 | This article is written like a travel guide. (March 2022) |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | |
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 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park in March 2010 | |
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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Area | 348 acres (141 ha) |
| Created | 1914 |
| Operated by | Philadelphia Parks & Recreation[1] |
| Visitors | 120,000 |
| Open | All year |
| Website | www.fdrpark.org |
| Designated | August 9, 2000[2] |
Franklin 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 km2), about 125 acres (0.51 km2) of buildings, roadways, pathways for walking, landscaped architecture, and a variety of picnic and recreation areas placed within about 77 acres (310,000 m2) of natural lands including ponds and lagoons.
- ^ "Department History". phila.gov. The City of Philadelphia. n.d. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
the Fairmount Park Commission, created in 1867, and the Philadelphia Department of Recreation, created in 1951...officially merged on July 1, 2010.
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