American Revolution Center headed for Center City
By Jeff Gammage
Inquirer Staff Writer
After spending millions of dollars and years of effort, executives with the American Revolution Center have abandoned their controversial plan to build the museum inside the boundaries of Valley Forge National Park and will move the project to Center City.
The museum, which exists only on paper, will be relocated to Third and Chestnut Streets, once the site of a National Park Service visitors center. The building now houses classrooms and archaeology stations.
"We're off to a fresh, promising, exciting start," ARC president Bruce Cole said yesterday after the official announcement of the move.
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Existing site at Third and Chestnut Streets.
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I'll post renderings of the new center as they become available.