Love Park Granite Keepsakes Available at The Christmas Village

Love ParkShoppers will have the opportunity to purchase limited-edition collectibles created using materials sourced from the original landscape of Love Park beginning Friday, November 24th (Black Friday). Just 250 bricks were made for this pilot launch and they will retail for $50 each. Proceeds will directly benefit Philadelphia parks and programs.

Using granite salvaged from the original Love Park, a limited number of 3×3 inch bricks were fashioned as commemorative keepsakes just in time to celebrate the opening of the new Love Park. Each brick features an engraved design similar to the famous sculpture, LOVE, by Robert Indiana, which will return to the park in early 2018. The iconic design is internationally recognized as a symbol of Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love.

The original Love Park, designed by Edmund Bacon and Vincent Kling, was also itself an international icon in the history of skateboarding. During its redesign, SkatePhilly, working with PPR, was able to salvage 150,000 pounds of the original granite for use in future skateparks around the city.

Proceeds from the original Love Park granite keepsakes will directly benefit maintenance of existing city skateparks as well as future construction, and maintenance and programming of the new Love Park in partnership with Fairmount Park Conservancy. The City of Philadelphia and Fairmount Park Conservancy will host a grand re-opening celebration for the new Love Park in spring 2018.