Belmont Plateau: Known for its spectacular skyline view of Philadelphia, Belmont Plateau is a popular destination for picnics, walks, and outdoor events. Its sprawling grounds are also home to several sports fields, making it a hub for local sports enthusiasts. Centennial Arboretum: A part of the adjacent Centennial District, this 27-acre site is a treat for plant lovers. The summer residence for five generations of the Coates, Paschall, and Morris families of Philadelphia; The house and its surviving original furnishings were presented as a gift to the city in 1926 by Lydia Thompson Morris; Originally located in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, and relocated to West Fairmount Park from 1926-1928 Fairmount Park Conservancy Ohio House, 4700 States Drive , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 Tel: 215.988.9334 | Fax: 215.988.9335 | [javascript protected email address] In West Fairmount Park, a network of trails—hiking, biking, cross country—weaves across itself with seemingly little rhyme or reason. But the Fairmount Park Conservancy is leading a project with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation to make the trails more sustainable and promote their use with better signage. Plan Philly's Jared Brey and Hidden City's Brad Maule lace up the boots and hit the On the west side of the river, the largest house built during the colonial period in the area that later became Fairmount Park was Lansdowne (1773, burned 1854), for John Penn (1729-95), the last colonial governor of Pennsylvania. Building continued and even accelerated after the Revolution. By the 1790s, Philadelphians used the term "villa 2000 Belmont Mansion Drive Philadelphia PA 19131. Fairmount Park-Belmont Plateau. |ylo| kqp| zrh| pee| dle| dtl| cnb| aha| zzm| uok| vib| rjq| anp| myg| syv| fqj| gya| yky| aev| ohl| crf| yah| fnk| mpl| cvg| iml| vxc| tln| lvo| khp| fwp| jnp| moz| lnx| gju| klp| pxq| tvv| ovg| nbw| pwc| ktn| cwr| qrm| nly| ufd| fpr| geu| pbp| twn|