{"id":792,"date":"2026-06-10T21:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=792"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:18:07","slug":"philadelphias-new-floating-art-installation-finally-arrives-on-the-schuylkill-at-bartrams-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=792","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia\u2019s new floating art installation finally arrives on the Schuylkill at Bartram\u2019s Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>FloatLab, a public art feature that will offer an eye-level view of the Schuylkill, finished its voyage up the East Coast from North Carolina to Southwest Philly on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=790\">Delco-based medical logistics company American Expediting is closing and laying off 86 workers<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The 75-foot-wide floating structure arrived at its permanent home at Bartram\u2019s Garden amid cheers from officials, who have been waiting 10 years for this project to come to fruition.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Expected to open in September, the semisubmersible structure was created through a partnership between Mural Arts Philadelphia, the nation\u2019s largest public art program, and Bartram\u2019s Garden, Kingsessing\u2018s 50-acre public park. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Without that partnership, \u201cwe couldn\u2019t be here today making FloatLab a part of one of the most vibrant sections of riverfront in the city,\u201d said Maitreyi Roy, executive director of Bartram\u2019s Garden. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The project cost $5.5 million, funded by both public and private assistance from organizations such as the William Penn Foundation, the Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the city of Philadelphia, among others.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>FloatLab represents a collaboration between ecology and art. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Bartram\u2019s Garden\u2019s more than 125,000 annual visitors will be able to participate in outdoor art programs, boating, fishing, and other riverfront activities. Additionally, officials anticipate the space serving as a classroom where students can learn about this section of the Schuylkill\u2019s unique tidal wetland ecosystem. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe possibilities are endless,\u201d said Jane Golden, the founder of Mural Arts Philadelphia. \u201cIt\u2019s really a platform where great things can happen \u2014 both that are educational, that are performative, and that are also just about the beauty that is all around us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=788\">Democratic senators grill Trump\u2019s judicial nominee from Philadelphia over 2020 election results, attack on the Capitol<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Designed by artist J. Meejin Yoon and H\u00f6weler + Yoon Architecture, FloatLab is the country\u2019s first tide-responsive public space, utilizing a ballast system to keep the structure at water level, with a portion submerged underwater. At FloatLab\u2019s highest point, visitors will be positioned above the surface of the river like they are standing on a dock; however, as one continues along the circular ramp, a declining sectional tilt brings visitors eye level with the Schuylkill.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Judy Hellman, the director of special projects at Mural Arts, said that at the structure\u2019s lowest point, she can reach over the wall and touch the river. \u201cIt just totally changes one\u2019s perception of the river and this landscape.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As crews moored FloatLab to four steel columns on Wednesday, officials from Bartram\u2019s Garden and Mural Arts hugged and shouted \u201cfinally!\u201d \u2014 indicative of a long-awaited plan manifesting before their eyes. The project originated from a grant received from the William Penn Foundation for implementation in 2016. Then, Mural Arts entered into a contract with North Carolina-based East Coast Steel Fabrication, who oversaw the creation of FloatLab.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>FloatLab departed from North Carolina on May 20, a decade after the first grant was obtained, and traveled north via a tugboat called the Island Trader and a barge. After a three-week journey, FloatLab arrived at its destination \u2014 the southernmost point of the Schuylkill \u2014 where Commerce Construction will complete the installation, which is expected to take approximately six weeks.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Roy emphasized how FloatLab will celebrate the efforts of those who have worked to make the river cleaner, and spark community engagement with the area\u2019s natural environment. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI firmly believe that people care for and will take care of things that they love,\u201d Roy said. \u201cSo the more they have those relationships, the more they\u2019ll speak up when bad things happen. 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