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Mayor Nutter, The Philadelphia Eagles Pledge To Rebuild FDR Park Playground That Was Set On Fire

If you were anywhere near FDR Park on Sunday night around 10 PM, you probably saw the smoke. The thick, black billows coming out above the trees were coming from the less-than-a-year-old playground in the park which had been set on fire by arsonists using trash and some flammable liquid. Most of the $306,000 playground was destroyed by the vandals, but Mayor Nutter has already pledged to rebuild, pulling together $11,000 in reward money to help find the arsonists, and enlisting the help of the Philadelphia Eagles to rebuild the park.

Along with help from the Eagles, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson pledged $100,000 towards the reconstruction of the playground. The person or group responsible will likely be caught when they begin to brag about how they burned down a playground and everyone they talk to responds with, “Really? What the fuck is wrong with you?”

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 at 12:01 pm.

  • http://twitter.com/fiche Nicole

    Thanks for covering this. I’ve been complaining about it all week. Seemingly went unnoticed. 

  • disheartened neighbor

    Even when
    braggarts wag their tongues a no-snitch culture protects those who destroy our
    community.

    Nutter commits
    to rebuild across from the stadiums in under a week – while, almost a year
    later, places like Pop’s playground wonder if they will ever get two basketball
    hoops that were chain-sawed down. http://www.bsmphilly.com/star/3827-update-neighbors-fear-racial-motivation-in-pop-s-destruction.html

    It’s a screwed
    up situation. On the part of the vandals, on the part of neighbors who remain silent and on the part of the city for ignoring less photogenic neighborhoods.

    Nutter commits
    to rebuild across from the stadiums in under a week – while, almost a year
    later, places like Pop’s playground wonder if they will ever get two basketball
    hoops that were chain-sawed down. http://www.bsmphilly.com/star/3827-update-neighbors-fear-racial-motivation-in-pop-s-destruction.html

    It’s a screwed
    up situation. On the part of the vandals, on the part of neighbors who remain silent and on the part of the city for ignoring less photogenic neighborhoods.