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Philadelphia Inquirer | by Inga Saffron This fall marks a decade since an extraordinary planning effort brought together hundreds of Philadelphians to rethink the barren industrial wastes of the Central Delaware waterfront. The consensus formed during those meetings, led by Penn Praxis, provided the basis for a new master plan to guide development and a new management agency…

Northeast Times | by William Kenny The Delaware River City Corporation will present its annual Robert A. Borski Award for Lifetime Achievement to Ron Greller, president of Morris Iron and Steel, during the DRCC’s 2017 Spring Fling fundraiser on Thursday, May 18, at Glen Foerd on the Delaware. The Spring Fling will coincide with Philadelphia’s…

Pennsylvania Environmental Council Podcast | By Josh Raulerson Little by little, Philadelphia is building a 750-mile regional trail system. As the Circuit Trails Coalition celebrates spring with new trail openings, we get to know one of the many small groups that are accomplishing big things by working together. Plus: an update on the federal RECLAIM…

DRCC presents Bridesburg park updates to community at BCAA monthly meeting. Star News | By Melissa Komar Neither ice nor snow nor the cold could keep the Bridesburg Community Action Alliance from holding its monthly meeting last Wednesday. However, the weather did depress turnout and keep some speakers from appearing. One speaker who did show up…

Spoke Magazine | By Bradley Maul Six months into his first term as mayor, on a stage inside the Independence Seaport Museum, Michael Nutter gave his blessings to a plan that would change the course of the Delaware River waterfront. In endorsing the “Master Plan for the Central Delaware,” he applauded the relaunch of the…

Newsletter of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources It was late November 2011 when DCNR officials and others plunged shovels into a ceremonial groundbreaking plot, marking the start of a riverfront improvement project in Philadelphia’ s historic Tacony section. Then the message was one of hope, promise and looking to the future. Just about…

PlanPhilly Lardner’s Point Park, a new public space along the Delaware River just below the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, opened in May bringing a softer green edge to the waterfront. The park, advanced by the Delaware River City Corporation, is a welcome new riverfront amenity, but it’s also a significant ecological restoration project (funded in part as remediation after…

The EPA Blog | by Maryann Helferty Late on a warm spring afternoon a few weeks ago, I walked along a newly restored tidal wetland and gazed at the young sedge grasses and arrowhead plants.  The line, “If you build it they will come” from the movie Field of Dreamspassed through my mind.  Here at Lardner’s…

Philadelphia Inquirer | By Sandy Bauers Ever since the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge was built in 1928, a four-acre chunk of riverfront that served as a ferry terminal has lain vacant. Trash has piled up, and invasive species have taken over. In 2004, the site was bathed with an unsavory brew of oil that spilled from the…