"The best known of Penn’s four squares is Rittenhouse Square, a beloved, successful, much-used park, one of Philadelphia’s greatest assets today, the center of a fashionable neighborhood..." - Janes Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Rittenhouse Square is one of Philly's most beloved parks. The seven acre park is bounded on four sides by hotels, restaurants, shops, apartments, and boutiques. Activity abounds day and night: families, couples, dog's and their walkers, office workers, residents, and tourists.
Originially one for William Penn's four original parks for Philadelphia, Rittenhouse Square has always been much used and well loved park - even in to the late hours of the night. The parks has achieved what park managers in other cities can only dream of: an equitable, twenty-four hour vibrant public space.
The park is maintain through a public-private partnership between Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and the Friends of Rittenhouse Square.
Philadelphia Parks and Recreation