Recreation Department

The Philadelphia Department of Recreation (the “PDR”) maintains, coordinates and implements activities and programming at 160 staffed recreation facilities, 81 pools, 6 older adult centers, 5 ice rinks, 75 neighborhood parks, the 671-acre Camp William Penn in Carbon County, PA, and 275 other outdoor spaces. The PDR maintains and coordinates activities, concerts and events for the Robin Hood Dell East, an outdoor 5892-seat amphitheater located in the Strawberry Mansion section of Philadelphia within Fairmount Park.

The PDR also arranges and maintains the Carousel House, a modern, 24,000 square foot recreation facility located in the Belmont section of the City within Fairmount Park. The Carousel House is dedicated to programming for the mentally and physically challenged. The PDR further manages two significant events in the City’s event calendar. These are the New Year’s Mummer’s Day Parade and the early Spring Broad Street Run. Both events bring thousands of spectators and participants to the Center City every year.

The PDR is property custodian of the Afro-American Museum, the Atwater Kent Museum, the Mummer’s Museum, the Betsy Ross House and Fort Mifflin.

All of these properties are generally available pending permission from the Department and in some instances, the specific facility. Production companies may be billed for any use of a facility, including overtime costs or costs incurred in altering a given facility for production related purposes.