony Creek Golf Course at the intersection of "I" Street and Ramona Avenue, with geographic coordinates and topographic details., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Irrigation pump station, Juniata Golf Course., 26 August 1976.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course: Topographic plan. Juniata Golf Course., 1 July 1954.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course: Topographic plan. Plan of Juniata Golf Course, Frankford Creek, and Juniata Park., n.d.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Irrigation system for Juniata Golf Course. [1 unique sheet; 2 sheets total] [fragile], 19 May 1960.
Tacony Creek Park: Juniata Golf Course. Philadelphia Gas Works, proposed location for gas main through Juniata Golf Course., 30 August 1948.

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