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As of Monday, March 16, all Parks & Recreation buildings across the city are closed to the public. That includes recreation centers and ice rinks like Pennsport’s Rizzo Rink. Now the good news: public parks and playgrounds are still open. But
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A Bella Vista recreation site will welcome autumn through a six-hour festival on Saturday. Given that Cianfrani Park, 746 Fitzwater St., is Bella Vista’s largest park, Eugene Desyatnik esteems the space as a geographic focal point for the neighborhood. Desyatnik,
Continue readingBy Sequoia Medley An eager crowd gathered at the East Passyunk Community Center (EPCC) on Tuesday, December 11th for the unveiling of designs for the center’s outdoor spaces. The renderings were well-received as an exciting reimagining of the sole public
Continue readingYou’re invited to opine about plans for FDR Park tonight, Wednesday, November 14, from 6-8pm at South Philly High. This is the second of three FDR Park Master Plan community meetings organized by the Fairmount Park Conservancy, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, Friends
Continue readingFranklin Delano Roosevelt Park, also known as F.D.R. Park and “The Lakes,” has provided a green oasis for South Philly since the early 1900s. The park’s popularity, years of active use, flooding, and major projects like the construction of Sports
Continue readingSouthwark School at 9th and Mifflin Streets is gearing up for an exciting redesign of the 9th Street courtyard into a true community space. Since February, Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Restored Spaces Initiative, in collaboration with the Spanish trash-focused artist collective
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