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SAVE THE DATE...September 8, 2012!!
Register and buy your tickets for "Dance on the Falls Bridge" here.
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Event: Dance on the Falls Bridge
Where: Falls Bridge, East Falls Philadelphia
When: Saturday September 10, 2011 from 8pm – Midnight
Contact: Gina Snyder, East Falls Development Corporation
215-848-8084/info@eastfalls-pa.com
A unique event is being held in East Falls. Celebrating life along the Schuylkill River, everyone is invited to dance under the moonlight at the First Annual Dance on the Falls Bridge on Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 8pm – Midnight.
Featuring live music, a champagne toast, catered desserts, wine, and group dance lessons, East Falls is rolling out the red carpet to welcome folks near and far to party on the neighborhood’s landmark gateway, the Falls Bridge.
“This will be the signature event to celebrate the wealth of diversity, resources and opportunities in East Falls”, enthuses Honorary Co-Chairwoman Rev. Dr. Lorena Marshall-Blake, VP Community Affairs for IBX and a member of the East Falls Development Corporation Board. “Hosting a dance on the Falls Bridge is like having the most amazing block party in the City – and everyone’s invited!”
Keeping an eye to the River that has long defined and nourished the vibrancy of the neighborhood, the Dance on the Bridge organizing committee has chosen the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education as the fundraising focus for the night. Attendees will have a wide assortment of enticing items to bid upon in support of the Center’s educational programming for children. Located upstream from East Falls in Roxborough, the Center was one of the first urban environmental education centers in the country when it was founded in 1965. Event Honorary Co-chair Mike Weilbacher, Executive Director, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, “The Schuylkill Center is thrilled to be the beneficiary of the event’s silent auction. Everyone here is so excited to be able to party atop the bridge over the river—what a novel way to celebrate our community, by dancing on top of our most important resource, the thread that binds our community together: the river.”
The event organizing committee is comprised of an eclectic group of neighborhood businesses, residents and institutions dedicated to East Falls and to ensuring the party is not just good fun, but a good deal. All-inclusive tickets are priced to encourage people to buy their tickets early and in groups. Join with friends, neighbors and coworkers and buy a pack of ten tickets for just $25 each. For those who wish to make it a special night for a smaller set, tickets are just $30 each before August 30th and $35 at the event.
With a warm evening breeze and the moonlight skipping across the River below, live entertainment, new dance moves to learn, and delectable food, the Dance on the Bridge in East Falls will be a night to remember.
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Falls Bridge Facts...
In 1892, James H. Windrim, Director of Public Works for the City of Philadelphia, presented a plan for the proposed Falls Bridge, a "double decker" bridge, connecting Neil Drive to the top of Calumet Street and the Powers and Weightman Chemical Company.
On June 3, 1895 the single bridge connecting the East and West sides of the Schuylkill River was dedicated by the Mayor, Charles Warwick.
Some facts...
- 554 feet long
- 40 feet wide
- Iron Pratt trusses with a granite base
- First painted red, then buff, then light blue
- Lights. both gas and electric
- Cost $261,744
- Cheif engineer - George S. Webster
- Temperature, June 3, 1895 - 95 degrees
- 1895 "America the Beautiful" published
Ron Smith from Wag-n-Style, our mc extraordinaire from the Doggie Parade at last year's Arts by the River will also mc the final judging pageant!
More here
EVEN MORE...On Mother's Day, Sunday, May 8th from 12pm-2pm at the Trolley Car Cafe and Gateway at the Bathey, Destination Schuylkill River and ArtSphere artists. Kristin Groenveld and two other Art Sphere artists created chalk designs and encouraged everyone to help complete the "River" and bring it to life!
Some photos from the FYI Philly TV spot filmed at the Trolley Car Cafe on April 13th.
Check out more photos and a video on the EFDC Facebook page.
The 5th Annual Arts by the River and Eco Fair...
Photos by Andrew O'Donnell
This was the 5th and final year for Arts by the River and Eco-Fair. It was a good event for the neighborhood and those participating but was not competitive with Manayunk's event. It proved too difficult to have two similar events happening in the same area at the same time. We have a full and fun event season planned for 2011!!
*East Falls Business Association *Humid Design
POST weekend for our side of the city was October 1st and 2nd. Check out the website for other artists that will be participating and create your own neighborhood tour of local artist's work and their studios.
This year's POST weekend the EFDC reutilized the Mason's building at 4200 Ridge Ave.! All were invited to a reception for our Eco-Art installations on Friday from 5pm-8pm... were able to talk to artists about their work and motivation behind the beautiful eco-friendly creations installed throughout the East Falls Riverfront Business District...
Sharon Jaffe, Noemi Armstrong and Linda Saltford applied all of the wonderful drawings submitted by neighbors, as well as Thomas Mifflin Elem. and Penn Charter students to Waffles our 5' catfish while at the temporarily reutilized exhibition space and there was an exhibition of Student work submitted for Waffles that had been enlarged and adorned the walls...There was also additional work by Marguerita Hagan, Frank Hyder and Lynn Denton on exhibition in the space. Saturday and Sunday from 12-5pm.
On Saturday, October 1st at the Mason's building, Sarah Gabriel, Managing Director of Home Grown Institute made a brief presentation about a local sustainability conference to take place in late March of 2012. Find out what it's all about and let her know if East Falls would be interested in participating as a neighborhood.
POST is an opportunity to create your own tour of the Eco-art installations along the riverfront business district and other local artists that are participating in POST...many of whom are at Sherman Mills!
Waffles will be completed throughout October and later installed at his new home outside of the Trolley Car Cafe!!
More of the East Falls Riverfront Business DistrictEco-art!!!
Waffles the Catfish will be decorated all over East Falls. He is at the National Penn Bank now. Bring something about yourself or family on 3"x3"paper and your memory will be preserved on Waffles. Waffles is 4'5" tall, weighs 80 lbs, and is eager to be installed in his new habitat, the East Falls Riverfront Business District, when he is done!
* Your 3x3 digital images should be printed on copy paper using lightfast/colorfast laser printer ink. The printers' color images are more stable than photographs. Photo paper is not recommended as it is too thick to conform itself to the form...you can also paint, draw, write or color on your 3x3 piece of paper. Take your image here now!
Waffles at East river Bank... at National Penn Bank.
at Petrone Real Estate and East Falls Chiropractic. Now at the East Falls Development Corporation's NEW office 3728A Midvale Ave. next to Golden Crust Pizza.
Originally at the Gatehouse Cafe, (above left) with David Etkin at East Falls Fitness
We are announcing the 6 artists chosen for eco-art installations that will be placed at select locations within the Riverfront Business District...Sandra Webberking, Marguerita Hagan, Frank Hyder, Lynn Denton, Mike Smash and Ben & Kate Gatski! Congratulations to the chosen artists.
"Waffles" the Catfish is the seventh of these installations that will premier at Arts by the River. "Waffles" wants to be a "Fallser" and hopes that neighbors will bring photos, sketches or drawings that reflect life in East Falls to help him acclimate to his new habitat. Bring something about yourself, family or home on 3x3 paper (details above) to be adhered to "Waffles".
Four artists have completed their installations, Lynn Denton, Marguerita Hagan, Sandra Webberking and the team of Mike Smash and Juan Dimida.
WOW! This is Sandra Webberking's
fish-themed bike rack, installed along the Inn
Yard Park at Stanton Street. (photo by Sandra
Webberking)
Mike Smash and Juan Dimida have installeda pinwheel constructed from repurposed street signs. The cut-outs are of the five indigenous fish to our section of the Schuylkill River...American Shad, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, the Catfish and the Common Carp! Check it out on Midvale Ave. at the Rite Aid.
The latest fish themed Eco-Art installation was Frank hyder's repurposed pvc pipe solar-lit sculpture. This installation is temporarily located at the Mason's building, 4200 Ridge Ave. Check him out at night!!!
East Falls Farmers Market - Open Every Friday from May to October 3:00pm - 7pm 
Open for the season!!
3712 Midvale Avenue (just up the street from Ridge Avenue)
Pick Up Fresh and Seasonal Vegetables, Fruits, eggs, Cheeses, Baked Goods and More!
Sign up for weekly reminders and general information about the Farmers Market and other GREEN happenings in East Falls! Sign up available at the weekly Farmers Marketor email info@eastfalls-pa.com to get on the list.
Our Neighborhood Farmers Market! www.localharvest.org
Check out the Top Ten Finalists
Jan. 22, Sarah Wu from the Mayor's Office of Sustainability, gave a presentation. We talked about a number of items, including doing future workshops on Composting, Being Bike Savvy, and Tree Pruning.. The EFDC has the Tree Canopy Report 2011 to share with you.
2011 Philly Spring Clean-up
Saturday, April 2nd 9am-noon. Crew leaders were Sean Murray from Java Ink and Ron Smith from Wag-n-Style! East Falls was cleaned up from The Rivage site to The Parking lot under the Twin Bridges and up Midvale to the Rock Garden at Mifflin Elem, which was led by George Grigonis. School. Jim Williamson, one of our volunteers and one of the owners of Slices, took a photo of Andrew Meyers, Chris Fields, Lewis Terry and Jackie, they helped to clean-up the Riverfront Business District...
Thank you to our crew leaders and volunteers!
Plant Exchange
On-going
At the East Falls Development Corp's office
Want to meet gardening neighbors and get some new plants for free?
We will be holding an on-going plant exchange at the EFDC office. The initial exchange was held at last year’s McMichael Park Flea Market and the EFDC was asked to repeat this Go GREEN! opportunity.
We are asking you to look in your gardens for plant material you no longer want or need. Maybe it’s time to separate the Hostas, Daylilies, root some cuttings or exchange and replace shrubs. The plant exchange is a way to share with your neighbors and get other fun plants to reinvent or create green space.
Please remove and care for the plants you don’t need. Every plant must be in a labeled container. Bring the plants to the East Falls Development Corporation’s office at 3654 Midvale Ave. and you will get a credit to get another plant in exchange. Black plastic (recyclable) nursery pots are available upon request to temporarily hold the plants for exchange.
Some of last seasons selections...
More about East Falls Goes GREEN!
Which one will be the 2011 East Falls T-Shirt design...
The 2011 East Falls T-shirt Design...
by Peter Camburn
GET YOUR 2011 T-SHIRT NOW just $10.00!!!
Buy it through our secure server and start wearing it within 1 business week.
Or...
Find them at these participating locations:
- East River Bank
- East Falls Chiropractic
- Wee Care Child Care
- Murphy's Irish Saloon
- About Face Type and Design and The Fallser
- Slices
- East Falls Fitness
- Chuck's Garage
- The Marketplace at East Falls
- National Penn Bank
* Until they last you can get last year's t-shirt FREE with the purchase of this year's t-shirt! Last Year's t-shirts are available at the EFDC office 3728A Midvale Ave next to Golden Crust Pizza!
Small Business Energy Rebate Program
The City of Philadelphia's Small Business Energy Rebate Program. Click here for more info and forms.
Photos of the Bathey- Gateway Center and Trolley Car Cafe while in progress!
It is open now!
The Building is Under Construction - Janauary 2010
Moving right along... March 2010 ...more progress 3/30/2010
Photos of Groundbreaking: Nov. 12, 2009
