Philadelphia Parks & Recreation

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Philadelphia Parks & Recreation is the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of 63 parks, with 9,200 acres (3,700 ha) allocated to its main park Fairmount Park.[1] It became the successor to the Fairmount Park Commission in 2010. Philadelphia Parks & Recreation is one of the largest urban park systems in the United States.[2][3][4] The department has partnered with PHS public landscape programs.[5]

Main park

Main article: Fairmount Park

The park system was originally named after its first park, Fairmount Park, which occupies nearly half the area of the whole system, at over 2,054 acres (831 ha). Today, the commission divides the original park into East and West Fairmount parks. The original domain of Fairmount Park consisted of three areas: "South Park" or the South Garden immediately below the Fairmount Water Works extending to the Callowhill Street Bridge; "Old Park" which encompassed the former estates of Lemon Hill and Sedgeley; and West Park, the area now comprising the Philadelphia Zoo and the Centennial Exposition grounds. The South Garden predated the establishment of the Park Commission in 1867 and Lemon Hill and Sedgeley were added in 1855–56. After the Civil War, work progressed on acquiring and laying out West Park. In the 1870s, the Fairmount Park Commission expropriated properties along the Wissahickon Creek to extend Fairmount Park proper. The Schuylkill River Trail is a modern addition and was not included in 19th-century acquisitions.

Neighborhood and regional parks

The 63 neighborhood and regional parks are:

See also

Fairmount Water Works

References

  1. ↑ Rick J. Scheidt; Benyamin Schwarz (13 September 2013). Environmental Gerontology: What Now?. Routledge. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-1-317-98135-0.
  2. ↑ Karrie Gavin (5 August 2014). Moon Philadelphia: Including Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Avalon Travel Publishing. pp. 244–. ISBN 978-1-61238-845-8.
  3. ↑ Adam Hermann (2016-06-29). "Rahim Thompson gives Philly youth an outdoor league of their own". philly-archives. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  4. ↑ Gaul, Jerry (2016-07-22). "Boathouse Row ready for relighting this weekend ahead of DNC". PhillyVoice. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  5. ↑ The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (17 February 2014). The Philadelphia Flower Show. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 127–. ISBN 978-1-4671-2099-9.
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