The unfinished area of the mall (the “gravel pit”) will be covered and the old Liberty Bell Pavilion torn down to make way for the First Amendment Plaza.
The new landscape will largely complete the mall’s makeover under the 1997 plan by landscape architect Laurie Olin.

The state has allocated $6 million, the Fed $1.9 million; the William Penn Foundation $1 million and the Pew Charitable Trusts $2.5 million.