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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 […]

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‘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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K&T trail - Access and Industry

For PlanPhilly By Kellie Patrick Sarah Thorp, executive director of the Delaware River City Corporation, has become well acquainted with the balancing act that comes with bringing people to the waterfront. Her organization, which focuses on the northern portion of Philadelphia’s Delaware River shoreline, has already begun construction on an 11-mile multi-use trail that will […]

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