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 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 […]
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The beds of Water-celery (Tape grass) continue to grow and spread at Lardner's point Park. Lot's of new habitat for fish and shellfish.
A great big thank you to all the volunteers who helped make Lardner's Point Park look wonderful yesterday! We removed (a whopping) 501 pounds of trash from the shoreline! WOW!
