Tonight: Clean Water Is Good Business
October 20, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
The green roof on PECO’s building in Center City (pictured above) is certainly one way that businesses practice good stormwater management.
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Award-Winning Design: Envisioning Francisville’s Future
September 29, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Last week we lauded the German engineering that went into the Tempelhof Wasserpark student design project for the Berlin Airport, but we neglected to mention another award-winning planning project that’s closer to home:
Read More →Notes From The LID Symposium
September 27, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
The Philadelphia Low Impact Development Symposium kicked off yesterday with a keynote presentation by Philadelphia Water Department Commissioner Howard Neukrug; the speech focused on Philly’s green infrastructure, its relationship to recent flooding conditions, and PWD’s focus on helping low-income customers manage stormwater.
Read More →Philly Green Infrastructure in Time Magazine
| Matthew Fritch
A feature story in this week’s issue of Time Magazine (above), “Street Smarts,” highlights America’s aging infrastructure crisis and Philadelphia’s “smarter” approach:
Read More →Storage Wars: Philadelphia’s Green Infrastructure Takes On Lee and Irene
September 22, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
The Philadelphia Water Department’s green infrastructure projects—tree trenches, rain gardens, porous paving and planters, just to name a few—are designed to store and infiltrate stormwater runoff into the ground.
Read More →You’re Invited: Green Building Council Honors PWD Commish
September 21, 2011 | Public Affairs
Congratulations to Philadelphia Water Department Commissioner Howard Neukrug, who has been selected to receive the Delaware Valley Green Building Council’s (DVGBC) 2011 Leadership Award.
Read More →PARK(ing) Shots
September 20, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Meetings were held. Lunches were eaten. Books were browsed. PARK(ing) Day 2011 was a huge success throughout Philadelphia, as approximately 30 organizations installed temporary parks in metered parking spaces on Friday.
Read More →Porous Repouring At Waterview Rec Center
| Matthew Fritch
A portion of the porous concrete sidewalk in front of East Germantown’s Waterview Recreation Center was replaced yesterday; the surface of the sidewalk was spalling, or breaking apart.
Read More →German Engineering: Tempelhof Wasserpark
September 19, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Last week, the American Society of Landscape Architects announced the winners of the 2011 Student Awards, and a conceptual design for Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, caught our eye.
Read More →Free PARK(ing) at 12th and Arch
September 16, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Happy PARK(ing) Day—today, nearly 1,000 metered parking spaces in more than 30 countries are being turned into temporary open public spaces.
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