PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Slipping down the wooden slide at Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse is a right of passage. Generations have hopped on the potato sacks and slid down the boards. This year, ...

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For most Philadelphia-area families spring isn’t truly here until the seasonal opening of Smith Memorial Playground in East Fairmount Park. Since 1899, Smith has served as a free resource of ...

“If you’re a native Philadelphian, you’ve played at Smith,” said Aissia Richardson, chair of SEPTA’s Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). Like many Philadelphians, three generations of Richardson’s ...

Children and seniors will partner up this week to create mementos for a time capsule to be sealed and buried next to the giant wooden slide at Smith Memorial Playground. In honor of the Fairmount Park ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia playgrounds are reopening as the region works to recover from COVID-19. But families have to take some precautions. After closing its gates for three months during ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- After being closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, Smith Playground in Fairmount Park is back open - with some modifications for safety. Guests must have their ...