LOVE Park in the News

• LOVE Park renovations expected - Philly.com
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Miriam Hill, March 8, 2012]
  
• Philadelphia has one last chance for skateboarding at LOVE Park
  Philadelphia Daily News [Gregory Heller, February 28, 2011]
  
• Enemies of the Skate?
  Philadelphia Weekly [Catherine Caperello , June 16, 2009]
  
• Abington skate park will memorialize teen
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Kathy Boccella, May 18, 2009]
  
• Lords of Love Park
  34th Street Magazine [Joe Sanfilippo, April 23, 2009]
  
• A Love Park make-over?
  PlanPhilly [Kellie Patrick Gates, April 20, 2009]
  
• Make skateboard parks safe, social and secure
  themorningcall.com [Anthony Bracali, August 12, 2007]
  
• Go Skateboarding Day 2007
  Transworld Business Magazine [Jennifer Sherowski, June 1, 2007]
  
• Letter: Skateboarding cluelessness
  Philadelphia Daily News [William A. Thorpe, July 5, 2006]
  
• No LOVE lost between skateboarders, cops
  Philadelphia Daily News [David Gambacorta, June 26, 2006]
  
• All-Inclusive Architecture
  Dwell [Anuj Desai, June, 2006]
  
• Opinion
  Philadelphia Daily News [Stu Bykofsky, April 17, 2006]
  
• SKATEBOARDING: Renegade sport parks itself on Main Street
  Miami Herald [Patrick Joseph, January 22, 2006]
  
• Mainstream America rolling along with skateboarding
  Kansas City Star [Patrick Joseph, October 2, 2005]
  
• The skateboarding phenomenon has given rise to local skate parks
  EastbayRI.com (Rhode Island) [Stephen V. Martino, September 6, 2005]
  
• 'One of the great citizens' of Phila.
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Rusty Pray, August 12, 2005]
  
• Spitfire Benefit Wheels, Skate Jams, Board Auction
  Transworld Skateboarding Magazine [Press Release, August 11, 2005]
  
• Wheels of Fortune
  Philadelphia Weekly [Maggie Serota, July 27, 2005]
  
• Skateboarder clears Great Wall of China
  Associated Press [Associated Press, July 9, 2005]
  
• Boarders get first look at new park
  Daily Pennsylvanian [Mollie braverman, July 7, 2005]
  
• Designers reveal plans for skate park
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Sam J Lin, July 1, 2005]
  
• Skate Expectations
  Salt Lake City Weekly [Jamie Gadette, June 30, 2005]
  
• A Firsthand Account In Philadephia: Part One
  Portland Indepependent Media Center [blank, June 25, 2005]
  
• A Firsthand Account In Philadephia: Part Two
  Portland Indepependent Media Center [blank, June 25, 2005]
  
• A Firsthand Account In Philadephia: Part Three
  Portland Indepependent Media Center [blank, June 25, 2005]
  
• Letter: Bravo, skateboarders
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Kathy O'Neill, June 23, 2005]
  
• For the LOVE of Phil...
  Philadelphia Daily News [Jill Porter, June 22, 2005]
  
• For few hours, they lift boards at Park
  Philadelphia Daily News [Dan Geringer, June 22, 2005]
  
• Once taken for granite, LOVE Park sees reunion
  Philadelphia Inquirer [unsigned, June 22, 2005]
  
• Skateboarders ready to roll through the city
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Julie Stoiber, June 17, 2005]
  
• Dogtown, U.S.A.
  New York Times [Damien Cave, June 12, 2005]
  
• Skateboarders to get 'wild' in city streets
  Philadelphia Daily News [Madeline Davis, June 3, 2005]
  
• sklog: ushistory.org/lovepark
  The Skateboard Mag [Alex Kline, July 2005]
  
• Letter: Back to LOVE Park
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Gregory Heller and Scott Kip, The Friends of LOVE Park, May 16, 2005]
  
• Press Release: Go Skateboarding Day
  Press Release [Ashton Maxfield, May 12, 2005]
  
• Changing Skyline
  Inga Saffron [ A new skate park to love?, May 6, 2005]
  
• Changing Skyline: The new industrial parks
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Inga Saffron, Architecture Critic, May 1, 2005]
  
• Street's musings, worries, in e-mails
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Marcia Gelbart, March 27, 2005]
  
• Two designs for skateboard park are unveiled
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Susan Snyder, March 20, 2005]
  
• City skate-park project picks up speed
  Philadelphia Daily News [Michael Hinkelman, January 12, 2005]
  
• Reebok Rips into the Skateboarding World
  Yahoo Financial News [Reebok International Ltd., December 16, 2004]
  
• The Daily Grind
  citypaper [Charles A. Evers, member of the Design Advocacy Group, December 9-16, 2004]
  
• Where's The Brotherly Love?
  the skateboard Mag [unsigned, December 8, 2004]
  
• Redefining Security in Public Space: The Case of LOVE Park
  IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY MAGAZINE, FALL 2004, Volume 23 Number 3 [Jeremy Nemeth, Fall 2004]
  
• Board takes her places — 'good places'
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Art Carey, October 9, 2004]
  
• Boarders around the nation struggling to find legal places to street skate, skate parks slow to adapt
  Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Montana [Martha Irvine AP National Writer and Tribune Staff, September 30, 2004]
  
• Finally, a Safe Place to Do the Noseblunt Slide
  Time Magazine [Peter Bailey, September 27, 2004]
  
• Tragedy leads to help for local skater
  Santa Cruz Style [Peggy Townsend, July 20, 2004]
  
• Letter: Urban skateboarding
  Philadephia Inquirer [Steven Lassiter, CEO, Educate-To-Skate Foundation, Philadelphia, June 21, 2004]
  
• Skaters get the most out of the city's grind
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Don Sapatkin, June 19, 2004]
  
• A Skateboarding Primer
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Outdoors Section, June 19, 2004]
  
• Letters to the Editor
  Philadelphia Inquirer [letters, June 18, 2004]
  
• Love Park loses wires, offers free computer services to visitors
  Daily Pennsylvanian [James Schneider, June 17, 2004]
  
• A city that loves skateboarding
  Philadelphia Daily News [Michael Gordon, June 17, 2004]
  
• Letter: Skateboard stereotyping
  Philadelphia Daily News [Gregory Heller, Friends of LOVE Park, June 15, 2004]
  
• Letter: Phila.'s bad choice
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Jean Haskell, Philadelphia, June 14, 2004]
  
• A few suggestions to make skatepark a good neighbor
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Gregory Heller and Andrew Hohns, June 11, 2004]
  
• Letter: Skateboarder deserved better treatment
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Maura Collinsgru, Palmyra, June 11, 2004]
  
• Letter: Bar Hopping or Board Hopping?
  Philadelphia Daily News [Rick Bauer Bellmawr, NJ, June 11, 2004]
  
• Forget the future; play like the skateboarders do
  Philadelphia Inquirer [C. Thompson, June 11, 2004]
  
• Letter: Plan is stupid
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Jovida Hill, Philadelphia, June 10, 2004]
  
• Where's The Love?
  Philadelphia Daily News [Editorial, June 9, 2004]
  
• Colorizing LOVE Park
  Philadelphia Daily News [Marybeth T. Hagan, June 9, 2004]
  
• Letter: Signe, where's the Love?
  Philadelphia Daily News [Mike Tafaro, June 9, 2004]
  
• Skateboarding hits a few bumps
  Philadelphia Daily News [Dana DiFilippo, June 8, 2004]
  
• Letters re "Money can't buy LOVE Park," June 2
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Various, June 8, 2004]
  
• Letter to the Editor
  Philadelphia Daily News [Jonathan Schmalzbach, Philadelphia, June 7, 2004]
  
• Letter to the Editor
  Philadelphia Daily News [Len Trower, Philadelphia, June 7, 2004]
  
• LOVE Park remains a test case of Philadelphia's will to thrive
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Chris Satullo, June 6, 2004]
  
• Cartoon: What to do About Whiny Skateboarders!
  Philadelphia Daily News [Signe Wilkinson, June 4, 2004]
  
• DC's words of LOVE
  Transworld Skateboarding [Press Release, June 4, 2004]
  
• SKATE OFF
  Philadelphia Daily News [Editorial, June 3, 2004]
  
• Der Bürgermeister von Philladelphia schlägt das Angebot von DC Shoes aus!!!
  Boardstation.de [J. Gausepohl, June 3, 2004]
  
• The Bell Curve
  Philadelphia City Paper [unsigned, June 3, 2004]
  
• Skateboard grant hides an agenda
  The Sentinel [Editorial, June 3, 2004]
  
• Cover Story: City to boarders and shoe $$: Keep walking
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, June 2, 2004]
  
• Editorial: For LOVE, Money
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Editorial, June 2, 2004]
  
• Money can't buy LOVE Park
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Michael Currie Schaffer, June 2, 2004]
  
• Shoe company donates $1M to reopen LOVE Park to skateboarders
  Times Leader [Michael Rubinkam, June 1, 2004]
  
• Group Offers $$$ To Get Skateboarders Access to Love Park
  KYW [Steve Tawa, June 1, 2004]
  
• Shoe Company offers $1 million to reopen LOVE Part to skateboarders
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Inquirer Staff Writer, June 1, 2004]
  
• Shoe company donates $1M to reopen LOVE Park to skateboarders
  CentreDaily.com [Associated Press, June 1, 2004]
  
• Love Park support group gets $1M gift
  Philadelphia Business Journal [unsigned, June 1, 2004]
  
• Grant to help LOVE Park get rolling?
  Philadelphia Daily News [Earni Young, June 1, 2004]
  
• Treatment of skaters is too harsh in Phila.
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Ian Mosley-Duffy, May 27, 2004]
  
• Park Ranger Attacked In "Love Park"
  WKYW [WKYW, May 11, 2004]
  
• Debating Skates And The City
  Hartford Courant (ctnow) [John Jurgensen, April 28, 2004]
  
• Street skaters get a place of their own
  USA TODAY [April Umminger, April 14, 2004]
  
• Phila. alters Dilworth Plaza to cut its skateboarding appeal
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Michael Currie Schaffer, March 24, 2004]
  
• Wi-Fi and skateboards together in LOVE Park? Why Not?
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, March 8, 2004]
  
• Huge Skateboard Park Coming to Philadelphia
  SkateboardDirectory.com [Josh Rabinowitz, February 28, 2004]
  
• Skaters still can't get much LOVE
  The Temple News [Brandon Lausch, February 19, 2004]
  
• Letter: Bicyclists vs. skateboarders
  Philadelphia Daily News [Liz Kerr, Jenkintown, February 11, 2004]
  
• We Got Your Wiffle Right Here
  Philadelphia Daily News [Editorial, February 2, 2004]
  
• Xmtreme Annoyance
  Philadelphia Magazine [Noel Weyrich nweyrich@phillymag.com, February 2004]
  
• Editorial: No Room For Skateboarders
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Editorial, December 1, 2003]
  
• Hall of Shame Nominee
  Porject for Public Spaces [Michelle Smith, November, 2003]
  
• LOVE Park skateboarding compromise stalls
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Michael Currie Schaffer, November 22, 2003]
  
• Skaters rally for policy changes in Love Park
  Daily Pennsylvanian [Sara Levine, November 20, 2003]
  
• Skateboard plan for LOVE Park stalls
  Philadelphia Daily News [Mark McDonald, November 15, 2003]
  
• ON Video featuring "LOVE Story"
  Skateboard Advocacy Network [Press Release, November 14, 2003]
  
• When will skaters roam LOVE Park?
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, November 10, 2003]
  
• Tony Hawk touches down
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Dan DeLuca, October 31, 2003]
  
• Press Release: November 2003 issue of On Video Magazine
  skateboarding.com [Press Release, October 29, 2003]
  
• Skaters make their case for LOVE
  Center City Press [Kenneth Reinholz, October 8-15, 2003]
  
• Boarders LOVE that they can skate park again
  Philadelphia Daily News [Dan Geringer, October 6, 2003]
  
• From menaces to magnets
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Michael Currie Schaffer, October 5, 2003]
  
• Love Love
  Philadelphia CityPaper [Andrew Hohns and Job Itzkowitz, October 2-8, 2003]
  
• Hey, Philly, there's a wheel opportunity here
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, October 2, 2003]
  
• Let's try sharing the LOVE
  Philadelphia Daily News [Jonathan A. Saidel, September 29, 2003]
  
• Will LOVE Park Reopen To Skaters?
  CBS 3 (kyw.com) [AP, September 24, 2003]
  
• Skateboarders: Hope's alive against LOVE Park ban
  Philadelphia Daily News [Michael Hinkelman, September 24, 2003]
  
• Center City skaters can go indoors
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Stephan Salisbury, September 18, 2003]
  
• Skateboarders gaining political influence
  CNN.COM [AP, September 14, 2003]
  
• Some biz owners don't share LOVE
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, September 15, 2003]
  
• A skateboard-themed eatery at LOVE Park?
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, September 3, 2003]
  
• Entertainment Column
  Philadelphia Daily News [Stu Bykofsky, August 26, 2003]
  
• The wheel thing: Affairs of skate in Phila. are improving.
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Editorial, August 25, 2003]
  
• To Be Young And In LOVE... LOVE Park, That is!
  The Logan TIMES~Independent [D. Michael Blackie, Editor, August 23, 2003]
  
• Street reaches out to skateboarders
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, August 22, 2003]
  
• Street introduces future skate park
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Michael Currie Schaffer, August 22, 2003]
  
• City considers showing skaters some LOVE
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, August 21, 2003]
  
• Letter: Right on, Carla
  Philadelphia Daily News [Mitch Deighan, Philadelphia, August 21, 2003]
  
• Letter: A fitting tribute (1 of 2)
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Maureen Broderick Rockledge, August 19, 2003]
  
• Letter: A fitting tribute (2 of 2)
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Don Flathman Glenside, August 19, 2003]
  
• Try to get this: No alternative to LOVE Park works
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, August 12, 2003]
  
• Letter: Revolution of the young
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Edmund N. Bacon, August 6, 2003]
  
• 'LOVE' Requires Compromise
  Philadelphia Daily News [Editorial, August 4, 2003]
  
• Editorial: Wheel deal
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Editorial, July 29, 2003]
  
• Tasco, Rizzo back skaters in LOVE Park, too
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, July 29, 2003]
  
• Support Builds for Free LOVE Park Movement
  Logan News Group [Jason Alvarez and D. Michael Blackie, July 28, 2003]
  
• Letter: New skatepark will not replace LOVE Park
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Scott Kip and Gregory Heller, Skateboard Advocacy Network, July 28, 2003]
  
• Letter: Love Park can work for all
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Matt Suchodolski, Cinnaminson, July 28, 2003]
  
• Skaters Skate LOVE Park Sunday -- Skaters Unaware of Ban?
  Logan News Group [DMB Communications, July 28, 2003]
  
• Letter: Reopen LOVE Park to the Skateboarders
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Gregory Heller, Skateboard Advocacy Network, July 26, 2003]
  
• Skater's legacy: Reward hard work with college
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Leslie A. Pappas, July 24, 2003]
  
• Another Voice Is Heard In Support of LOVE Park: Councilwoman Reynolds-Brown Breaks Rank
  Logan News Group [D. Michael Blackie/Jason Alvarez, July 23, 2003]
  
• Skateboarders draft a LOVE Park plan
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, July 23, 2003]
  
• No Free LOVE
  Philadelphia Weekly [Mike Newall, July 23, 2003]
  
• Skateboard Hall Of Fame
  Philadelphia Daily News [unsigned, July 23, 2003]
  
• Skateboarders get room of their own
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Leslie A. Pappas, July 22, 2003]
  
• For the love of skateboarding
  Philadelphia Business Journal [Peter Van Allen, July 21, 2003]
  
• Love and Politics
  CityPaper [Daniel Brook, July 17-23, 2003]
  
• Press Release: Absence of Street Representative from Forum
  Young Involved Philadelphia [Troy Madres, July 13, 2003]
  
• Letter: YIP Discussion Panel: LOVE Park
  skatenerd.com [Matt Suchodolski, July 11, 2003]
  
• Philadelphia sets sights on riverside skate park
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Stephan Salisbury, July 10, 2003]
  
• Skate boarders Say "We'd Like To Be Left Alone"
  Logan News Group [Logan News Group, July 9, 2003]
  
• Notes from the forum, "The Future of LOVE Park"
  civic activist from Northern Liberties [Mitch Deighan, July 9, 2003]
  
• Free LOVE Park Issue Endorsed By Kevin Bacon
  Logan News Group [Miguel C. de los Santos/Jason Alvarez, July 6, 2003]
  
• City decks fountains for the Fourth of July
  Phialdelphia Inquirer [Frederick Cusick, June 27, 2003]
  
• Letter: License skaters to pay for LOVE Park upkeep
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Steve Grandizio, June 27, 2003]
  
• Sk8ers, TV ask: Where's the LOVE?
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, June 23, 2003]
  
• Letter: Unfair Council decisions
  Philadelpia Inquirer [Elizabeth Devlin, Philadelphia, June 23, 2003]
  
• City Hall: Save the Children
  Philadelphia Weekly [Sara Kelly, June 18, 2003]
  
• Movement To Reopen LOVE Park Gains Steam
  SkateboardDirectory.com News [unsigned, June 12, 2003]
  
• Letter: Skateboarding Will Keep Them Out Of Trouble
  Philadelphia Daily News [Mildred Raso, Philadelphia, June 11, 2003]
  
• Philadelphia Cares Takes up "Skateboard" Space
  Logan News Group [Press Release, June 10, 2003]
  
• Letter: Feel the LOVE!
  Philadelphia Daily News [Gregory Heller, June 9, 2003]
  
• Grapevine Cartoon
  Philadelphia Weekly [Jay Bevenour, June 4-10]
  
• Letter to the Editor: Blackie Loves Love
  Philadelphia City Paper [D. Michael Blackie, Logan, June 5-11, 2003]
  
• No-Parking Zone
  Philadelphia Daily News [Editorial, June 3, 2003]
  
• Editorial: Long lost LOVE Park redo didn't end great skate debate
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Editorial, June 1, 2003]
  
• The many spins on skate park
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Stephan Salisbury, June 1, 2003]
  
• Katz: Give LOVE Park back to boarders
  Philadelphia Daily News [Dave Davies, May 31, 2003]
  
• Mariano: Let the kids skate
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, May 31, 2003]
  
• Cool Katz?
  skatenerd.com [Brian Nugent, May 31, 2003]
  
• Katz says skateboard riders need LOVE, too
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Julie Stoiber, May 31, 2003]
  
• Katz Welcomes Skateboarders
  wpvi Action News [wpvi, May 30, 2003]
  
• Katz Vows To Reopen Love Park To Skaters If Elected
  KYW [KYW, May 30, 2003]
  
• Free Love! Katz To Liberate Love Park
  Press Release [Maureen Garrity, May 30, 2003]
  
• Wheels of fortune shut out of LOVE Park?
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, May 30, 2003]
  
• Sam Katz Joins Free "Love Park" Crusade
  Media Advisory [Maureen Garrity, May 29, 2003]
  
• Skateboarders still hoping for return to Love Park
  The Associated Press [Eric Tucker, May 28, 2003]
  
• DN Poll: Show some LOVE for skateboarders
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, May 23, 2003]
  
• Love (Park) Is All They Need
  Philadelphia City Paper [Daryl Gale, May 22-28, 2003]
  
• LOVE Park skating war resumes AND STREET SHOULD TAKE HEED
  Philadelphia Daily News [Carla Anderson, May 22, 2003]
  
• Happy Mother's Day Mom...
  Logan News Group (Yahoo) [D. Michael Blackie, May 11, 2003]
  
• Katz Loved Love
  Philadelphia City Paper: City Beat [Daniel Brook, May 8-14, 2003]
  
• Note to Philly: Just do it!
  Philadelphia Daily News, Urban Warrior [Carla Anderson, May 2, 2003]
  
• Magic Business for Beans
  The Local Planet [Jeremy Hadley, February 27, 2003]
  
• LOVE Burns Bacon
  Philadelphia City Paper [Howard Altman, October 31-November 6, 2002]
  
• 92 Year Old Ed Bacon Skateboards In LOVE Park
  Skatenerd [Brian Nugent, October 28, 2002]
  
• I Can Fix Your City
  Philadelphia City Paper [cover story, September 12-18, 2002]
  
• Derailed at Love Park
  EXPN.com [Marty Bernoski, August 18, 2002]
  
• Love Park Family Portrait
  City Paper [Rick Valenzuela, August 15-21, 2002]
  
• Love Crimes
  Philadelphia City Paper [Rick Valenzuela, August 15-21, 2002]
  
• Live Free and Skate
  Philadelphia Weekly [Steve Volk, August 14, 2002]
  
• LOVE Park gets a face-lift as skaters await new site
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Stephan Salisbury, June 26, 2002]
  
• Bye Bye Love: A eulogy for a fallen landmark
  Philadelphia City Paper [Rick Valenzuela, May 2-8, 2002]
  
• Love Jones
    [Rick Valenzuela, April 25-May 1, 2002]
  
• Philadelphia Puts an End to a Skateboarder's Paradise
  The Washington Post [Debbie Goldberg, April 25, 2002]
  
• Skaters won't give up their mecca quietly
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Linda K. Harris, April 22, 2002]
  
• A park skateboarders love could be a tourist magnet
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Liz Kerr, March 21, 2002]
  
• A plan for a greener and brighter JFK Plaza
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Stephan Salisbury, March 12, 2002]
  
• No Love in Love Park
  EXPN.com [Marty Bernoski, August 18, 2001]