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Council Limits Academy Redevelopment as Museum Faces Closure
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- Drexel University announced the Academy of Natural Sciences will close on Sept. 27.
- Shawn McCaney of the William Penn Foundation offered a one-year subsidy.
- Councilmember Jeffery Young Jr. introduced a zoning bill limiting redevelopment of the Academy site.
- Ambassador David L. Cohen said the museum cannot survive at its site because of deferred maintenance.
- Save the Academy coalition scheduled a Saturday rally and Sunday vigil at 5 p.m. near City Hall.
