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Originally Posted by Londonee
Does anyone know if Love Park reno is full speed ahead? I walked by there early last week and there wasn't a single sign of activity and there didn't seem to be a ton of progress made.
Is there daily construction activity and I just caught it on a weird day, or is this thing waiting for some state $$ to hit the coffers before construction begins in earnest?
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“We just discovered some infrastructure issues that we were not aware of,” Lovell said.
She said crews discovered a water main in their way and had to do some additional soil testing when they found traces of Benzene on the site. But perhaps the biggest puzzle was figuring out how to preserve a set of curved granite steps that the Friends of Paine’s Skate Park hope to install, intact, at a new site.
“Because it was such an iconic place for skateboarders, the idea is that at some point we will work with them to replicate certain elements of the former LOVE park.”
Lovell said she expects demolition work to resume soon."
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/201...ucture-issues/