Fairmount Park Conservancy

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"Garden View" by Graydon Wood

Women for the Water Works

Save the Date!
The 3rd Annual Water Works Celebration
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
6pm to 9pm
Fairmount Water Works and South Garden

Click here to purchase tickets and sponsorships.

For a printable sponsorship form and more information
about various sponsorship levels, click here.


This year’s celebration will commemorate the conclusion of the Women for the Water Works $5 million campaign to restore and endow the South Garden and Cliffside Paths at the Fairmount Water Works. After more than 30 years, the building and landscape will return to its original 19th century splendor, creating a unique, signature civic space for the enjoyment of Philadelphians and visitors.

Our 2nd Annual Celebration in 2007 was a huge success and attended by more than 650 people! This year promises to be even better. This year’s event will span from the Great Pavilion to the South Garden, and monies raised will go towards the maintenance endowment. Our Co-Chairs for this year’s event are Ellen Goodwin, Anastasia Karloutsos and Alice Bullitt. We hope to see you there!

For more information on the Water Works and the restoration campaign click here.

You can also visit the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center inside the old Water Works engine house for fascinating exhibits on the importance of water and watersheds.

Who We Are:

  • The Women for the Water Works is a committee of the Fairmount Park Conservancy that was founded in January of 2006.
  • The committee consists of approximately 115 civic-minded women who have committed to raising the necessary funds to finish Ernesta Ballard’s signature project, the South Gardens and Cliffside Paths at the Fairmount Water Works. For a full committee list please click here.
  • The exciting final phase of the Water Works project is the restoration of the North and South Cliffside Paths, the Mercury Pavilion and the Rustic Pavilion.
  • On May 2nd, 2008 the committee was honored by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, which awarded the Women for the Water Works with a 2008 Community Action Award for commitment to the preservation of the Fairmount Water Works.

 

Still Available:

Limited Edition Full Color Water Works Photographs
by Graydon Wood, Senior Photographer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

All photographs are 17 X 11 inches and signed and numbered. Limited Edition of 15 each. Prices are $250 each unframed and $500 framed. Contact us at 215-988-9334 for purchase. All proceeds go to benefit the final phase of the Water Works restoration.

 

Water Works: View from the Eagle Pavilion

 

Water Works: View from the West Bank of the Schuylkill River

 

Water Works: View from the South Garden

 

Water Works: The Graff Memorial