Blue Bell Park Explained

Blue Bell Hill Park[1] commonly known as Blue Bell Park is a small park located in Blue Bell Hill by Germantown, Philadelphia. The park is located on the Wissahickon Creek and is directly southeast of Wissahickon Valley Park.[2] [3] The RittenhouseTown Historic District is located at Blue Bell Hill.[4]

In 1974, a small group of undergraduate Pan-Hellenic Council members known as "The Family" founded the Philadelphia Greek Picnic in Blue Bell Park which later attracted an attendance of over 250,000 people.[5] [6]

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  1. Web site: Five for Friday: Kristin Gavin. Baker, Brandon. PhillyVoice. 2015-08-14. 2016-06-06.
  2. Web site: I Tried It: Unite Fitness Decathlon. White, Janine. Philadelphia Magazine. 2012-10-10. 2016-06-06.
  3. Web site: Additional details released about upcoming Walnut Lane Bridge closure. Grady. Matt. Newsworks.org. 2015-04-29. 2016-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160625123701/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/nw-philadelphia/67369-additional-details-released-about-upcoming-walnut-lane-bridge-closure. 2016-06-25. dead.
  4. Web site: Making A Place For History Blue Bell Hill's Rich Past Will Be Documented In An Exhibit.. Bruch, Laura J.. philly-archives. 1998-05-12. 2016-06-06.
  5. Book: Elizabeth Calvert Fine. Soulstepping: African American Step Shows. registration. 2003. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-02475-7. 68–.
  6. Book: Kenneth L. Kusmer. Joe W. Trotter. African American Urban History since World War II. 1 August 2009. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-46512-8. 411–.

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