Philadelphia's lease with the Barnes Foundation calls for the transfer by May of the site currently occupied by the city's juvenile detention facility (Youth Study Center) on the Ben Franklin Parkway. Butt city officials said Monday that the property won't be vacated until late summer.
Mayor Nutter's spokesman, Doug Oliver, said the delay is not likely to inspire the Barnes Foundation to break its 99-year lease -- which it would have the option of doing -- because the new $100 million museum is still in the design phase and not ready for construction.
Here is the timetable for the Youth Study Center:
Spring 2008: Groundbreaking for New Youth Center in at 48th and Haverford Ave. in West Philadelphia. Two year construction schdedule.
Last Summer 2008: Current Youth Study Center moves to temporary quarters in former Eastern State Psychiatric Facility in East Falls. The state Department of General Services is doing renovations now.
Spring 2010: Youth Study Center moves into New Youth Center facility in West Philadelphia.
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