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Dominic Mercier, Communications Director, AIA Philadelphia
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THE ED BACON FOUNDATION AND THE CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE PRESENT THE FOURTH ANNUAL ED BACON STUDENT COMPETITION

PHILADELPHIA (JULY 14, 2009) - Brown to Green challenges students across North America to create a new vision for South Philadelphia's Grays Ferry Crescent. With the industrial DuPont Marshall Laboratory complex closing down and the Schuylkill River Development Corporation extending its riverfront park trail along the edge of the site, this area offers strong potential, but also great challenges. The competition gives students the opportunity to push the envelope on cutting-edge ideas for transforming brownfields of an industrial past into sustainable environs for a green future.

Competition program and information will launch online on Monday, August 31, 2009, and the competition will close on Friday, October 30, 2009.

For more information, please visit www.edbacon.org.

The Center for Architecture performs the charitable and educational work of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects and serves as the physical home for the Chapter in Center City Philadelphia. The Center for Architecture was envisioned with three core principles in mind: Public Engagement, Collaboration and Design Excellence. The Center is an exhibition gallery, studio, museum, interpretive laboratory, tourist destination, reception hall, and classroom. The Center is also home to the AIA bookstore & Design Center and the Community Design Collaborative.