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Slide the City bails on Philly

Flying Kite Staff | Friday, May 20, 2016

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The giant urban waterslide event is once again skipping its Philadelphia stop. Turns out the City wasn't too stoked about the organization.

Following last week’s announcement that Slide the City would come to Philadelphia this summer after missing a scheduled 2015 date, the event has again been canceled.

Slide the City was scheduled to bring its 1,000-foot slip-and-slide to Sedgley Drive in Fairmount Park by the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Saturday, Aug. 6. However, as Lauren Hitt, spokeswoman for Mayor Kenney’s administration, tells us, a permit for Slide the City will not be issued.

"We just felt like they weren't great partners," she said in an interview today.

She also said five other parties had already reserved the picnic and pavilion areas at Lemon Hill where the slide was hoping to set up Aug. 6.

Slide the City last year canceled its Philadelphia stop at the last minute after months of promotion. In an email following last year’s cancelation, Slide the City said simply that "our season is coming to an end" and that "we’re sad we can’t come to Philadelphia this year."

Philly Voice has more on the conflict.

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