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Bookmark or Share- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park - WikipediaFranklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Park (originally named League Island Park) is a park located along the Delaware River in the southernmost point of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, comprising some 348 acres (1.41 km 2) which includes a 146-acre (0.59 km 2) golf course (closed and converted to meadows in 2019), about 125 acres (0.51 km 2) of ...
- FDR Park – Fairmount Park ConservancyAt 348 acres, FDR Park is the largest park in South Philadelphia. Today, people come from all over the region to picnic, play, and relax at what longtime park-goers call “The Lakes.” As the only park in Philly designed by the Olmsted Brothers, the sons of Frederick Law Olmsted, FDR Park is currently implementing a decades-long Park Plan ...
- History – Fairmount Park ConservancyFDR Park. History. Long before it became the South Philly staple it is today, the land that is now FDR Park consisted of acres upon acres of wetlands and marshes separated from “mainland” Philadelphia by Hollander Creek, which ran between the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. Between the late 1700s and early 1900s, these marshes were slowly ...
- FDR Park Plan – Fairmount Park ConservancyThe FDR Park Plan is Philly’s largest, most public-facing investment in climate resilience that builds better, more diverse access for everyone in the city. It builds a more resilient Philadelphia for now and for the future. FDR Park and its users can’t afford not to restore its landscape.
- Friends of FDR ParkFriends of FDR Park. 1500 PATTISON AVENUE. PHILADELPHIA, PA 19145. We are open daily! April through October: 6am - 9pm. November through March: 6am - 6pm. Outside of these times, the gates to the park are closed to car traffic. Thank you for enjoying and caring for FDR Park!
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