Lowdown

Love Park Aka John F. Kennedy Plaza Is At The Intersection Of 16th Street And John F. Kennedy Boulevard. JFK Plaza Was The Brainchild Of Famed Philadelphia City Planner Edmund Bacon And Was Designed By Architect Vincent Kling. The Park Is Located Across From City Hall And Serves As The Gateway To Fairmount Park's Benjamin Franklin Parkway And The Parkway / Museums District. Built In 1965, The Park Sits Atop An Underground Parking Garage. The Main Features Of The Plaza Include Curved Granite Steps And A Majestic Fountain Added In 1969. The Nickname LOVE Park Comes From The LOVE Sculpture Which Overlooks The Plaza Pictured Below. The World Famous LOVE Sculpture, Designed By Robert Indiana, Was First Placed In The Plaza As Part Of The United States' Bicentennial Celebration In 1976 . It Was Removed In 1978, But The Sculpture Was Missed And The Chairman Of Philadelphia Art Commission, F. Eugene Dixon, Jr., Bought The Sculpture And Permanently Placed It In The Plaza As A Gift To Philly.