Vare Recreation Center

Vare Recreation Center

The new 18,700 square foot Vare Recreation Center includes a 7,000 square foot indoor basketball gymnasium with spectator seating, a 4,900 square foot gymnastics gym equipped with brand new athletic equipment, a 900 square foot multipurpose room that can be converted into two classrooms, a computer lab equipped with high-speed fiber optic internet, two new outdoor basketball courts and a new sprayground, a 1,500 square foot outdoor plaza and performance space, a 6,000 square foot playground designed with play structures for children of all ages, and a regulation-sized synthetic turf field to be installed in spring 2025.

Vare Studio Yearbook

A research & archiving project with TILT and Monument Lab to collect, preserve & share photographic & oral histories from Vare Recreation Center.

Community Plaza

A staging area for events and performances by community groups.

Gymnastics

A brand new state of the art facility for the legendary Vare Gymnastics Team.
Picture of RBP Basketball Courts Before Construction
Before
New RBP play structures after construction
After
109
Years as a dedicated public playground
$21M
Investment through Philadelphia’s Rebuild Initiative
25
Community member interviews recorded for the Vare Studio Yearbook Research & Archiving Project
4
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