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{{toplink|url=http://www.facebook.com/mantonstreetpark/|name=facebook.com/mantonstreetpark}}[[File:MantonStreetPark.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Manton Street Park and Community Garden.]]'''Manton Street Park and Community Garden''', located at the NW corner of 4th and Manton Streets, is '''a leisure pocket park and community garden with ten garden plots'''. | |||
The Friends of Manton Street Park and Community Garden have reclaimed a long-neglected city park and a vacant lot, converting the lot into a community garden for local residents and working with PHS, Fairmount Parks Conservancy and PPR to build a pocket park in the adjoining lot. | |||
The secondary goal of the Friends of Manton Street Park is to promote the increasing vibrancy of Pennsport/Dickinson Narrows - restaurants, coffee shops, parks and community events - and to create a network of friends to share resources and information to keep improving the quality of life in our neighborhood. | |||
''Note:'' The above descriptive information came from the organization's Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/pg/mantonstreetpark/about/ About] page. | |||
==In The News== | ==In The News== | ||
*[ | *[http://philadelphianeighborhoods.com/2019/12/23/dickinson-square-manton-street-community-loves-its-park/ Dickinson Square: Manton Street community loves its park], Philadelphia Neighborhoods, December 23, 2019. | ||
[[Category:Is-Community_Garden]] [[Category:Is-Park]] [[Category:Is-Park_Support_Organization]] | [[Category:Is-Community_Garden]] [[Category:Is-Park]] [[Category:Is-Park_Support_Organization]] | ||
[[Category:Where- | [[Category:Where-Dickinson_Narrows]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:14, 18 February 2020
Manton Street Park and Community Garden, located at the NW corner of 4th and Manton Streets, is a leisure pocket park and community garden with ten garden plots.
The Friends of Manton Street Park and Community Garden have reclaimed a long-neglected city park and a vacant lot, converting the lot into a community garden for local residents and working with PHS, Fairmount Parks Conservancy and PPR to build a pocket park in the adjoining lot.
The secondary goal of the Friends of Manton Street Park is to promote the increasing vibrancy of Pennsport/Dickinson Narrows - restaurants, coffee shops, parks and community events - and to create a network of friends to share resources and information to keep improving the quality of life in our neighborhood.
Note: The above descriptive information came from the organization's Facebook About page.
In The News
- Dickinson Square: Manton Street community loves its park, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, December 23, 2019.