Love Park
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This article is about the park in the United States. For the park in Canada, see Love Park Toronto. For the park in Peru, see Love Park, Lima.
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.
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John F. Kennedy Plaza | |
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Type | Urban park |
Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 39.9542°N 75.1657°W / 39.9542; -75.1657 |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Created | 1965 |
Operated by | Philadelphia Parks & Recreation |
Status | Open |
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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]