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'People's Plaza' Opens On Independence Mall

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Jan 15, 2008 8:26 am US/Eastern

'People's Plaza' Opens On Independence Mall

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ―

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Philadelphia now has an official place for people to protest.

The "People's Plaza" is open on Independence Mall, a highly visible space for groups that want to stage demonstrations in the park.

Tom Caramanico is with the Friends of Independence Park, which raised funds for the People's Plaza. He says, "It's a place where, if people want to demonstrate, congregate, or complain or dissent from something, there's a specific place they can do it."

Independence Park Acting Superintendent Darla Sidles signed the first permit Monday for a gathering on the plaza.

A granite and marble slab is located on the south side of Market Street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, near the President's House site.

The First Amendment is carved into a slab at the end of the space.

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