Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: formerly West River Drive
MLK Drive
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Drives East and West Fairmount Park, n.d.
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...
Dates:
undated
#F00-156 (Fairmount Park): Profile of West Side Drive - Girard Avenue Bridge to Spring Garden Street Bridge, c. 1880
Item — Shelf BR-2.2
Dates:
c. 1880
#F7-14 (Fairmount Park): ID: 1321: Planting plan - Area B - West River Drive by Strawberry Mansion Bridge, 1965
Item — Shelf BR-4.2
Identifier: 1321
Dates:
1965
#F9-27 (Fairmount Park): ID: 1580: Plan of West River Drive from Ford Road to Belmont Steamboat Landing [F7/F9], 1891 February 10
Item — Shelf BR-4.3
Identifier: 1580
Dates:
1891 February 10
#F9-30 (Fairmount Park): ID: 1609: Plan of West River Drive from Ford Road to Belmont Steamboat Landing [F7/F9], 1892 January 26
Item — Shelf BR-4.3
Identifier: 1609
Dates:
1892 January 26
#F12-26 (Fairmount Park): ID: 1195: West River Drive from Girard Avenue to Black Rock Road [F12/F15], c. 1887
Item — Shelf BR-43.1
Identifier: 1195
Dates:
c. 1887
#F15-32 (Fairmount Park): ID: 815 a-h: West River drive and expressway. Required lists [7 sheets] [F15/F18], 1952 July
Item — Shelf BR-6.3
Identifier: 815a-h
Dates:
1952 July
#F18-50 (Fairmount Park): West River Drive approach to Spring Garden Bridge, 1936 March
Item — Shelf BR-8.2
Dates:
1936 March
Fairmount Park Commission, bikeway construction, sta 0+00 to sta 42 +50d, 1967 June
Item — Drawer F2, Folder: 8.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount 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 topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1967 June
Improvements to areas adjacent to West River Drive, north of Strawberry Mansion Bridge, 1958 May 1
Item — Drawer F7b, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount 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 topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1958 May 1