{"id":25411,"date":"2019-06-05T06:24:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T10:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=25411"},"modified":"2019-06-05T06:24:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T10:24:06","slug":"plants-at-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/06\/05\/plants-at-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Plants at the Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I took this late afternoon snapshot of the plants in Louis I. Kahn Park. Hard to picture that a ten story apartment building, The Gladstone<\/a> once stood where this intimate little park is now. The building was demolished in 1971, and the park was dedicated to the memory of Mr. Kahn, an architect who lived nearby. If you’re ever in the vicinity of 11th and Pine, it’s a terrific spot to people watch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I took this late afternoon snapshot of the plants in Louis I. Kahn Park. Hard to picture that a ten story apartment building, The Gladstone once stood where this intimate little park is now. The building was demolished in 1971, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[104,2093],"tags":[4692,4365,1262],"class_list":["post-25411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philadelphia","category-photography-2","tag-louis-i-kahn-park","tag-pine-street","tag-the-gladstone"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-6BR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6371,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/24\/gladstone\/","url_meta":{"origin":25411,"position":0},"title":"The Gladstone","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"January 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm posting another ad taken from the program for the play L'Aiglon starring Maude Adams which played in Philadelphia at The Broad Street Theater in 1901. 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