Philadelphia Mayor Lifts Ban On Love Park Skateboarding Before Renovation
By Peter CrimminsPhiladelphia Mayor Lifts Ban On Love Park Skateboarding Before Renovation
By Peter Crimmins
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Skate boards took their final turns in one of the nation’s best known skate parks this weekend. “Love Park” in Philadelphia is being bulldozed in preparation for a new park with less concrete and more plantings. Skateboarders said Love Park was ideal for their sport, so good they kept going even when the city banned them. Philly relented and gave them the weekend for some final runs before the demolition began.
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