Scope and Contents Photographs of sites before and/or after being converted to pocket parks. Sites include 11th and Tioga; 15th and Oregon; 24th Street - Ritner to Passyunk; 24th Street between Snyder and Passyunk; 27th Street - Allegheny to Willard; 3200 block of N. 27th Street; 55th and Haverford; 59th and Baltimore; 59th Street, Lancaster, and Columbia Avenues; 71st Street between Buist and Dicks Avenues; Broad and Bristol; Carlisle Street and Hunting Park Avenue; Chelten Avenue, Wister Street, and Wyncotte...

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...

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Photographs of sites before and/or after being converted into pocket park tot lots. Sites include 3316 H Street; 3604-06 Haverford; 525 Cantrell Street; 2315 Ellsworth Street; 1929-31 E. Buckius Street; 2024 Gerritt Street; 642-44 N. Sickels; and 717-21 Emily Street

Scope and Contents Photographs of sites before or after being converted into pocket parks. Sites included are 2230-36 E. Auburn Street, 68th Street to Pershing Street between Buist and Dicks Avenues; Dewey Street to 61st Street between Elmwood and Buist Avenues; 2523-2539 S. Robinson Street; 2528-2534 S. Robinson Street; Tioga and Crowell; 20th and Norris Streets; 1315 N. 4th Street; 20th and Tioga Streets; Barnes and Loney Streets; 1622 N. Franklin Street; Harbison Avenue and Levick Street; Hunting Park...

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Photographs of sites before and/or after being converted into pocket parks. Sites include 234 Ellsworth; 2126 N. Gratz; 2301 N. Colorado; 314 Emily Street; 1729 W. Diamond Street; 1301 N. Dover Street; 2176 Darien Street; 3000 W. Dauphin Street; and 2030 Gerritt Street.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains technical reports, studies, and project documentation related to Fairmount Park system properties and Philadelphia recreation facilities. Materials include historic structure reports, cultural landscape inventories, archaeological investigations, preservation and conservation evaluations, building condition assessments, master plans, environmental site assessments, engineering reports, project manuals and specifications, feasibility studies, maintenance and operation...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...