Fairmount Park Commission

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The Fairmount Park Commission was the governing body responsible for overseeing and managing Philadelphia’s extensive Fairmount Park system and its public art and recreational facilities.

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Label Occurrences
Fairmount Park Commission canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
parks commission ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction City of Philadelphia ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 2008 ⓘ
employerOf landscape architects ⓘ
park administrators ⓘ
park maintenance workers ⓘ
recreation staff ⓘ
fieldOfWork historic preservation ⓘ
park management ⓘ
public art administration ⓘ
recreation management ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
follows Philadelphia city ordinances ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Fairmount Park system ⓘ
linked to: Fairmount Park

many neighborhood parks in Philadelphia ⓘ
parkways and boulevards associated with Fairmount Park ⓘ
hasLegalForm municipal commission ⓘ
hasMainSite Fairmount Park ⓘ
Philadelphia park system ⓘ
hasNotableWork creation and maintenance of recreational facilities in Philadelphia parks ⓘ
development of Fairmount Park as a large urban park ⓘ
preservation of historic houses in Fairmount Park ⓘ
stewardship of Philadelphia’s public art in parks ⓘ
hasPurpose conservation of open space ⓘ
preservation of cultural and artistic resources in parks ⓘ
protection of public health through parkland and watershed protection ⓘ
provision of public recreation ⓘ
hasResponsibility land acquisition for park expansion in Philadelphia ⓘ
maintenance of Philadelphia parks ⓘ
management of Fairmount Park ⓘ
operation of recreational facilities in Fairmount Park system ⓘ
oversight of public art in Philadelphia parks ⓘ
protection of watershed lands around the Schuylkill River ⓘ
headquartersLocation Philadelphia City Hall ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
operatedFrom 19th century ⓘ
partOf municipal government of Philadelphia ⓘ
replacedBy Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
subjectTo Philadelphia City Council oversight ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swann Memorial Fountain → operator → Fairmount Park Commission ⓘ
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial → owner → Fairmount Park Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: Ellen Phillips Samuel