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class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a></div></div><p>Millions of dollars worth of upgrades are coming to Center City’s Franklin Square. <p>A significant playground renovation, expanded restroom facilities, a reopened PATCO station, traffic safety improvements and new lighting are all on the horizon, representatives from <a href="https://historicphiladelphia.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Historic Philadelphia Inc.</a> said at an event celebrating the developments.</p> <p>HPI, which manages the park for the city, unveiled designs Wednesday for a rebuilt play space incorporating a Benjamin Franklin-inspired climbing tower, bike and scooter path, zip line, musical instruments, water mister, amphitheater and more.</p><section id="sailthru-subscribe-id-2" class="widget Sailthru_Subscribe"> <div class="sailthru-signup-widget"> <span class="sailthru-signup-widget-close"><a href="#sailthru-signup-widget">Close</a></span> <div 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said more than <a href="https://metrophiladelphia.com/franklin-square-park-family-fun/">100,000 children a year visit the playground</a>, which is nestled between Chinatown and Old City and is one of the area’s few recreational spaces.</p><div class='s2nPlayer k-Tre9QH63' data-type='float'></div><script type='text/javascript' src='//embed.sendtonews.com/player3/embedcode.js?fk=Tre9QH63&cid=14111&offsetx=100&offsety=0&floatwidth=400&floatposition=bottom-right' data-type='s2nScript'></script> <p>“This square is such an important geographic node in a set of neighborhoods,” said state Sen. Nikil Saval, whose district includes Franklin Square. <p>About 425 kids from <a href="https://www.childrensvillagephila.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Children’s Village</a>, a nonprofit childcare provider at 8th and Arch streets, go to the park daily, said Mary Graham, the center’s executive director.</p> <p>“This is going to be ideal,” Graham told Metro as she stood next to renderings of the redesigned space. Children’s Village has bused kids to FDR Park, where there are more activities for older children, she added.</p> <figure id="attachment_180884" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-180884" style="max-width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-180884 size-medium" src="https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tower.jpg?w=700" alt="Franklin Square" width="700" height="394" srcset="https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tower.jpg 2880w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tower.jpg?resize=700,394 700w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tower.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tower.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tower.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tower.jpg?resize=384,216 384w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tower.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tower.jpg?resize=1600,900 1600w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tower.jpg?resize=50,28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-180884" class="wp-caption-text"><span class="image-caption">This rendering shows a planned climbing tower at Franklin Square.</span><span class="image-credit">PROVIDED / BRIAN HAYNES STUDIO</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Equipment will be accessible for youth with disabilities and signage will be posted in English, Spanish and Mandarin, according to HPI.</p><div id="emp-ddfbd" class="amp-action" style="text-align:center;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var divsize = document.querySelector('#emp-ddfbd').parentNode.clientWidth; var rnd = Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6); var pid560152 = rnd; var plc560152 = window.plc560152 || 0; var abkw = window.abkw || ''; var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=560152;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid560152+';place='+(plc560152++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER'; var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1]; document.write('<scr'+'ipt src="'+absrc+'" type="text/javascript"></'+'script>'); </script></div> <p>“At a time when many are retreating from efforts to promote inclusion and diversity, we know that places like Franklin Square, that are welcoming and accessible to all, are essential to building a healthy, free and just society,” said Shawn McCaney, executive director of the William Penn Foundation, one of the initiative’s funders.</p> <p>But the playground project is not yet fully funded. Lesly Attarian, HPI’s vice president of development, told Metro that the organization has raised $500,000, with another $500,000 in grants pending. The total cost is $3.5 million, she added. HPI hopes to open the new play space in 2026.</p> <figure id="attachment_180879" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-180879" style="max-width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-180879 size-medium" src="https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0556.jpeg?w=700" alt="Franklin Square" width="700" height="467" srcset="https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0556.jpeg 6000w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0556.jpeg?resize=700,467 700w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0556.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0556.jpeg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0556.jpeg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0556.jpeg?resize=384,256 384w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0556.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0556.jpeg?resize=1600,1067 1600w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0556.jpeg?resize=50,33 50w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-180879" class="wp-caption-text"><span class="image-caption">PATCO is expected to reopen its Franklin Square station in the coming months, park officials said. An entrance appeared to be near completion Wednesday, Feb. 26.</span><span class="image-credit">JACK TOMCZUK</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Meanwhile, a $30 million effort led by PATCO to reopen the long-shuttered Franklin Square station is nearing completion. Transit officials are saying the stop will begin welcoming riders in the spring, though an exact date has not been set.</p> <p>A $2.2 million bathroom building is also expected to open in the spring. Crews began construction on the project last month, and workers were at the site digging Wednesday. Temporary bathrooms are available in the meantime.</p> <p>HPI representatives said the expanded restrooms will have double the number of stalls as the previous facility, which was constructed in 1976 ahead of Philadelphia’s Bicentennial celebration. It will also include a gender-neutral/family bathroom.</p> <figure id="attachment_180881" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-180881" style="max-width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-180881 size-medium" src="https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0526.jpeg?w=700" alt="Franklin Square" width="700" height="467" srcset="https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0526.jpeg 6000w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0526.jpeg?resize=700,467 700w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0526.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0526.jpeg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0526.jpeg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0526.jpeg?resize=384,256 384w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0526.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0526.jpeg?resize=1600,1067 1600w, https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC_0526.jpeg?resize=50,33 50w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-180881" class="wp-caption-text"><span class="image-caption">Construction fencing surrounds an area where crews are building an expanded bathroom facility Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Franklin Square.</span><span class="image-credit">JACK TOMCZUK</span></figcaption></figure> <p>In addition, a $1.9 million Department of Streets project to add bike lanes, sidewalk extensions and other traffic safety features along Race Street between 6th and 8th streets is underway and should be completed by May, officials said.</p> <p>And finally, a $250,000 federal grant is being used to install LED lights throughout Franklin Square. <p>During Wednesday’s news conference, Amy Needle, HPI’s president and CEO, noted that it has been almost two decades since the nonprofit undertook an extensive multimillion-dollar renovation of the square, which had fallen into disrepair.</p> <p>“Before we opened, people said that no one would cross Race Street to get here,” she said. <div class="addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom"><div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://metrophiladelphia.com/franklin-square-renovations/" data-a2a-title="Franklin Square facelift – Center City park eyes multitude of projects"><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmetrophiladelphia.com%2Ffranklin-square-renovations%2F&linkname=Franklin%20Square%20facelift%20%E2%80%93%20Center%20City%20park%20eyes%20multitude%20of%20projects" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmetrophiladelphia.com%2Ffranklin-square-renovations%2F&linkname=Franklin%20Square%20facelift%20%E2%80%93%20Center%20City%20park%20eyes%20multitude%20of%20projects" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a></div></div> </div> <div class="article-footer"> <div class="addthis_inline_share_toolbox"></div> <div class="author-meta"> <h3 class="about-the-author">About the Author</h3> <div class="meta-box author-meta-box"> <img alt='' src='https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/207973045_3694611370645303_163473337094908424_n.jpg?w=192&h=192&crop=1' srcset='https://metrophiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/207973045_3694611370645303_163473337094908424_n.jpg?w=192&h=192&crop=1 2x' class='avatar avatar-128 photo' height='128' width='128' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <div class="metadata author-metadata"> <h4 class="meta-name author-name"><a href="https://metrophiladelphia.com/author/jack-tomczuk/">Jack Tomczuk</a></h4> <p>Jack Tomczuk is a Philadelphia native who started as a news reporter for Metro in March 2020 (just a couple days before COVID hit). 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