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Friends of Harrowgate Park empowers our neighborhood’s diverse community to activate and advocate for a vibrant, welcoming green space.
Located at the corner of E Tioga Street & the 3400 block of Kensington Avenue, Harrowgate Park lies in the Harrowgate neighborhood of Philadelphia. Harrowgate was established in 1784 by Capt. George Esterly, a Revolutionary War veteran, discovered springs in what is now the site of Harrowgate Square (Park). The spring water was pronounced healthful by Dr. Benjamin Rush, and Esterly established a spa there, with gardens, overnight accommodations, food and drink, occasional concerts, and coach service from Second and Market Sts. in Philadelphia.
Today, Harrowgate Park is easily reached by bus, Market-Frankford El line (Tioga Station), or bike. Harrowgate Park is owned by the City and under the management of the Department of Parks & Recreation.
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Thank you Councilmember Quetcy Lozada, @muralarts & @impactservices for kicking off the Kensington Creates project in Harrowgate Park! Can’t wait to drive up and down the Avenue and see all 400 pieces of art created by OUR community 🫶🏾 @councilmemberquetcy your piece is beautiful and we are honored to have it hang right outside of the park!!🫶🏾
Join us and Council Member Quetcy Lozada for the final installation of the outdoor art gallery which is part of a larger, year-long effort in the neighborhood, Heart of Kensington Creates. Tuesday, September 8, at 12:00 pm Harrowgate Park, 3455 Kensington Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134. @councilmemberquetcy
Thank you @philaparkandrec for our beautiful new edition to our favorite place!! We love our boulders!!🫶🏾
Thank you @tinywpa for the beautiful new addition to our favorite place in Harrowgate!!🫶🏾
Huge shout out to The Old Lady Gang! The annual water gun fight is always a good time!! See y’all on the field next year!! #villageislife @impactservices & @harrowgatecivic, thank you for always holding down every event we have in our beloved park 🌳💦
The Harrowgate Back to School Bash by @harrowgatecivic is Friday August 14th from 3-5pm at Heitzman Rec Center!
Fall 2026 schedule just dropped for your calendars! 📆🫶
Who’s ready!?!? 💦🎉 see you Saturday Aug 15th!!!
Second Saturday Block Cleaning has been going strong all summer! Thank you to all the volunteers who continue to show up & show out! & as always thank you to partners at @harrowgatecivic and @clip_philly 🧹🫶
Please join us this Saturday June 27th from 12-4pm at Harrowgate Park for our biggest Summer Festival yet! Thank you to Harrowgate Civic Association, Impact Service, Mural Arts, Councilwoman Lozada, Councilman Driscoll, and the City of Philadelphia and CLIP for all of the support. ☀️😎🎉
Thanks to @phillytreepeople , @publichealthmanagementcorp and Tree Forward we are hosting a Community Tree Planting for 17 ❕ new trees in Harrowgate Park on Sunday May 3rd starting at 9:15 am. Rain or Shine! ☔️☀️
Major News! 🚸📣🚧🚲 Thank you to Councilman Mike Driscoll @councilmembermikedriscoll for providing the funding for repairs to the pathways and sidewalks as well as 18 new benches for Harrowgate Park. Construction begins April 20, 2026 and will go one for 6-8 weeks, but the park will remain open! 🌳
Thank you Councilmember Quetcy Lozada, Mural Arts Philadelphia & Impact Services for kicking off the Kensington Creates project in Harrowgate Park! Can’t wait to drive up and down the Avenue and see all 400 pieces of art created by OUR community 🫶🏾 Councilmember Quetcy Lozada your piece is beautiful and we are honored to have it hang right outside of the park!!🫶🏾
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Thank you Councilmember Quetcy Lozada, Mural Arts & Impact for kicking off the Kensington Creates project in Harrowgate Park! Can’t wait to drive up and down the Avenue and see all 400 pieces of art created by OUR community 🫶🏾 We are very proud to have Quetcy’s “Tree of Life” piece hanging outside our park!!
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Join us and Council Member Quetcy Lozada for the final installation of the outdoor art gallery which is part of a larger, year-long effort in the neighborhood, Heart of Kensington Creates. Tuesday, September 8, at 12:00 pm Harrowgate Park, 3455 Kensington Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134. Councilmember Quetcy Lozada
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Thank you Philadelphia Parks & Recreation for our beautiful new edition to our favorite place!! We love our boulders!!🫶🏾
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Parks & Recreation THANK YOU FOR OUR LOVELY BOULDERS!!!🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾 Huge shout to my main girlie Sue B for making it happen 🫶🏾
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