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Part of the Trolley Trail that opened last year, the century-old skew arch bridge is getting a facelift. The skew arch bridge on Fairmount Park’s Trolley Trail is in its first round of repairs.
Trolleys ran through Fairmount Park until 1946 (one of the stops: an amusement park!), and now the tracks are being converted into a paved trail. One and a half miles of the 4.5-mile path are ...
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A 19th century bridge, built for a long-defunct West Fairmount Park trolley line, now a ...
To better connect neighborhoods, “The New Fairmount Park” plan envisions building trails along the 16 creeks that flow from communities to the river. Doing so will capitalize on the natural path that ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Fairmount Park Conservancy on Wednesday unveiled upgrades to Boxers' Trail in Strawberry Mansion. In an Eyewitness News exclusive, former boxers and city leaders hope it ...
This spring, FPC has organized a series of volunteer days in West Fairmount Park. Project sites range from rain gardens to lakes and wooded trails, and all tools, including gloves, are provided.