Sharon Barr is a lawyer, planner and writer in Philadelphia. Arriving in Philadelphia to complete degrees in Law and City Planning at Penn, she soon fell for the city, its neighborhoods, parks and people. Her first job was as Counsel to the Fairmount Park Commission, and there, and in many later roles, she worked on a number of important redevelopment projects including Suburban Station, The Navy Yard, and, most recently, The Discovery Center, an environmental education sanctuary on the edge of the Strawberry Mansion Reservoir. Sharon is also a yoga teacher and a student at the Spanish Language School in Philadelphia. When not working or writing, she can be found walking the trails of the Wissahickon and the Adirondack Mountains.