A lawsuit filed by 11 South Philadelphia residents aiming to stop renovation work at FDR Park will move forward, after a judge on Friday overruled the city’s argument that the plaintiffs waited too long to take legal action.
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Sheila Woods-Skipper will next consider the residents’ request for an order to halt renovation work at the park, as the first basketball courts and artificial turf athletic field get under construction.
“The judge saw through all the city’s efforts to block a serious look at this case,” said Rich Garella, who lives about a mile away from the park and is the lead petitioner in the lawsuit. Garella provided WHYY with a copy of the judge’s ruling. “Hopefully now the people get a chance to see what they’re doing down there in the park.”…