Daily News | FDR Park community meeting draws hundreds, starts off in tense face-off
A community meeting pitched as a progress report on the city’s plans to redesign FDR Park started off on a tense note Thursday night and stayed that way for most of it, as critics of the plan equipped with signs were kept outside.The meeting held at the Grand Yesha Ballroom in South Philadelphia drew more than 400 people, the space’s capacity, according to the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation.
At the same time, she said there is a need for more athletic fields in the city. Had she been able to get into the meeting, she would have liked to pitch a compromise. “I think that was what they promised with this meeting, that they would hear some feedback,” Johnston said. Parks and Recreation Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell said while officials were hoping to answer questions regarding environmental concerns and dispel some myths, one thing is certain about the planned fields and other active recreation space: “We don’t see any of it changing.”
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