📷 Photos by Chris Mulhern, Zander Taketomo & Pat Heid
For some skaters, the sight of a sanctioned skate plaza at the Philadelphia Municipal Services building — one made out of Love Park, City Hall and old Muni materials — is surreal. For Pat Heid and his crew, it is a victory produced by years of advocacy, meetings, dead-ends, close-calls, and divine timing.
Philly’s new plaza opens on April 17, and here is the story of how it became a reality.