A picture at the FDR National Historic Site in Hyde Park May 2024. A picture taken behind the house FDR grew up in, and lived in for much of his adult life, at the National Historic Site in Hyde Park.

Forty-eight “heritage” trees have been cut down in the park’s former golf course to make way for athletic fields and courts. Environmental activists in Philadelphia called on Mayor Cherelle Parker to ...

Alex Tatarsky will perform as a gnome guide to the South Philly Meadows at FDR Park, drawing attention to the trees that will be cut down to make way for soccer fields. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and ...