negligent
They should brng back the mounted park guards so citizens ca feel safe again in Fairmount Park. They sould stop spending housamds of dllars killing deer. They blame deerfor their neglect, how many times have you seen city workers actually working in the park. They depend on volunteers to do most of the work especially i the wissahickon creek area. Also they should hire people who know something about trees I and my dog were nearly killed by a falling tree that fell a few feet in front of us as we were walking on one of the upper trails in the wiss. creek. No one checks on the condition of the trees along the trails.

Fairmount Park by SEPTA
Have Fairmount Park more accessible to residents and visitors! Have direct routes from Center City into the park!

What do they do all day?
I don't know how large their budget is, but I never see a park employee working. I see them riding around in their SUVs on the trails, and them smoking joints/cigarettes half the time. That's right... I saw a few of them smoking a joint one day in Fairmount. They rarely mow the overgrowth in the city, and I've never seen one actually mowing grass, or cutting back growth. How about this? Lay off the majority of those bums, and get prisoners to do it. I'm sure they could use the fresh air.

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i post reviews but they dont show up

Reclaim Love Park
Reclaim Love Park from the homeless, street thugs, drug dealing, defecation, urinating, skateboarding, and graffitti, and restore dignity for the sake of tourism, the citizens and taxpayers.

Parks need funding
I rated them poorly but I don't blame the Park commission, the budget has barely increased in the last 40 years and we all know what's happened to the value of the dollar since then. the city's parks look like an afterthought, which is exactly what they've been at budget time

Neglecting City Trees
The parks department is supposed to handle street trees in the city. Three trees in front of my house are dying from disease and over hang structures and wires too closely. So, I called the parks department. The trees have been listed for removal since 2007 but haven't been removed because they're not causing an emergency, and the operator who answered the phone had no idea when the trees would actually be sent out to the contractor for removal. Also, most of Philly's public green spaces look neglected. Wash Sq and Rittenhouse aside, our parks look kind of shabby.

Is anybody home?
Fairmount park is one of the most amazing and unique features in any city in America because of all the possibilities it represents. Between the size and history it should be a major attraction, but people barely know it exists. When you're in the park there's almost no way to walk from one attraction to another without previous knowledge of where to go since there are no hiking signs or no people to help. Its the same because it might not necessarily be the department, but the city as a whole that is literally ignoring 10% of its city.

City Recreation Centers
Okay, I used to work for a landscaper. It is hot, hard work. That being said, I still cannot excuse the city for its neglect of the rec centers in the lower Northeast. Case in point: Monkiewicz Playground at Richmond and Allegheny. Overgrown fields, huge gaps in the chain link fences where trespassers urinate outside and drink inside. Broken and dangerous bleachers. My son had a game there a few weeks ago and we were greeted with (empty) cases of brew on the bleachers and twisted metal sticking out of the ground that at one time held up wooden bleacher seats that were now a splintered mess on the ground. I could write similar stories about Simpson and Heitzman, etc. Why do we as citizens accept this as the norm and why do we put our kids in danger of injury?

REPORTED CORRUPTION TO DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
I AM LIVING ESSENTIALY "HOMELESS" BCAUSE THE CITY OF PHILA HAS FAILED TO ASSIST ME! I HAVE PROVIDED OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF PHILA FBI CORRUPTION! ZANE MEMEGER SE PA DOJ & SETH WILLIAMS PHILA DA BOTH HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE ME WITH FEDERAL WITNESS PROTECTION! PLEASE SEE MY PUBLISHED REPORTS GOOGLE SEARCH: 1) AG CASE# 200706634 / CONGRESS.ORG 2) REP. SESTAK ADVISES FBI OVERSIGHT RICH MILLS - VICTIM OF CRIME SOC SEC# 150-78-0087

Flyers today for tree service?
I have a flyer in my mailbox stating that there is no parking on my block, but not sure if it means the entire block or just in front of my house. It states that it's for emergency tree removal an that it's in effect for the next 3 days. Is this legit? Who do I contact to find out?!! Arent' they supposed to put signs up on the poles up the entire street or in the area they will be working? No idea where they will be removing a tree. no dead trees except a stump next door to me. 3 days no parking to remove a stump?

Thank you for my tree
I want to thank the Parks Department for planting my tree in front of my house. Very happy!

Playstreet Abuse
The Playstreet Concept is a completely new thing to people in the Northeast so someone up from North Philly and known of it before went around a neighborhood of unknowing people and simply told them if they sign this paper the kids on the block would get free food. After he got the permit people learned the street would be closed. The Parks and Rec. Dept never checks to see if the kids are actually needy, nor weather or not this person is a child molester what he might be, nor checks to see if kids are actually playing on the street he has the street closed for 6 hours. People here are Russian, Asian, Mexican, Philipino, Greek among others who speak little English much less READ it. The Coordinator gets paid a hefty amount for doing this so that serves him to omit that small matter of street closing. What a WASTE of Taxpayer Dollars when I know the kids he is feeding or not needing--it is a neighborhood of nice middleclass workers and the other ones get Foodstamps and WIC...Our Public Streets Should Not be used as FREE DAYCARE--Isn't that what Jardel and the other Rec Centers are For? This Dept. Unhelpful---Uncaring----RUDE. I raised my kids as many others did WITHOUT having to close off a street for the whole day!! Your front yard, front porch and inside your home are the SAFE PLACES FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO PLAY! This closing of Public Streets needs to STOP!!!

Lot Fencing
Is there a way to know if a city-owned lot that I requested through my councilman to have fenced in is actually on the list to be fenced in? I had to ask them to ask the Horticultural Society to do it and they do fencing in of lots that attract crime. I'm assuming i can either contact the horticultural society and see if they can tell me or just wait and see.

Street Tree Removal
I have a tree in front of my house in NE Philadelphia that I have been trying to get removed for three years now. I complained and an inspector came out to look at it. I got a notice in the mail that it was placed on a list for removal but that there was a 2 year backlog. Two years and thensome came and went. I called the city to ask how far from the top of the pile my tree was. I was then told that although it is slated for removal it is listed as 'not dangerous' and that there is only enough funding for removal of 'dangerous' trees. I don't know what constitutes a dangerous tree but during a snowstorm in 2010 two large branches fell off the tree and onto my daughters car, damaging the roof. The car was a beater so she lived with it until she got a new one. The brances were so heavy that I could barely move them.

Street Tree Removal II
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