Much has been happening in the last couple of months for our organization. We completed not one, but TWO Volunteer Days. In April, we worked with C.L.I.P., PEC River Ambassadors, and the PSC Falcons, along with lots of other helping hands, to clean, clear and refurbish at Pennypack on the Delaware. Just over a week [...]
A Successful Port Richmond Trail Groundbreaking Event
We had a very successful groundbreaking yesterday. Speakers at the event included US Rep. Allyson Schwartz, Deputy Mayor Michael DeBerardinis, State Senator Michael Stack, State Rep. John Taylor, Lisa Deeley representing Councilman Bobby Henon, Deputy Secretary John Giordano of the PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Jamie McDermott of Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, Paul King, President [...]
Port Richmond Trail Groundbreaking!
There will be a groundbreaking ceremony for the Port Richmond Trail section of the Delaware Riverfront Greenway on Friday, October 19th at 10 a.m. The event will take place at Delaware & Allegheny Avenues, just north of the entrance to Pulaski Park. All are welcome and we hope you will be able to join us [...]
Port Richmond Trail to go to Construction
The design is complete and the project was bid on July 12. The contract preparation work is now taking place, the City expects to award the contract in September and, if all goes well, construction will start in October. The project extends along Allegheny Avenue from Monkiewicz Playground, at Richmond Street, to Pulaski [...]
Lardner’s Point Opening
Lardner’s Point Park- the newest segment of the East Coast Greenway- opened May 14, 2012 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by many organizations, local residents, Mayor Michael Nutter, and the press. The DRCC managed the transformation of Lardner’s Point from a forgotten parcel covered with invasive plants into a publicly accessible stretch of restored shoreline. The [...]
Lardner’s Point Park Groundbreaking
The Delaware River City Corporation is announcing the creation of a riverfront park on 4.5 acres of land immediately south of the Tacony Palmyra Bridge and in front of the City of Philadelphia Water Department’s Lardner’s Point Pump Station, Construction will begin in November of 2011 with park completion anticipated in May 2012. The Lardner’s [...]
A waterfront splash
By Tom Waring Times Staff Writer Northeast Times Cover Story – May 11, 2011 Tom Branigan promises that progress is being made in the planning of a North Delaware Riverfront Greenway. Branigan has been executive director of the non-profit Delaware River City Corporation since January. He explained that trails are in various stages of design [...]
New park coming to Bridesburg-Tacony riverfront will add green space and wetland, keep fishing pier.
New park coming to Tacony riverfront will add green space and wetland, keep fishing pier. February 23, 2011 By Kellie Patrick Gates s For PlanPhilly Picnickers and hikers may soon join the fisherfolk at Lardner’s Point in Tacony. Sometime this summer or early fall, construction will begin on a new, 4.5-acre park that will replace the [...]
A note to you from Bob Borski, Board Chair and CEO, Delaware River City Corp. (DRCC)
I am very pleased to announce that Thomas J. Branigan, P.E., P.L.S. is DRCC’s new Executive Director and in this role will be managing our organization as we move into the construction phase on the North Delaware Greenway. Tom has provided leadership in all walks of his life and recently completed an accomplished tenure in the Philadelphia Streets Department [...]
‘Comcast Cares’ to Plant a Garden in Tacony
‘Comcast Cares’ Enough to Plant a Garden in Tacony Northeast Times By Diane Prokop The sky was as blue as the hundreds of Comcast Cares T-shirts that dotted Disston Park on April 24. Since 2001, Comcast employees have donated close to 1.7 million hours of service to communities across the country as part of the [...]
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