by Cari Bender | May 3, 2019 | Franklin Square
GRACE DICKINSON / STAFF / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER A worker welds one of the final steel bars used to support the lanterns in the final week leading up to the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival. The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival returns to Franklin Square and...
by Cari Bender | Dec 7, 2018 | Franklin Square
Vittoria Woodill has fun with s’mores and more at the Franklin Square Holiday Festival and Electrical Spectacle Holiday Light Show.
by Cari Bender | Oct 9, 2018 | Franklin Square
Franklin Square’s historic fountain is getting a choreographed light show On Tuesday, Historic Philadelphia Inc., the organization that operates Franklin Square, announced the renovation of the fountain, which was built in 1837 and restored in 2006 after years...
by Cari Bender | May 1, 2018 | Franklin Square
Jennaphr Frederick and Amy Needle chat about the fun to be had at the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square
by Cari Bender | Nov 10, 2017 | Franklin Square
The Franklin Square Holiday Festival featuring the Electrical Spectacle Holiday Light Show presented by PECO got started bright and early on CBS3 with Jan Carabeo. Hot chocolate, fire pits, s’mores, and lots of sparkles!
by Cari Bender | May 9, 2017 | Franklin Square
The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square returns for a second year. Penn Live shot some beautiful photos. And WHYY’s Newsworks captured the building of the more than 1,500 individual sculptures.
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