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August 18, 2023
Newsletter Archive
Catch up on all of the latest Navy Yard news and be sure to sign up for our newsletter emails.
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August 18, 2023
Newsletter Archive
Catch up on all of the latest Navy Yard news and be sure to sign up for our newsletter emails.
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July 24, 2023
Navy Yard to Host Inaugural Night Festival Event This Fall
Featuring Food Trucks, Live Music, Family-Friendly Games and More The Navy Yard is scheduled to hold its first Night Festival Thursday, September 7, from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. The inaugural event will be held at Central Green, the family-friendly, open-to-the-public event will feature a diverse lineup of vendors, including food trucks, musicians, games, and crafters and
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July 21, 2023
Get Your Green Thumbs with an Urban Homestead-ish Workshop
Caring for and tending to plants in an urban environment can be a difficult task. That’s why at the Navy Yard we offer fun and free programming to strengthen your understanding of plant care and connecting with nature. During a recent Urban Homestead-ish Houseplants 101 class hosted by Black Girls with Green Thumbs, Latiaynna and
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June 8, 2023
New Interactive Navy Yard Map
This just in, we’ve created a new interactive Navy Yard – Things to See & Do Map where you can discover all the Navy Yard has to offer conveniently from the palm of your hand. The map, which can be downloaded and accessed through Google Maps, is sorted by categories so you can find what you want
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June 5, 2023
Elementary School Students Celebrate End of School Year at The Navy Yard
Students from F. Amedee Bregy Elementary School (Bregy Elementary) celebrated the end of the school year with a fun day of activities at The Navy Yard last week. The students participated in a field day with activities such as tug-o-war, 3-legged race, potato sack race, obstacle course, egg relay race, water carry race, kite flying,
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May 19, 2023
Phillies Honor Local Veteran with Ceremony at the Navy Yard
The Philadelphia Phillies honored a local veteran’s service during a ceremony May 18 on the Marine Parade Grounds at the Navy Yard. Anita Garner, a Navy veteran, arrived to a crowd of wave-flagging supporters completely surprised by the event – she thought she was arriving to go to a meeting. Garner served during Desert Shield/Desert Storm as
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May 5, 2023
Navy Yard Unveils Newest Public Art Project
ARTIST CREATES “GREETINGS FROM THE MIRAGE”, A FLAMBOYANT DESERT LANDSCAPE VISITORS CAN WALK THROUGH AT THE NAVY YARD #NavyYardMirage www.navyyard.org/mirage Group X and PIDC announced its latest public art installation at the Navy Yard, Greetings From The Mirage (#NavyYardMirage), a domed sculptural art installation that will transport you to a surrealist soft desert created by sculpture
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April 25, 2023
Free Health & Wellness Programming at the Navy Yard in 2023
Free and open-to-the-public fitness classes are coming back to the Navy Yard in 2023! At the Navy Yard, we strive to promote physical and spiritual wellbeing to employees of the Navy Yard and the surrounding communities. This year we will be expanding our health and wellness programming by partnering with Alchemy X to bring a variety of
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December 20, 2022
Navy Yard Collects Hundreds of Winter Clothing Items for Local School Children
Members of the Navy Yard campus and the local community came together for the inaugural Navy Yard Winter Wonderland and Winter Clothing Drive December 17. The event included winter-themed crafts, games, performances by Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, and local food trucks. The event was free to attend, but attendees were encouraged to bring a
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October 20, 2022
Navy Yard Debuts Alpha Sacred Being Documentary at Navy Yard Fall Festival
The Navy Yard kicked fall off with a celebration and a documentary screening on October 19. More than 100 people came out on the first cold day of the season for an evening filled with food trucks, live music, games, and pumpkin painting. But the main attraction was the world premiere of Group X’s very
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August 29, 2022
Navy Yard Businesses Come Through Big in Back-to-School Supply Drive for Local Elementary School
The Navy Yard business community came together to support a local elementary school with a back-to-school supply drive during August to support the incoming kindergarten class at F. Amedee Bregy Elementary School, Bregy for short, in South Philadelphia. The Navy Yard Engagement Committee, a collection of representatives from Navy Yard businesses whose goal is to plan community
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June 23, 2022
First permanent public art project at the Navy Yard: Alpha Sacred Beings
On Thursday, June 9, 2022, PIDC and Group X, a group of Philadelphia-based artists, curators, and organizers whose members are anonymous, unveiled their latest and first permanent public art project at the Navy Yard: Alpha Sacred Beings (The Origin of Creation) by lead artist, Marianela Fuentes, whose previous works in her Sacred Beings series have
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September 1, 2020
Cycle September is back at the Navy Yard!
The Navy Yard is excited to join Clean Air Council, Bicycle Coalition and Indego for Philadelphia’s Cycle September Bike Challenge. Starting September 1st, Navy Yard employees and visitors can compete for great prizes, including a new Charge e-bike, by simply riding a bike. Logging your rides and encouraging your coworkers and friends to join in
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July 22, 2020
Welcome Half Mad Honey with New Apiary
To further our place in Philadelphia’s ecological environment, we are pleased to announce that Half Mad Honey chose the Navy Yard as the site for its second apiary. The founders Amelia Mraz and Natasha Pham are the beekeepers behind this organization. Their overall goal is to empower people with mental illness through the therapeutic realm
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June 25, 2020
Four Smoothie Making Workshops Designed to Boost Immunity, De-stress, & Energize!
In a time of uncertainty, high-stress, fear, and concern, we partnered with Caroline McGuire, Registered Nutritionist for Vincera Institute and owner of the Galley Cafe, to create a series of healthy and mood boosting smoothie workshops. 1. Virtual Sunshine Immunity Smoothie Workshop Watch the workshop here! 2. Virtual Energizer Limeade Smoothie Workshop Watch the workshop
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