Philadelphia Neighborhoods logo
  • Neighborhoods
    • Center City
    • North Philadelphia
    • Northeast Philadelphia
    • Northwest Philadelphia
    • River Wards
    • South Philadelphia
    • Southwest Philadelphia
    • West Philadelphia
  • Topics
    • Amateur Sports
    • Arts and Entertainment
    • Business
    • City Hall
    • Community Meetings
    • Crime
    • Economy
    • Education
    • Elections
    • Environment
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Government
    • Health
    • History
    • Housing
    • How To
    • Immigration
    • LGBTQ
    • Mental Health
    • Music
    • Police
    • Politics
    • Poverty
    • Property
    • Religion
    • Science
    • Social Issues
    • Sustainability
    • Technology
    • Transportation
    • Veterans’ Affairs
    • Zoning
  • Special Reports
    • North Philadelphia: Can the Next Crimes be Prevented?
    • Recent Special Reports
      • COVID-19 Reporting
      • City Hall, Fall 2019
      • Special Report Podcast: Mental Health
      • Klein Fellowship- Immigration
      • Klein Fellowship- Income Inequality
    • All Special Reports
  • Latino Communities
  • Philadelphia Neighborhoods Map
  • About Philadelphia Neighborhoods
  • Awards
  • Our Code of Ethics & Guiding Principles
  • News Orgs: Want To Use Our Stories?
  • Tips/Contact
HomeEakins Oval

Eakins Oval

Arts and Entertainment

Logan Square: Pop-up Park at The Oval Open For Four Weeks This Summer

July 20, 2019 Christopher Malo

The Oval+ returns to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway this summer at Eakins Oval. This year’s theme is “make,” “hear,” and “play.” It is designed to encourage visitors to spend more time playing, creating, and hanging

Abandoned Property

Amateur Sports: Nonprofits Help Homeless Beyond Athletics

December 18, 2015 Stephen T Godwin

Street Soccer USA On any given night in the United States, there are approximately 564,708 people who are counted as homeless. On any given night in this country, there are also 39,907 unaccompanied youth between

No Picture
Amateur Sports

Amateur Sports: Five Runs You Need To Know About

June 6, 2014

There are a lot of fun things to do in Philadelphia, but for the amateur athlete who loves to run, there are many unique ways to get involved. Whether it’s dressing up in your favorite

Arts and Entertainment

Fairmount: The Awesome Fest Commemorates 80th Anniversary of Drive-in Movies

November 25, 2013

Movie-goers enjoyed a month of excitement, laughs and thrills this month at a makeshift drive-in movie theater. Eakins Oval was turned into a drive-in movie theater by members of The Awesome Fest, a local roaming

Recent Posts

  • These Philly High Schoolers Are Taking Journalism Into Their Own Hands
    January 23, 2026
  • How Community Gardens are Fighting Erasure and Displacement in North Philadelphia 
    January 16, 2026
  • Healing from Gun Violence: A Conversation With Mary Felder
    January 15, 2026
  • With Changes to SNAP Looming, South Philly Mosque Pledges to Continue Food Distribution for All
    January 3, 2026
  • The Light We Hold: Inside a Philly Community Gathering of Art and Grief
    December 27, 2025
Philadelphia Neighborhoods Student Reporters
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • RSS

© 2026 All Rights Reserved. Philadelphia Neighborhoods: A program of the Department of Journalism at the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University.