| John F. Kennedy Plaza | |
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 May 2023 view of the LOVE sculpture. | |
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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°57′15″N 75°09′57″W / 39.9542°N 75.1657°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Created | 1965 |
| Operated by | Philadelphia Parks & Recreation |
| Status | Open |
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LOVE Park, officially known as John F. Kennedy Plaza, is a public park located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The park is across from the Philadelphia City Hall and serves as a visual terminus for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The park is nicknamed LOVE Park for its reproduction of Robert Indiana's 1970 LOVE sculpture which overlooks the plaza, one of three located in Philadelphia.
Despite municipal bans and renovations designed to limit the activity, LOVE Park became one of the most famous and recognizable skateboarding spots in the world in the 1990s and 2000s.[1][2][3]
- ^ Copelin, Nathan (March 10, 2017). "Josh Kalis Recalls the Glory Days of Love Park". Vice. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ^ Goldberg, Debbie (April 25, 2002). "Philadelphia Puts an End to a Skateboarder's Paradise". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ Neely-Cohen, Maxwell. "How Philadelphia Destroyed The Greatest Skate Spot Ever Made". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved April 7, 2024.