Venice Island is a piece of land formed by the Schuylkill Canal and the Schuylkill River, near Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A mill site in the 19th century, it has recently become the site of a somewhat controversial urban development in a flood plain.[1] The island is now home to the Venice Island Performing Arts and Recreation Center, a multiuse recreational facility with amenities such as an outdoor basketball and volleyball court, children's spraypark, intimate 250 seat capacity theater,[2] as well as a multimillion gallon storage basin used to manage stormwater, carried out by the Philadelphia Water Department.[3] VIPARC is managed by the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation.[4]
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edit- ^ "Friends of the Manayunk Canal Position Statement, VENICE ONE DEVELOPMENT, October 4, 2007". Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ^ "Venice Island Performing Arts and Recreation Center — Visit Philadelphia — visitphilly.com". www.visitphilly.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27.
- ^ "Venice Island". Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "Philadelphia Parks & Recreation | Homepage | City of Philadelphia".
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