Development Plans for Park at Penn’s Landing Move Forward A cafe, gardens, and a cap on I-95 are among the amenities promised in reimagining Penn’s Landing. Kimberly Haas has an update on the project’s progress and timetable
History Archeologists Dish Up Dirt On Philly History Under I-95 Contributor Jared Brey takes us under the overpass and down in the trenches of the 95 Revive archeological excavation where field workers are piecing together centuries of lost Philadelphia history
Urbanism A Peek Into Penn’s Landing’s Future DRWC and Hargreaves pulled the curtain on the first phase of designing a better, bolder Penn’s Landing last night. Brad Maule draws highlights in this report
Urbanism Premiering Penn’s Landing’s Next Generation With a public meeting tonight, the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation and Hargreaves Associates will reveal the first designs for the future of Penn’s Landing, including the completion of the I-95 cap between Walnut and Chestnut, planned development of the open spaces, and a new pedestrian bridge at South Street over Columbus Boulevard.
History Vine Street On The Delaware: A Contested Evolution Harry K gives us the tortured history of the foot of Vine Street, from Front Street to the Delaware River, and how this spot of ground was so contested that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania had to get involved
Development Port Richmond’s Sidewalks May Be Clean, But The Air Is Dirty Faced with major sources of mostly unmonitored air pollution, Port Richmond residents, empowered by the Clean Air Council, have taken to “citizen science,” monitoring for serious pollutants themselves. The aim, says new contributor Alex Vuocolo, is to create a more localized system for understanding hidden threats to public health
Urbanism A Case For An Urban Expressway Turn Roosevelt Boulevard into a submerged expressway with a subway in the middle, argues veteran journalist and new resident of the Lower Northeast Sandy Smith
History Obliterated Harry K searches out traces of the old Quaker town, Callowhill, named for William Penn’s second wife