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Parks & Recreation in the Neighborhood

Bardascino Park and Bocce Court

• Location: 10th & Carpenter
• Contact: Miriam Indenbaum, 215.334.2568
• Web: www.phila.gov/recreation/parks/Parks_A_to_F/Bardascino/bardascino.html

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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: RBuchalter@closednetworks.net
• 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: www.phila.gov/fairpark/squares/penn.html

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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: www.fairmountpark.org

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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: www.fitlersquare.org

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Franklin’s Paine Skate Park

• Franklin's Paine Skate Park Fund, PO Box 15175, Philadelphia, PA 19130
• Contact: Josh Nims
• Telephone: 215.634.3543
• Email: info@franklinspaine.org
• Web: www.franklinspaine.org

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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: www.fairmountpark.org

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Gold Star Park

• Location: 6th, Wharton & Marshall
• Contact: Aileen Bunch, 215.336.5230, aileenbunch@yahoo.com
• Web: www.phila.gov/recreation/parks/Parks_G_to_M/Gold_Star/gold_star.html

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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: www.kahnpark.tripod.com/

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Logan Square

• Location: 20th and BF Parkway (Logan Circle)
• Logan Square Neighborhood Association
• President: Harold Jacobs, hjacobs@wolfblock.com
• Email: lsnaphilly@yahoo.com
• Web: www.lsnaphilly.org/index.html
  www.phila.gov/fairpark/squares/logan.html

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LOVE Park (JFK Plaza)

• Location: Near 16th and JFK
• Web: www.ushistory.org/lovepark/
  www.lsnaphilly.org
  www.fairmountpark.org

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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: www.phila.gov/recreation/contact/directory/anderson.html

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Markward Playground & Taney Park

• Location: Within the Schuylkill River Park lies at near Pine and Spruce Sts.
• Contact: Lauren Wylonis, M. D.
• Markward Taney Playground Fund, 2101 Pine Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA
• Web: www.taneyplay.org/

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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: www.phila.gov/cgi-bin/recreation/phillarec/center.cgi?theID=808

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Paolone Park

• Location: 7th and Sears St
• Web: www.phila.gov/recreation/index.html

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Passyunk Square

• President: Sue Montella
• Vice President: Geoff DiMasi
• Address: P.O. Box 18052 Philadelphia, PA 19147
• Web: www.passyunk.org
• Email: contact@passyunk.org

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Ridgeway Park

• Location: 13th and Carpenter Streets
• Web: www.phila.gov/recreation/parks/Parks_N_to_Z/Ridgway/ridgway.html

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Rittenhouse Square

• Location: 18th to 20th and Walnut to Spruce
• Web: www.phila.gov/fairpark/squares/rittenhouse.html
• Center City Residents Association
  • President: Thomas J. Reilly, Jr.
  • Executive Vice President: Vivian Seltzer
  • Vice Presidents: Heather Ascher, Juhwon Lee, Frederic Murphy
  • Office Director: Alan Levin
  • Planning Director: Lou Couffy
  • Address: 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 810
    Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Telephone: 215.546.6719
  • Fax: 215.546.5110
  • Web: www.centercityresidents.org
  • Email: centercity@centercityresidents.org
• Rit-Fit Town Watch
  • Location: Pine to Chancellor and 20th to 25th Street.
  • Contact: Bill Faust
  • Telephone: 215.564.7182

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Schuylkill River Park

• Location: East Bank of the Schuylkill River From Pine to Past the Art Museum
• Contact: Russell Meddin
• Web: www.freetheriverpark.org/Starr Garden Park
• Email: freetheriverpark@comcast.net

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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: stingersquare@yahoo.com
• Web: www.geocities.com/stingersquare/

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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: www.phila.gov/cgi-bin/recreation/phillarec/center.cgi?theID=844

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Washington Square

• Location: 7th to 6th and Walnut to Spruce
• Web: www.phila.gov/fairpark/squares/washington.html
• Organization: Washington Square West Civic Association
• President: Judy Applebaum
• Email: applebaumd@snip.net
• Address: 1209 Locust Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19107
• Telephone: 215.545.3260
• Fax: 215.545.9150
• Web: http://www.washwestcivic.org
• Email: info@washwestcivic.org

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