Love Park was already closed to skaters (technically) when this Phillyist moved to the City of Brotherly Love, but she still finds this video very interesting.......

Yesterday afternoon in LOVE Park, two homeless women got into a fight over a homeless man's affections which ended in one woman stabbing the other to death. Perhaps not surprisingly, Mayor Nutter's recent press conference in which he angrily criticized DHS left some workers upset. He spent yesterday trying to placate them in a series of closed-door meetings. "A veteran Philadelphia-area Roman Catholic priest's transfer from Florida to Bucks County has been halted after......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Mummy!: Gear up for Chinese mummies with the Mummy Returns at the Great Plaza on Penn's Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 6:30PM. Free ROUS on the Banks: The Princess Bride as part of the Laughter on the Banks series at the Walnut Street Dock (25th and Walnut), 8PM. Free Support Your Local Poets: New Philadelphia Poets at Germ Books and Gallery (2005 Frankford), 7PM. Free Love Music: Music......

When skateboarding was banned from Love Park... it didn't really change much. Walking through the other day, we caught a couple of guys on boards jumping off one of the high planters, and wondered if they knew about the ban (a surprising number of people don't, but a bigger number just don't care), or about the very cool Paine's Park Project. The Paine's Park Project is a 2.5-acre skatepark, originally commissioned by Mayor Street......

10. Penn's Landing 9. Liberty One 8. Wawa 7. Liberty Two 6. Chakkah Fattah 5. Fairmount 4. DiBruno Brothers 3. Love Park 2. The Suzanne Roberts Theater 1. Penisvaginaballs Tower This dirty bit of posting brought to you by DIE ACTOR DIE's 2nd Annual Dirtiest Sketch in Philadelphia (NSFW), featuring filthy sketches from Animosity Pierre, BAD HAIR, Doogie Horner, John Kensil, Meg & Rob, Richie Redding, Secret Pants and The 6th Borough. Special Encore Performance......

Although it was overshadowed just slightly by the presidential primary, Tuesday was Earth Day, and Philly did what it could to green itself up for the crowds. Photo by author, SkyscraperSunset.com, April 22, 2008.......

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At 12:30 this afternoon, the organization Moms Against Guns will bring its message to the masses from a stage in Love Park. Lynne Korman Honickman, local philanthropist and founder of the organization, was told she'd be "spinning her wheels" if she tried to galvanize women across the state to express their outrage over our appalling rate of gun violence, particularly that against children. This afternoon's rally is the organization's official kick-off; there is already......

Walking to work through Love Park today, we noticed that the fountain was off and the water had been dyed a dark shade of red (as opposed to October/Breast Cancer Awareness Month pink). A few people were milling about, installing caution tape around the perimeter of the fountain. We decided to investigate. Upon closer inspection (and by closer inspection, we mean we walked toward the fountain and read the tape), we saw that the caution......

It's officially spring if the fountain in Love Park is running!......

On average, women and children in developing countries walk three miles a day to provide clean drinking water for their families. This Saturday, Philadelphia’s acknowledgement of the World Water Crisis will continue with the city’s Third Annual Walk for Water. The walk will begin at Love Park and end at the World Café Live, where participants will get to see a performance by the Sekere Women’s Ensemble, as well as enjoy a complementary lunch. Participants......

We don't mean to complain, but why is it that Philadelphia icons need to stretch their anniversary celebrations on for so long? First Ben Franklin's tercentennial celebrations seem prepared to last until his quadricentennial fete begins, and now it seems that Rocky isn't content with a new movie and a relocated statue for his 30th. He gets a whole week of celebration, too. (What we really want to know is how'd we get to be......

Phillyist was looking out our office's conference room window an hour ago when we saw the telltale free-samples-from-Starbucks van parked at Love Park, and we decided to go investigate with some coworkers. Turns out Starbucks is promoting their new summery Frappuccino Juice Blends (available in pomegranite, tangerine, banana, and banana-coconut) and their summertime scavenger hunt, and they've got free samples of the tangerine and pomegranate flavors and coupons for free drinks. And Costa Rican dancers.......

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Phillyist, although loathe to get hit in the head with a pillow ourselves, couldn't resist stomping down to Love Park for Saturday's Pillow Fight to snap a few pictures. Seems we weren't alone. In our estimation, about 250 people crowded into the park, and about half of us were there to take photos. We've never seen so many pillows, cameras, and messenger bags in one place at one time. Spiderman, Batman, unicorns and the Powerpuff......

Local bloggers talk about yesterday's immigration demonstration in Love Park: - iFlipFlop has photos - Philebrity fields some reader mail on the matter - Metroblogging Philly has their say......

Public pillow fights have been popping up all over the world, and now Philly's having it's own happening this Saturday in Love Park. Here are the rules for Pillow Fight Club: Rules: 1) Tell everyone you know about PILLOW FIGHT!!! 2) Wait for the set time before fighting 3) Don’t hit anyone with out a pillow (unless they want it) 4) Don’t hit anyone with a camera 5) HAVE FUN!!! (it's not a competition) Pillow......

In case you thought it was just you yesterday when you were finding it really hard to catch a cab...well, it wasn't. A bunch of cabbies didn't work from 9AM to 9PM, instead taking part in a demonstration protesting tough new regulations that they say will make it even harder than it already is for them to make a living. One of the regulations, which went into effect yesterday, says that no cab may have......

…just ask Comcast. According to Inga Saffron of the Inquirer, the new Comcast Tower has dreams of being not only the tallest and most environmentally friendly building in Philadelphia…but in the whole US of A. What's holding the building back? The Plumbers Local 690, who are allegedly put out by the plans to install waterless urinals in the building. There's no official word as to why this is the case – although unofficial arguments seem......

Try not to panic - but the dreaded pink, red and doily-clad holiday, St. Valentine's, is only a week away. If you're on the lookout for something to do other than you traditional dinner and a movie, Philly's got some less-than-ordinary Valentine themed attractions going on. (And to our single brethren, these events are also singles friendly): Q-Licious in the Park: Spiral Q Puppet Theatre will be bringing Cupid and their giant puppets to Love......

Montgomery County resident David Downey can't keep it in his pants - less than a week after being freed on $250K bail for third degree murder charges for feeding a 17 year old 'escort' a lethal dose drugs and paying off a couple of people to dispose of the body, he violated his bail by having a professional booty call in Upper Merion. At least he didn't kill this one.Governor Ed Rendell is opposing......

In 1997, a group of cunning arts folk decided that Philadelphia was really missing out on something. With all of the alternative culture in the city, Philadelphia needed a Fringe Festival, much like those held in Edinburgh and New York City. The Philadelphia Fringe Festival is now two separate, concurrent festivals: The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and the Philly Fringe (PLAF) , both of which kick off tomorrow and run for sixteen days thereafter.......

With a motto like "spread it," we knew that Philth magazine would come on the scene with a bang. Part Paper, part Maxim, Philth gives you the heads-up on where to go and what to wear with an American Apparel-esque sexiness. In their third free issue, the intrepid reporters conquer Philly neighborhoods, one stiletto at a time. From buying sausages in South Philly to um, enjoying some outdoor sports in Love Park, Philth takes readers......

Wagers are being placed as to whether or not the museums, businesses, and residences along the Ben Franklin Parkway and surrounding areas will survive Live 8. Some of us are betting on looting, perhaps a plague of locusts, and some of us just think the crowd will erupt into a swarming crowd of miscreant arsonists. Whatever the case, we can all assume that the Parkway will be awash in urine. City officials are guesstimating......