| Clark Park | |
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| Clarence H. Clark Park[1] | |
 An August 2007 performance of "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare in Clark Park. | |
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| Location | West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°56′52″N 75°12′35″W / 39.94767°N 75.20983°W |
| Area | 9.1 acres |
| Created | 1895 |
| Operated by | Philadelphia Parks & Recreation |
| Status | Always open |
| Website | www |
Clark Park | |
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| Location | Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°57′1″N 75°12′45″W / 39.95028°N 75.21250°W |
| Area | 640 acres (259 ha) |
| Architect | multiple |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival |
| Part of | West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District (ID97001669[2]) |
| Added to NRHP | February 5, 1998 |
Clark Park is a municipal park in the Spruce Hill section of West Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its 9.1 acres (3.7 ha) are bordered by 43rd and 45th streets, and by Baltimore and Woodland Avenues.
The park was established in 1895 on land donated to the city by banker and West Philadelphia developer Clarence Howard Clark, and was known in its early decades as "Clarence H. Clark Park".[1]
Today, the park has a basketball court, playground, an open field, and many paths. It holds a life-sized 1890 sculpture of Charles Dickens, one of just three known statues of the author.[3] It is home to the Shakespeare in Clark Park theatre company.[4]
The park also hosts Philadelphia's largest year-round farmers' market, which runs once or twice a week, depending on the season.[5]
- ^ a b Journal of the American Medical Association. 1912.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Kennedy, Maev (February 6, 2014). "Portsmouth erects Britain's first full-size statue of Charles Dickens". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
- ^ "Shakespeare in Clark Park". Shakespeare in Clark Park. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ "Food Matters, a publication of the Food Trust, Fall 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2010.