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Free paddle boating returns to FDR Park for a day on the water

Visitors can see FDR Park from a different angle during a free paddle boating event on Saturday, May 16. Community Paddle ...
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Help name FDR Park's new flock of eight bird-shaped boats

FDR Park has welcomed a flock of eight new bird-shaped boats and the Fairmount Park Conservancy is asking for help to name them. This is the second summer that the Conservancy and the Independence ...
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FDR Park is about to unveil a reimagined entrance, but renovation challenges persist

The people behind a $250 million FDR Park renovation are aware of how unpopular the plan is among some Philadelphians. But they hope to build enthusiasm this weekend, even among skeptics, as they ...
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‘Everything was floating’: Flooding of FDR Park’s boathouse destroys nonprofit’s equipment

Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the systems that shape them? PlanPhilly reporters want to hear from you! Ask us a question or send us a story idea you think we should cover. When Adam ...
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Lollapalooza 1994 was the last time FDR Park hosted a major concert. Connor Barwin is changing that with Make the World Better weekend

The last time a major concert event was staged at FDR Park, Toni Bourgeois was in middle school in Chester County, saving up money in a tin can to pay for her ticket for Lollapalooza 1994. That ...