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Designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in 1885, Franklin Park is the City’s largest green space and a treasured destination for residents and visitors alike. Submissions are ...
Striking city workers are joining picket lines outside Philadelphia City Hall, public libraries and other worksites as nearly ...
AFSCME District Council 33 represents a wide swath of city employees who perform manual labor and skilled trades.
A teen lifeguard, who was wearing modest swimwear for religious purposes, was dismissed at the Fairmount Park pool Pool due ...
Thousands gathered in Philadelphia for the "No Kings" protest, marching to the Art Museum to oppose threats to democracy and immigration enforcement without due process. Despite rain and poor air ...
The program ground to a halt with the onset of Covid. The aging True Grit needed extensive repairs, and the Park Service, lacking the funds and staff to make them, put the boat in dry storage.
The City of Philadelphia has released the official 2025 Philadelphia pool opening schedule. City pools will open on a rolling basis beginning June 13. Note: The pools located at 12th & ...
Parks and Recreation deployed 15.64 tons of product across the city in 2023, the most recent year for which data is available. Toxic Free Philly , an organization pushing to end the use of synthetic ...
Fees and Charges: Presentation and discussion of the proposed structure for 2026 Parks, Recreation and Culture membership fees, along with the community engagement plan and proposed implementation tim ...
2025 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show Details Date: March 1-9, 2025, with a PHS Member Preview on Feb. 28, 2025 Times: Saturday, Mar. 1 – Saturday, Mar. 8: 10 am – 8 pm and Sunday, Mar. 9, 10 am ...
Al Roker visited Philadelphia on Thursday for a Start TODAY Walk event. The group headed out for a scenic two-mile walk through the City of Brotherly Love with some special guests along the way ...
Phaedra Parks opens up about being a single mom. Phaedra further noted that being a parent isn't an easy journey. "Parenting is great, but it's very hard because it didn't come with a manual and ...