Topic: Parks and Recreation

“Birder Backpacks” at 20 Free Library branches take Philadelphians from the stacks to the trails

So why did we get rid of places like the old LOVE Park, where young men want to hang out?

We Walk PHL has logged over 3,000 walks in 28 city locations over the last eight years. It’s reshaping how Philadelphians feel and appreciate their parks

Are a restroom and a snack bar too much to ask for?

Two years into the City’s first-ever Tree Plan, our leafy coverage has remained static. What happens now?

The park’s volunteer coordinator gets it done, from reclaiming lakes from the “phrag” to putting anyone who raises their hands to work.

Connor Barwin’s City-funded $21 million revamp of Vare Recreation Center shows what the Kenney-era program could accomplish — so why did it fall so short of its target?

The architect of Central Park’s Edenic resurgence has retired to our own Rittenhouse Square, where he is the most well-versed park volunteer. Here’s what he thinks we can learn from NYC

The next in our Development … for Good series in partnership with Fitler Club and Drexel’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation features Connor Barwin, Jerry Sweeney and other investors in our city’s public realm

A recent editorial declared support for remaking the South Philly park as an outdoor turf sports complex. That is not what we really need