Public Spaces
$2.2 million playground with special ‘intergenerational’ swing opens at 8th and Diamond
The revamped park includes a big swing designed for all ages, old-school pavement games, and newly planted trees.
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‘First of many’ protests over teardown of Philly’s only rec center for people with disabilities
“I’m praying that they stay open,” said a mother whose son has Down syndrome and visited the Carousel House often.
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Love Park has a new neighbor: Uptown Beer Garden
Uptown Beer Garden has moved to a new location, expanding its outdoor space. Uptown will be able to entertain more guests and expand food and drink options!
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Burlington County opens 5.5 miles of the Delaware River Heritage Trail
Open to walkers, hikers, and bikers, it’s the largest addition to the network in S. Jersey to date, and the latest piece of the planned Circuit Trails.
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Charlottesville removes Robert E. Lee statue that sparked a deadly rally
The city of Charlottesville, Va., removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Saturday, toppling a symbol that was at the center of the deadly Unite the Right rally
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Franklin Square park launches an open-air cocktail lounge
Built as a 7,300-square-foot wedding venue during the pandemic, Franklin’s View is now a high-ceilinged tent for drinking and dancing.
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A pile of toxic debris grows in Camden. Residents, lawmakers say it’s environmental racism
In what residents and officials are calling an act of environmental racism, property owners allowed a pile of toxic waste to grow two stories high in a Camden neighborhood.
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Brass birds flock to Delaware River to launch a series of waterfront sculptures
‘A Moment Without You,’ a subtle and grief-stricken work, is the first of five sculptures to be installed along the Delaware River waterfront.
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N.J. sets aside $4 million for Wildwood boardwalk repair
A storm damaged sections of the boardwalk near the Convention Center in April 2020. But before that storm hit, city officials had said the walkway was overdue for an overhaul.
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Search efforts remain paused in Surfside as officials race to prepare demolition
Preparations continue in Surfside, Fla. for the demolition of a portion of the Champlain Towers South still standing after much of the building collapsed.
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Philly pool season begins after challenging search for lifeguards
The city’s pool season begins, despite the recruitment issues and criticism surrounding which neighborhood pools were chosen to open.
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Could Philly’s World Cup bid mean an end to FDR Park’s beloved wild meadow?
City officials say the overgrown former golf course could be reborn as a world-class soccer facility. Environmentalists challenge the public benefit.
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Painting a Parkway mural, to welcome Philly back and encourage vaccination
Artist Felix St. Fort designed the ‘Welcome Back, Philly’ ground mural as part of a ‘Vax Up Philly’ collaboration with the Health Department.
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Once considered ‘degenerate,’ Maja returns to the Parkway
A new park along the Ben Franklin Parkway is named after the sculpture by Gerhard Marcks, once considered “degenerate” by the Nazis.
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Listen 1:30Bleak plaza across from Philly’s City Hall moves toward $8.7M makeover
Downtown bar owner Teddy Sourias has already started work on the beer garden to open on the underused pedestrian mall between Penn Center’s office towers.
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