Culture

Love park was built in the 1960s. It is located across the street from city hall. In the late 1980s, Philadelphia youth discovered that love park would be great for skateboarding because of its curving stairs and ledges. In 2002, the city created a law and banned skateboarding at love park because of possible danger to pedestrians. After that, the population of people attending love park decreased. In which the city of Philadelphia decided to compromise (in 2004) and make a new rule which prohibited skateboarding before 3 PM. They figured there will be less pedestrians that could be harmed after 3 pm.

In the most recent years, Love park has been used as a popular place for toursits and a hang out spot for Philadelphia youth that just wants a place with a nice view. Love park relates to a bigger idea of culture and society because it is a big part of Philadelphia and it is one of the main attractions that people visit when they come to the city. It is a place where anyone can go and socialize. A place you can go to get away from your stresses, and most importantly, it is free which is good because our economy is suffering very much right now financially.