Beginning next week, Manayunk’s Venice Island—a strip of land situated between the Manayunk Canal and the Schuylkill River—will undergo a $46 million makeover that includes the construction of an underground storage basin, a new performing arts center, a children’s play area and a new parking lot.
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The Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities—otherwise known as MOTU—is now blogging; check out the blog here for the latest insight and information.
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The plaza outside Thomas Jefferson University’s Dorrance H. Hamilton Building (located between 10th and 11th; Locust and Walnut streets) is an example of green stormwater infrastructure that’s barely visible to the naked eye.
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Multiple BMPs at Waterview Recreation Center in East Germantown make this site a study in the different approaches to urban stormwater management.
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This Saturday, July 16, some Queen Village bees are getting their own green roof.
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Located two blocks north of City Hall at 15th and Cherry streets, the Friends Center features one of Philadelphia’s most famous green roofs.
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Amid all the excitement over Philly’s first green roof bus shelter two weeks ago, we buried some really big news that happened the same day: Mayor Michael Nutter released the 2011 Greenworks Philadelphia Progress Report.
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And also some views of the roof: Here are some photos from Wednesday’s unveiling of the green roof bus shelter at 15th and Market.
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Cliveden Park collects runoff from two city blocks in Mt. Airy, thanks to a rain garden featuring step pools (pictured above).
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Wednesday’s agreement between the Philadelphia Water Department and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to approve PWD’s Green City, Clean Waters plan drew widespread media attention.
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