Gold Star Park

All events are FREE. Bring your own chair/blanket. Each event is subject to change and/or cancellation due to severe weather, which will be posted in the park. Sponsored by Passyunk Square Civic Association and Friends of Gold Star Park, which are all-volunteer, neighbor-run organizations with funding from the Philadelphia Activities Grant.

SUNDAY, JUNE 26TH @ 5PM

Join your neighbors for some volleyball, badminton and other games on the new grass!

The games will start at 5pm!

Feel free to bring a blanket, picnic and beverages (no glass please)

Saturday, May 28

9:00am – 10:30am

Due to the rain for the last month, the top soil supplier may not be able to get all of the top soil on site until the first week in May.
4 trees and sod are ready to be installed, contingent on the top soil installation. The asphalt work will start the day after the sod is installed.
The fence will delivered the 2nd or 3rd week in May.

Calling all neighbors near 7th & Wharton!  6th & Wharton too!

We’ll be painting, planting, and pruning.

Neighbors,

Construction to remove the old tennis court will be starting on the park this Monday, April 4th.

This is the implementation of a grant the Park won, GreenPlan Philadelphia, with the purpose of improving neighborhood green spaces, like Gold Star Park

PLEASE BE ADVISED that during construction, some ‘No Parking‘ signs will have to be posted in the immediate vicinity of the old court area, resulting in reduced parking at the corner of Wharton & Sheridan and Sheridan & Manton for a brief time during construction.   One of the challenges will be getting access for the dump truck to the site for hauling away the asphalt.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.  It may be inconvenient for a bit, but when it’s complete, we can enjoy the beauty of a greener park.

Visit: Unpopular Picnic Spots

“Avoid the al fresco-bound masses when the weather breaks by picnicking at overlooked oases and lesser-known knolls, from the small (Gold Star Park,

a vest pocket stitched by Sheridan, Wharton and Marshall streets) to the sprawling (1,000-acre John Heinz Wildlife Refuge, a scenic bird sanctuary

near the airport).”

The Prep List, Citypaper, March 17, 2011

http://www.citypaper.net/cover_story/2011-03-17-spring-food-issue-prep-list.html

DEAR DOG OWNERS:

Help the park.  Please.

With intermittent trash pick up during winter, please take your dog waste home with you (particularly when it’s overflowing).

*p.s. Join us for our monthly park clean ups on Saturday, Jan. 22^nd at 10 to 11am