Recreational area, 18th and Bigler Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1954)
Dates of creation
1942-1956
Level of archival description
Project
Extent and Medium
85 photographic materials
22 drawings (including 14 reprographic copies)
0.04 l.m. of textual records
1 panel
Scope and Content
This project series documents the design for a play area on18th and Bigler Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was Oberlander's first solo project which she worked on from 1951 to 1954, while still working for Oscar Stonorov. The playground opened in September 1954. The northeast section of the playground was dedicated to adults and older children, with places to sit and spaces for basketball, badminton, bocce and, a horseshoe pit. The southeast quarter was dedicated to smaller children, with play sculptures, water play and, a sand pit.
The project series contains design development drawings, such as landscape plans and site plans with details, working drawings and technical drawings. It also comprises a presentation panel showing the completed playground and the play sculptures, and photographs of the playground. The project is also documented through textual records, such as a folder of correspondence, a project submission, press clippings and copies of articles on the play area.
Source: Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
Title: Photographs and presentation panel, Recreational area, 18th and Bigler Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dates of creation: 1954
Form: drawings, photographs
Catalogued items within this file 6
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Presentation panel with plan of area and photographic views of the playground and other photographs of the playground.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
5 photographs
1 presentation panel
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 17 x 24 cm
sheet (largest): 76.5 x 51 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Working drawings and presentation drawings, Recreational area, 18th and Bigler Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dates of creation: circa 1953
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
7 reprographic copies
1 drawing
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 36 x 39 cm
sheet (largest): 77 x 108 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Working drawings and technical drawings, Recreational area, 18th and Bigler Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dates of creation: 1952-1953
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 9
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
13 reprographic copies
7 drawings
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 39 x 34.5 cm
sheet (largest): 87 x 107 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Brochure on playgrounds with reproductions of landscape plans, Recreational area, 18th and Bigler Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dates of creation: circa 1954
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Brochure "A New Dimension in Playground Planning!" produced by the Creative Playthings. Original folder entitled "PLAY - PHILADELPHIA".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 textual document
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Correspondence, Recreational area, 18th and Bigler Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dates of creation: 1954-1960
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (recipient)
Description:
Pamphlet "CORRESPONDENCE RE PUBLICATION OF ARTICLES RE PHILADELPHIA PLAYGROUND 18th AND BIGLER".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Press clippings, submission, correspondence and photographs, Recreational area, 18th and Bigler Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dates of creation: 1954-1956
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 3
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
32 photographs
8 negatives
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Photocopy of articles on playground with images, Recreational area, 18th and Bigler Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dates of creation: 1942-1955
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
One article before Oberlander project (1942) and the other after (1955).
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 textual document
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
