WORK CONTINUES ALONG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKWAY FOR POPE'S ARRIVAL
- Candice Monhollan
- Sep 24, 2015
- 1 min read
PHILADELPHIA >> Two weeks removed from the Budweiser Made in America Festival, Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway looked vastly different as workers made a major overhaul in preparation for Pope Francis’ visit for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, which officially kicked off Tuesday.
Along the parkway, which is closed to traffic from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to Logan Square, people are at work building large jumbotrons, risers and stages.
“This site we’ve been working on since last Wednesday,” said Joe Rossano, who was working at Eakins Oval.
Rossano was one of dozens putting together everything going up around the oval, including the press risers, jumbotrons and the stage Pope Francis will celebrate a Mass Sunday.
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