Parks & Recreation

Bardascino Park and Bocce Court

• Location: 10th & Carpenter
• Contact: Miriam Indenbaum, 215.334.2568
• Web: Bardascino

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Capitolo Playground

• Location: 9th & Federal
• Telephone: 215.685.6594

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Cianfrani Park

• Location: 8th and Fitzwater
• Contact: Rona Buchalter
• Email:
• Telephone: 215.829.0582

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City Hall / Penn Square

• Location: Intersection of Market and Broad Streets
• Look under Fairmount Park for contact info
• Web: Center Square

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Fairmount Park Administrative Offices

• Telephone: General Information 215.683.0200
  Permits/Special Events 215.685.0060
• Fairmount Park Commission Office
  One Parkway - 10th Floor, 1515 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
• Web: Fairmount

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Fitler Square

• Location: Bounded by Locust Street and South Street, and extending from 21st Street to the Schuylkill River
• Fitler Square Improvement Association, Inc.
  340 S. 24th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-6431
• Web: Fitler Square

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Franklin's Paine Skatepark Fund

• Franklin's Paine Skatepark Fund, PO Box 15175, Philadelphia, PA 19130
• Contact: Josh Nims
• Telephone: 215.634.3543
• Email:
• Web: Franklin's Paine

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Franklintown Park

• Fairmount Park Commission Office
• Telephone: General Information 215.683.0200
  One Parkway - 10th Floor, 1515 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
• Web: Fanklintown

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Gold Star Park

• Location: 6th, Wharton & Marshall
• Contact: Aileen Bunch, 215.336.5230,
• Web: Gold Star Park

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Kahn Park

• Location: Pine & 11th Streets
• The Friends of Louis I. Kahn Park, Inc., P.O. Box 1830, Philadelphia, PA 19105
• President: Constance C. Moore,
• Web: Kahn Park

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Logan Square

• Location: 20th and BF Parkway (Logan Circle)
• Logan Square Neighborhood Association
• President: Harold Jacobs,
• Email:
• Web: Logan Square

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LOVE Park (JFK Plaza)

• Location: Near 16th and JFK
• Web: Love Park

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Marion Anderson Recreation Center

• Location: 744 S. 17th Street (Between Catherine and Fitzwater Streets)
• Telephone: 215.685.6594
• Contact: Carolyn White, Facility Supervisor
• Web: Marion Anderson

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Markward Playground & Taney Park

• Location: Within the Schuylkill River Park lies at near Pine and Spruce Sts.
• Telephone: 215-685-6649
• Web: Markward

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Palumbo Park, Playground and Rec. Center

• Locations: 10th and Fitzwater Streets,
  and 723 Catherine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147
• Telephone: 215.686.1783
• Fax: 215.683.1884
• Contacts: John McBride, William Fuller, Rochelle Manfra
• Web: Palumbo

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Paolone Park

• Location: 7th and Sears St
• Web: Paolone

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Passyunk Square

• President: Sue Montella
• Vice President: Geoff DiMasi
• Address: P.O. Box 18052 Philadelphia, PA 19147
• Web: Passyunk
• Email:

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Ridgeway Park

• Location: 13th and Carpenter Streets
• Web: Ridgeway

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Rittenhouse Square

• Location: 18th to 20th and Walnut to Spruce
• Web: Friends of Rittenhouse Square

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Schuylkill River Park

• Location: Along the Schuylkill River (east of the tracks) at 25th Street between Pine and Spruce Streets
• Contact: Peg Connor
• Web: Friends of Schuylkill River Park
• Email:

Schuylkill River Park Trail

• Location: Along the east bank of the Schuylkill River (west of the tracks) from Locust Street to beyond the Art Museum
• Contact: Russell Meddin
• Web: Schuylkill River Park Alliance
• Email:

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Seger Park Playground

• Location: on Lombard Street between 10th and 11th.
• Contact: co-presidents, Sharri Horowitz and Adrienne Kenton
• Web: www.friendsofseger.org
• Email:
• Phone: 267.507.5558

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Sister Cities Plaza

• 15th and Market Area
• Fairmount Park/Logan Square Contacts
• Philadelphia Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation
• Contact: Teresa Wojcik
• Telephone: 215.752.9270

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Starr Garden Playground

• Location: 600-44 Lombard St, Philadelphia, PA 19146
• Phone: 215-686-1782
• Contact: Pat Fuller
• Contact Phone: 215-686-1782

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Stinger Square

• Location: 32nd & Reed Streets
• Email:
• Web: Stinger Square

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Vare Rec. Center

• Location: 2600 Morris Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145
• Contact: Jerry Boligitz, Kristin Smerker, Eric Rudy
• Phone: 215.685.1876
• Web: Vare

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Washington Square

• Location: 7th to 6th and Walnut to Spruce
• Web: Washington Square

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Wharton Square Playground

• Location: 23rd & Wharton, Philadelphia, PA 19146
• Phone: 215.685.1888
• Web: Wharton Square

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