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FDR Skatepark
Concrete under Interstate 95 in South Philly. Locals-built since the late 90s, expanded with every new pour. Heavy transition, no kick-outs.
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History of this spot
Since 1996
JAN 1, 1996
The world's largest DIY skatepark. Began as a small city-built obstacle set in 1996 to redirect skaters from Love Park; expanded over decades by local builders.
Background. After Love Park's skate ban began taking effect in the late 1990s, the City of Philadelphia set aside 16,000 square feet beneath the Interstate 95 overpass in FDR Park (Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park) and installed a handful of small obstacles in 1996, hoping to redirect skating away from Love Park's granite plaza. Local skaters expanded the city's small contribution with their own pours, taking direct inspiration from Burnside. A transition went up against a support pole, then a corner bowl, then a mogul, then a snake run, then a pool with proper coping. Each weekend over thirty years has added or rebuilt some section. The park's geometry is therefore archaeological — concrete from 1998, concrete from 2007, concrete from last weekend, all in conversation. FDR is recognised as the largest DIY skate park in the world. It receives no municipal construction funding for the DIY sections; everything beyond the city's original 1996 install is community-built and community-maintained.
- City of Philadelphia installs initial obstacles to redirect skating from Love Park.
- Local skaters begin DIY pours, expanding well beyond the city contribution.