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99% Invisible - 71: In and out of LOVE

How the LOVE Park In Philly was perfect for skateboarding

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Rohan Khara
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Though its official name is JFK Plaza, the open space near Philadelphia’s City Hall is more commonly known as LOVE Park, after the Robert Indiana sculpture installed there. Designed by Edmund Bacon and Vincent Kling, the park was fashioned in high modernism: sleek, granite benches; geometric raised planter beds, and long expanses of pavement. Its success … See more