The Ben Franklin Parkway is home to an award winning art collection at the new Barnes Foundation, and as of May 22nd it’s also home to a joyland for skateboarders at the $4.5M Franklin Paine’s Park. This park, in the shadow of the Art Museum, is set just above the banks of the Schuylkill River.
Museum on the horizon
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We stopped by the day after it opened and found it as full of skaters as a suburban shopping mall on Black Friday. The opening of the park represents a shift in the city’s consciousness. For years, skateboarding in Philly was frowned upon, culminating in the closing of LOVE Park to skateboarders a decade ago. For some background on this, check out Enemies of the Skate, a City Paper article from last year.
Workers first broke ground on…
