Friends of Palumbo Park

Friends of Palumbo Park Email: [email protected] The site was purchased by the Philadelphia School Board in 1875 for the construction of Thomas B. Florence public school.

The Friends of Palumbo Park is dedicated to protecting and preserving the park in order to provide the benefits of this oasis of greenery, shade and contemplative silence in Bella Vista for our own and future generations. By 1954, the school was deemed to have outlived its usefulness. The property was deeded to the City of Philadelphia for use as a park. In 1978, the park was given an $81,000 over

haul and named in honor of Frank Palumbo Sr., philanthropist and restauranteur, the son of Antonio Palumbo who opened a boarding house in 1884, renting rooms to Italian immigrant construction works for $1 a week plus free pasta. The restaurant was for 6 decades the center of social, cultural and political life for descendants of the first Italians in Bella Vista. Today, the park offers a safe play area to for children from neighborhood pre-schools, a meeting ground for dog walkers, open space for practitioners of tai chi, artistic inspiration to students of the adjacent Fleisher Art Memorial, a welcoming site for fund-raising activities for neighborhood non-profits and a cool and quiet seat for reading, thinking and sampling the local water ice.

05/10/2026

05/02/2026
Friends of Palumbo Park and DVAA are partnering on an ornament making workshop this upcoming Tuesday! Join us at DVAA at...
12/15/2025

Friends of Palumbo Park and DVAA are partnering on an ornament making workshop this upcoming Tuesday!

Join us at DVAA at 6pm to make ornaments for the park, or yourself, with Julie Woodard!

Open to all; limited supplies provided, please pre register for a head count.

If you can't make it to this workshop, DVAA is also hosting a wrapping paper workshop on December 20th at 6pm.

11/15/2025

Our fall Love Your Park event will be Saturday, November 15 at 9:30am. If you're able to make it, please sign up on the ...
10/28/2025

Our fall Love Your Park event will be Saturday, November 15 at 9:30am.

If you're able to make it, please sign up on the city's website by clicking on the link below and hitting "register."

Getting an accurate count helps us have enough supplies from the city and lets us know how many people to expect. We'll be sweeping/raking all around the park, including the beds, and taking care of anything else that needs to be done. All tools and supplies will be provided!

Sign-up link: https://loveyourpark.givepulse.com/event/662913 # and in bio

Also if you have ideas for enhancing this event with a craft, a snack, or anything else to celebrate the season- comment below! We need someone to take the lead on that. Funding is available!

-Corinne and Steve

09/24/2025

wednesday is back, with the trash pickup resumed! join us every week.
07/09/2025

wednesday is back, with the trash pickup resumed! join us every week.

Posting for IG-less Mario Lanza Park:
05/22/2025

Posting for IG-less Mario Lanza Park:

Thank you neighbors, volunteers, hockey youth travel team and among others, for another successful Fairmount Park C...
05/10/2025

Thank you neighbors, volunteers, hockey youth travel team and among others, for another successful Fairmount Park Conservancy Philadelphia Parks & Recreation

Come on out to Palumbo Park at this morning @ 9am! A little spring cleaning, meet some neighbors, enjoy a coffee- and,...
05/10/2025

Come on out to Palumbo Park at this morning @ 9am! A little spring cleaning, meet some neighbors, enjoy a coffee- and, if you register to volunteer…get this fab LYP tee!! Wahooo!!!

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723 Catharine Street
Philadelphia, PA
19147

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