Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania for Heritage Trees on Death Row at FDR Park
FDR Community Clubhouse 1954 Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesBACKGROUND The next phase of the Master Plan for FDR, Park, with the support of Fairmont Park Conservancy, calls for the demolition and removal of 441 trees – 64 of them heritage trees. Their demolition will pave the way for nine synthetic turf fields, 14 courts, and 170 parking spaces. The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania has co-signed a letter to the Mayor to ask for a pause in the plan. Led by Chief Chuck Gentlemoon and Clan Mother Shelley DePaul, they will be leading a ceremony to bless the trees. “We acknowledge all creatures as relations,” Shelley says – “These