Penn’s Landing RiverRink WinterFest

December 2013

For the better part of my life time (20 years to be exact), every winter the Grand Plaza at Penn's Landing is converted to become the Blue Cross RiverRink. I've seen it on TV repeatedly, but have never visited it. I would likely pose a severe danger to others and myself if I strapped on ice skates. However, this year, they built an entire village around the rink called WinterFest. So, we went and checked it out. It was a lot of fun. With the amount of trees and decorations they brought in, you'd never know you were on Penn's Landing.

01 Skating Rink — The RiverRink on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

02 WinterFest Village — WinterFest Village on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

04 WinterFest Village — WinterFest Village on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

05 WinterFest Village — WinterFest Village on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

06 Food Tent — The Lodge food tent is constructed from old shipping containers

07 Food Tent — The Lodge food tent is constructed from old shipping containers

08 Lodge Sign — The Lodge food tent is constructed from old shipping containers

10 WinterFest Village — WinterFest Village on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

11 Skating Rink — The RiverRink on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

12 RCA Building — Looking across the river to the old RCA building

13 Ben Franklin Bridge — The Ben Franklin Bridge under blue winter skies

18 USS New Jersey — Looking across the river to the USS New Jersey Battleship

19 Moshulu — The Moshulu floating restaurant

22 Walt Whitman Bridge — Looking down the river to the Walt Whitman Bridge

24 Ben Franklin Bridge — The Ben Franklin Bridge

28 WinterFest Sign — WinterFest this way

31 Seagull — I guess seagulls don't fly south for the Winter

32 Tugboat Jupiter — The tugboat Jupiter decked out in it's Christmas finest

33 Walt Whitman Bridge — The Walt Whitman Bridge at dusk

34 Zamboni — The zamboni resurfaces the RiverRink on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

36 Reindeer — A reindeer just hanging around

37 Ben Franklin Bridge — The lights come on as dusk approaches

38 Skating Rink — The freshly resurfaced RiverRink on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

41 Light Show — A high tech light show illuminates the trees that were trucked in to the Grand Plaza

42 Light Show — The RiverRink on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza with the Ben Franklin Bridge in the background

43 WinterFest Village — Night begins to fall on WinterFest Village on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

44 WinterFest Village — Night begins to fall on WinterFest Village on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

45 WinterFest Village — Night begins to fall on WinterFest Village on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

46 Fire Pit — No Winter festival is complete with fire pits to warm up around

47 WinterFest Village — Night begins to fall on WinterFest Village on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

49 Skating Rink — The RiverRink on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza with the Ben Franklin Bridge in the background

51 Skating Rink — The RiverRink on Penn's Landing's Grand Plaza

53 Light Show — A high tech light show illuminates the trees that were trucked in to the Grand Plaza

58 Light Show — A high tech light show illuminates the trees that were trucked in to the Grand Plaza

60 Light Show — Yes, that's a hip-hop Santa on that tree

Every Winter for the better part of my lifetime (20 years to be exact), the Grand Plaza at Penn’s Landing is converted to become the Blue Cross RiverRink. I’ve seen it on TV over and over, but have never visited it. I would likely pose a severe danger to myself and others if I strapped on ice skates. However, this year, they built an entire village around the rink called WinterFest. So, we went and checked it out. It was a lot of fun. With the amount of trees and decorations they brought in, you’d never know you were on Penn’s Landing.

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