View of Logan Square fountain and City Hall. (NPS Photo) The consultant for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway rehabilitation project was the firm of South Street Design, Philadelphia, PA, Michael P. Nairn, landscape architect served as project manager and W. Gary Smith, project designer assisted by Anita Toby Lager, Marsh Kriplen and Mary Jaron. They were aided in the analysis of tree health and planning for new plantings by specialists John Moran from Alpine Tree Care and Dr. Spencer Davis from Rutgers University who brought the necessary scientific expertise to the project team. The project client was the Fairmount Park Commission, William E. Mifflin, Executive Director, James A. Donaghy, Director of Operations and Landscape Maintenance. The commission was involved in the planning and design process throughout the project, and worked with foundations and private contributors through the John Bartram Association under the Logan Circle-Parkway Trust which supplied a majority of the project funding. $600,000 was provided by the Pew Charitable Trust and private donors, and $20,000 from the Parkway Maintenance Fund. The balance was provided by the City of Philadelphia. This case study was researched and authored by Patricia M. O'Donnell, FASLA, AICP, with assistance from Heidi Hohmann, ASLA and Katya Podsiadlo, all of the consulting firm LANDSCAPES, Landscape Architecture·Planning·Historic Preservation of Charlotte, VT and Westport, CT. Research for this case study was undertaken with a grant from the Design Arts program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, Coordinator of the National Park Service Historic Landscape Initiative served as the general editor of this Current and also developed the annotated bibliography. Mark Oviatt,NCSHPO, National Park Service Multi-media Coordinator designed this Current and took the contemporary views of the Parkway. Other NPS reviewers included Kay D. Weeks and Sharon Park, FAIA. The NPS appreciates the assistance of the Cultural Landscape Foundation (CLF) for this endeavor. CLF board member Patricia O'Donnell volunteered her time for writing this study, while Noel Vernon, Elizabeth Brabeq, Esq., Douglas Reed, and Pratt Cassidy all volunteered to review this text as CLF board members. This publication has been prepared pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, wlhich directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop and make available information concerning historic properties. Technical Preservation Services (TPS), Heritage Preservation Services Division, National Park Service prepares standards, guidelines, and other educational materials on responsible historic preservation treatments to a broad public.