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Anticipation for Flower Show at FDR Park
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society President Matt Rader delivers remarks at a news conference announcing details of the 2021 Philadelphia Flower Show, which will be held at FDR Park June 5-13. Photo/Mark Zimmaro
In just a few months, and in much warmer temperatures, South Philly will host one of the city’s biggest events.
FDR Park on Pattison Avenue will welcome thousands of horticultural enthusiasts during the 2021 Philadelphia Flower Show Habitat: Nature’s Masterpiece, which will be held outside for the first time in its nearly 200-year existence.
Produced by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the show first took place in 1829 and has been held annually, most recently at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The pandemic caused a shift to outdoors, and FDR Park was the happy recipient of the popular event that draws tourists from all over the world.
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Bringing good jobs to the port
Work has officially begun on a new $42 million distribution center within a mile of the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal.
PhilaPort officially broke ground on the 201,621-square-foot warehouse on March 4 near 3rd Street and Pattison Avenue, and the new facility is expected to create more than 200 jobs for the local economy.
“The commonwealth’s $300 million investment in the port has given PhilaPort the tools it needs to improve its competitive position and create more family-sustaining middle-class jobs that are needed now more than ever,” Mayor Jim Kenney said at the windy groundbreaking ceremony.
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Lower Merion Police Officer Sean Quinn died at 46 years old eight years ago Thursday from a self-inflicted gunshot. (Shutterstock)
LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA The Lower Merion Township community is remembering the loss of a police officer eight years later.
On Feb. 11, 2013, Lower Merion Police Officer Sean Quinn was found deceased in South Philadelphia.
Quinn died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was found that morning unresponsive is his personal vehicle in FDR Park located on Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia, according to Police Superintendent Michael McGrath.
Subscribe The Lower Merion Police Department wishes to express its heartfelt condolences to Officer Quinn s family and friends and asks that they be kept in your thoughts and prayers as we all try to come to terms with this tragic event, McGrath said in a statement issued that day in 2013.