Meet near the signboard of FDR Park on the southwest corner of Broad and Patterson Streets.
May 30, 2026 at 10 am
FDR Park and the 1926 Sesqui-Centennial
Member Tickets are $10 and the price will automatically be discounted at checkout for logged in members.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Park, was designed in 1914 by the Olmsted Brothers landscape firm. This park was considered a remarkable work of land reclamation in its day with marshy land filled and imaginatively graded with curving roads, walks, lakes in the highest tradition of the romantic park design characteristic of the period. FDR park was used for a portion of the Sesqui -Centennial International Exposition which opened on May 31, 1926 and closed on November 30, 1926. The total fair covered about 1,000 acres, while the current park is about 350 acres. This tour will focus on the attractions on the north side of FDR Park, from the recently remodeled Gateway entrance to the American Swedish Historical Museum.
Meet near the signboard of FDR Park on the southwest corner of Broad and Patterson Streets. This tour will end at the FDR Park Welcome Center. Enjoy the Asian Market after the tour! (open 10am-6pm)
Preservation Alliance walking tours utilize an audio system that transmits from a headset worn by the guide to earpieces worn by tour attendees. The equipment is thoroughly sanitized before and after each use. Tour attendees can also plug in their personal headsets or earbuds that use a standard headphone jack (Not compatible with Bluetooth or Apple earphones).
A limited number of $2 tickets are available for PA ACCESS or Art-Reach ACCESS card holders. Please email us at [email protected] for discount.
Email us at [email protected] for any questions or join the waitlist for a sold out tour!
