Friday, January 23, 2015

FDR Skate Park in Philadelphia

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FDR is one of the largest DIY skate parks in the world, and is legendary in the skate boarding world. I took those photographs on December 27 and 28, 2014.

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There are scads of photos of FDR on the internet, and a quick look will tell you that it wasn't always covered in graffiti. But it's the graffiti that drew me there this time around.

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As the name indicates, it's at the south end of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park underneath the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Expressway in south Philadelphia. Train tracks are thirty yards away, and then there's the naval yard.

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As far as I know, the place is always under construction:
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This guy is all over the place down there:

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Notice the good old peace sign up there at the top, just left of center:

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The graffit makes the place something of a community bulletin board.

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Looks like there's going to be a 360:

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