When Susan Harte officiates marriage ceremonies at LOVE Park on Wedding Wednesdays, she challenges family, friends and anyone who passes through to find a more perfect place for a couple to publicly affirm their love "than right here, in the middle of the city of love, under the shadow of love." The public ceremonies started as a promotional activity for LOVE Park when it reopened in 2018 after a $26 million renovation. Often, people seeking small civil ceremonies at City Hall find out about the LOVE Park option on the website, Harte said. Courtenay Harris Bond/Philly Voice Ye Wang and Karen Perez Sarmiento walk through the gardens at LOVE Park on Wednesday before exchanging their vows. Andrew Emma, manager of LOVE Park, Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Rail Park, called Wedding Wednesdays "a very Philly thing to do."