August 06, 2008

LOVE Triangle Leads To Fatal Stabbing

Um, yeah: Yesterday, two women were arguing over Tony Stewart (not the race car driver) in LOVE Park, when one of the women fatally stabbed the other.

As far as I can remember, this is what precipitated the renovation of the park to make it "unskateboardable." No, wait, that was just a bunch of suburban kids who pissed off John Street because they brought a major week-long event to the city (and were white). Well, whatever. Here's the details from yesterday:

Cops said that the squabble reached a tipping point at about 3 p.m., when Stewart's homeless girlfriend, Yvette Prince, slugged her rival in the head. The other woman, also homeless, jumped up and plunged a knife into Prince's chest.

Prince, 45, died of her injuries at Hahnemann University Hospital at 4:54 p.m., investigators said. The unidentified stabber, who is in her 50s, was taken into police custody, but charges were not filed as of last night.

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June 27, 2008

Paine's World Benefit

A shoutout to Philebrity and the Paine's World benefit for Paine's Park, the new skateboarding park planned for along the Schuylkill. While we're always going to be a little sad LOVE Park isn't the mecca it once was, we'll take a real live skatepark as a consolation prize.

The YMD does the music in the above video, and is also playing the party ($22 at the door, 21+, buses running from/to Center City).

Also worth noting: Phillyist Framed, the photoshow, opening party tonight.

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June 20, 2008

Horrible Monster To Invade Love Park

See the tentacled beast above? Fox will be bringing a replica of that monster to Love Park on Monday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. It's 12 feet high and 12 feet wide, and the press release lets us know, "THERE’S NO ESCAPE FROM THE HOT TENTACLE ACTION!"

The beast's name is Yivo, the antagonist in the new (incredibly disappointing, sadly) Futurama movie, which comes out on DVD Tuesday. Yeah, who knows. Don't try to escape the hot tentacle action; it's clearly impossible.

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June 29, 2007

A LOVE Park You Can Skateboard On, Still

Speaking of John Street, there's a nice little screw you to him in the upcoming Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, the 79th (I think) installment in the skateboarding video game series. And by "a nice little screw you," I mean "a completely rendered version of the new LOVE Park that can be skateboarded on."

See, suburban white kids? You can have you revenge on John Street after all. Well, you know, kinda. Hey, if you can't do it in real life, then do it in a video game. I guess that works for Grand Theft Auto, too.

Tony Hawk 9: Love Park?! [Planet Tony Hawk]

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December 06, 2006

PWD People of the Year: Melvin Fortune And The Anonymous, Awesome Love Park Bubble Pranksters

Very rarely do we get so much in just one short media appearance. Usually it takes at least a month -- or, in Milton Street's case, a career -- of hilarity to approach the top of the Philadelphia Zeitgeist.

Melvin Fortune is a special case. The Philadelphia maintenance worker said only two sentences to the media all year, and yet those two sentences managed to get him a nod in Philadelphia Will Do's People of the Year. (This most important award of them all!)

After pranksters poured a box of detergent into the Love Park fountain in early September, NBC 10 decided to focus on the bad side of the totally awesome prank, by interviewing a Fairmount Park commissioner who said it'd cost thousands to hose down Love Park and a woman from North Philly who said it was upsetting.

And then NBC 10 talked to maintenance worker Melvin Fortune:

"Keep your bubbles back at home. That's the signal I'm trying to send to you."

No sentence better explains Philadelphia, 2006, than "Keep your bubbles back at home." Thank you, Melvin Fortune. (Who even inspired an anonymous commenter to adopt his persona as an angry conservative, for some reason.) And thank you, pranksters. If you ever want to share the details of your college-style prank that turned totally awesome with the world, you know who to contact.

Philadelphia Will Do People of the Year | The List So Far
Sept. 5: Keep Your Bubbles Back At Home, People

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September 06, 2006

Cops Respond to Ongoing Threat Of Bubbles

E-Mail from a reader:

There are approximately 30 po-po vehicles at Love Park right now. Mr. Bubble, perhaps?

My guess? Somebody forgot to keep her bubbles back at home and Melvin Fortune took it out on her.

Yesterday: Keep Your Bubbles Back At Home, People

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September 05, 2006

Keep Your Bubbles Back At Home, People

Sometime yesterday morning, some totally awesome people did the most totally awesome thing in the history of the world: They poured bubbles in the Love Park fountain.

Yes, someone saw two men pour a box of detergent into the Love Park fountain yesterday morning around 6 a.m., spreading bubbles all over the park and sending people into a frenzy. NBC 10 is all over it:

If you walked by Love Park early Monday morning, you might have thought it was snowing.

It wasn't snow filling the fountain; it was soapsuds. [...]

While this may look comical, not everybody was laughing.

"I don't think it's fair to the city or to the tourists who take pictures here at Love Park," said Blayney Stukes, of North Philadelphia.

The Fairmount Park commissioner isn't laughing either. He said it could cost thousands to cleanup the fountain, a bill that taxpayers will have to pick up.

"Keep your bubbles back at home. That's the signal I'm trying to send to you," maintenance worker Melvin Fortune said.

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July 14, 2006

Love Park Hits Myspace, Turns Gender Stereotypes On Head

Male, eh? And you always thought the lovey-dovey ones were female.

Love Park [Myspace]

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April 12, 2006

Leftovers: Money For Nothing

• There are a slew of mayoral candidates are aren't really "candidates" because they don't yet want to adhere to the new strict fundraising guidelines: $2,500 for individuals and $10,000 for corporations. Still, since everyone knows they're running for mayor (or planning to run), a lawsuit has been filed. Surely, this lawsuit will restore honesty and integrity to our political process! Or it will make lawyers some money. One of the two. [Inky]

• There's a pillowfight in Love Park this Saturday. If you're interested, get in on this before the city closes down the park, retools it to be unfriendly to pillowfighters and pisses off the huge ESPN Pillowfighting Games that happen to be taking place at the same time, thereby ruining any chances to have them here every year. [Phillyist]

• More children this year are dressing up for Easter. Unfortunately, they're dressing up in suits and ties for mass, and not in some sort of fun bunny costumes. Alas. [KYW 1060]

• When they finally open slots parlors in Philadelphia -- est. date of completion 2034 -- who wants to be they're old Atlantic City knockoffs that can't accept the new $10 bill? In fact, if you want to bet that they'll never have that or a similar problem, I'll take you up on that offer. [AP/6 ABC]

• Finally, yes, that's me making my debut in cartoon form in this week's PW. Thanks to supercartoonist Jay Bevenour for realizing that, yes, if Curt Weldon were strangling a bunny and sitting on a puppy, I would be shocked and appalled. [PW]

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