Radnor News
 

Intersection Improvements for Bryn Mawr
 

As a result of the expansion of Bryn Mawr Hospital there is an opportunity to improve the intersection at Bryn Mawr and County Line Roads. This intersection is often referred to as "Five Points" and has proven to be a nightmare for travelers and neighbors for years. The costs of the project will be born by the Hospital (paying half) and Radnor and Lower Merion together paying the balance.  Design details have been worked out particularly with respect to Glenbrook Avenue entrance and the businesses located there. Land acquisition is being wrapped up and construction should begin Fall 2009.
 

Open Space Issues
 

Here in the 5th Ward, the most recent open space issue was the sale of the American College Property.  I am sure you are aware that American College in Bryn Mawr sold the Campus to the to Jewish Federation of Philadelphia. Barrack Academy (formerly Akiba Academy) is now housed there and American College and Villanova are leasing space there as well. The sprawling 35-acre campus comprises of several buildings on rolling hills on Bryn Mawr Avenue in the Bryn Mawr section of Radnor Township. This is a fairly good outcome, especially when you compare this to the original plan to sell to a developer who wished to build condos.
 

New Pocket Park
 

Two years ago the new Brook St. Park was constructed.  Subsequently this Park has been named for Rev. Richard Allen, founder of the A.M.E. Church who used to stay as a guest at a home on the site. Rev. Allen frequently preached at the historic Radnor Methodist Church on Conestoga road in Garrett Hill.