PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A peaceful park hardly seems like the place to talk about gun violence, but the topic is unavoidable - even in the serene setting of FDR Park in South Philadelphia. "We have to ...

Ebba Sparre Sauna Collective is bringing back three wooden barrel saunas to the grounds of the American Swedish Historical ...

Men’s World Cup teams will not use any of South Philadelphia’s FDR Park athletic fields for practice in 2026, with FIFA opting to use Rhodes Field at the University of Pennsylvania. The decision, made ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon is speaking out just one day after she was carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia's FDR Park. Her news conference came just hours after police ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Philadelphia Film Society will host a screening of the documentary "Jeannette" on Wednesday evening. The film details the life of Jeannette Feliciano, a bodybuilder and lesbian single mother who ...

Philadelphia's Friends of FDR Park will be collecting houseplants and plant cuttings to bring some cheer to patients and families at the CHOP Pediatric Cardiac Center this coming week. Tara Anastasi, ...

The Tri-County Conference/Cape-Atlantic League baseball roster for the upcoming Carpenter Cup has been released. The 39th annual Phillies Baseball Carpenter Cup tournament will begin on Monday at FDR ...

Two recent decisions by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court involving public parks on opposite sides of the state highlight the court’s increasingly strict interpretation of Pennsylvania’s Donated or ...