
Posts tagged with Parks


Photos from the Philadelphia Flower Show, with 15 acres of colorful beauty in FDR Park

$20 million rec center renovation finally kicks off in South Philly: ‘We’re so happy about today’
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West Philly’s Memorial Garden is 19 years old — and deemed open for development

Anxious Clark Park vendors are hoping for city solutions, like single-day permits or relaxed requirements

Philly community compost sites are finally churning as a long-planned program gets off the ground

Philly drops to 32nd place on national ParkScore index, because of funding cuts

Philly’s parks and rec system deserves millions more in Kenney’s budget, advocates urge at City Hall rally

Philly spring trail preview: 8 new, improved, and upcoming trails to explore around the city

Experience Fairmount Park’s cherry blossoms at a pop-up with food, drink, and fun

City presents ideas for new Carousel House, promises it could be ‘one of the best…in the world’

7 parks and public spaces that will transform Philadelphia

Broken heater shuts down Kingsessing Rec Center after a month of repair delays

Photo tribute to the Belmont Plateau sugar maple, felled after nearly a century in Fairmount Park

A rare and magnificent mandarin duck is paddling around Pennypack Park

Set to be one of Rebuild’s largest investments, new Carousel House rec center could take 2 to 4 years

With protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and solar lighting, the Delaware River Trail is close — but won’t finish till spring

Philadelphia youth anti-violence efforts lack coordination at city level, panelists say

Officials confirm demolition of Philly’s only rec center for people with disabilities, but promise all programs will return to original site
