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Bridesburg Park

City breaks ground on 10-acre waterfront park in Bridesburg

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Franklin Square to host Halloween-themed mini golf, trick-or-treating and a pumpkin patch in October

Fall Franklin Square

Hike your way through Wissahickon Valley Park with the All Trails Challenge

Wissahickon Valley Park Trails

Canoes, fishing gear used by youth programs vandalized at FDR Park, friends group says

FDR Park Vandalism

Center City's largest pollinator garden to bloom in Sister Cities Park

sister cities park garden

New FDR Park playground to open with largest swing set on the continent

FDR Park megaswing

Renderings show proposed plans for Thomas Paine Plaza redesign

Thomas Paine Plaza

New art installation depicts Philly's LGBTQ history through old photos

Gayborhood Public Art

This year's Chinese Lantern Festival features a dragon tunnel and fortune-telling wall

Chinese Lantern Festival

To prevent skin cancer, free sunscreen is available at 46 Pennsylvania state parks this summer

Sunscreen State Parks

Boozy spelling bees and an Italian market festival: Your weekend guide to things to do in Philly

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Spruce Street Harbor Park reopens for summer season on Friday

Spruce Street Harbor Park 2023

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Help beautify Philly's green spaces during Love Your Park Week

Love Your Park Week

Philly to install more than 100 security cameras to create 'safety net' around city rec centers

Security Cameras Philadelphia

Parks on Tap's 2023 schedule set to begin with pop-up bar at Azalea Garden off Kelly Drive

Parks on Tap 2023

Boathouse Row to go dark for 8 months due to light upgrades

Boathouse row lights

Construction of Penn's Landing park over I-95 finally approved to begin, PennDOT says

Penn's Landing Park Start

New Graffiti Pier park plans get boost with $2 million in federal funding

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Former Chester County golf course to be converted into public park

Loch Nairn Chester County Park

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Explore Fairmount Park and win prizes during a digital scavenger hunt this winter

Fairmount Park Scavenger Hunt

Start 2023 outdoors with First Day Hikes at state parks in Pennsylvania and South Jersey

First Day Hikes 2023

Compost your pumpkins at these community drop-off sites in Philly

State park opens in Chester County as part of $45 million conservation investment

Chester County State Park

Wissahickon Valley Trail bridges reopen after 18-month renovation project

Wissahickon Valley Trail bridges

Wetland revitalization begins at FDR Park in effort to improve wildlife, plant habitat

FDR Wetland

Parks on Tap is taking its beer garden to 5 neighborhoods this fall

Parks on Tap Clark Park

Basketball court dedicated to Kobe, Gianna Bryant opens in West Philadelphia

Benjamin Franklin Parkway redesign project seeks public input

Ben Franklin parkway Redesign

New Jersey state parks, forests and recreation areas are free to enter this summer

NJ Parks

Parks on Tap returns to Fairmount Water Works for summer season

Parks on Tap Water Works

Philadelphia parks drop in national ranking due to funding cuts caused by COVID-19 pandemic

Parks Ranking

LINK trail from Philly to Jersey Shore is part of Camden's $100 million parks plan

LINK trail Camden

New renderings show Penn's Landing park that will cap I-95

Penn's Landing Wide Angle

Teenager helps save children from icy pond in Delaware County

Collingdale Park pond rescue

New pedestrian bridge could be built near Forbidden Drive later this year

Wissahickon Forbidden Drive Bridge

First Day Hikes at state parks in Pennsylvania, New Jersey encourage people to start 2022 outdoors

Ridley Creek State Park

Sunoco agrees to clean Chester County lake damaged by Mariner East pipeline

Sunoco Mariner East pipeline settlement

South Jersey parks slated to receive state funding for improvement projects

New Jersey parks

Rowan University to open fossil museum showing dinosaurs found in South Jersey

Rowan University fossil museum

Final designs unveiled for FDR Park Welcome Center, Pattison Playground

FDR Park WC Main

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge to undergo $1.5 million restoration project

John Heinz restoration

Two new basketball courts honoring Kobe, Gianna Bryant coming to West Philly this fall

Franklin Square has a new, covered beer garden

Franklin Square beer garden

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