53 Pa. Stat. § 3187
In all cases wherein cities of this commonwealth shall hereafter take, use, and appropriate private property for the aforesaid purposes, by ordinance or joint resolution, if the compensation and damages arising therefrom cannot be agreed upon by the owners thereof and such cities, such compensation and damages shall be considered, ascertained, determined, awarded, and paid in the manner provided in an act entitled "An act providing for the manner of ascertaining, determining, awarding, and paying compensation and damages in all cases where municipalities of this commonwealth may hereafter be authorized by law to take, use, and appropriate private property for the purpose of making, enlarging, and maintaining public parks within the corporate limits of such municipality," approved the eighth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
53 P.S. § 3187