Cultivating informative and creative outreach, Drink More Tap—our ongoing project—bridges art with education, spreading awareness about the benefits of drinking Philly tap: it’s healthy, sustainable, and affordable.
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The newest Strawberry Mansion green initiative was primarily designed to manage local stormwater and protect the Schuylkill River but also helps the neighborhood in several other ways.
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The big hole in Baltimore Avenue is the talk of the town. But the local lore doesn’t exactly line up with what our engineers discovered. We have the facts.
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In response to the public interest in a giant hole on Baltimore Avenue caused by a sewer issue earlier this month, Philadelphia Water Department in-house historian Adam Levine will offer his Mill Creek: Stream to Sewer presentation on Tuesday, June 25 at the University of the Sciences.
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Pride in Philly tap won over more than few skeptics as over 200 people had a pour our top-quality local drinking water during the pop-up’s debut.
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One the biggest voices on local airwaves just earned himself the title of Honorary Tap Water Ambassador and an open invite to bartend at the Philly Water Bar, which debuts April 24 in the City Hall Courtyard.
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Philadelphia’s top-quality, affordable drinking water will be the star at the kick off for our Philly Water Bar pop-up, set for noon in the City Hall Courtyard on April 24.
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In a city as old as Philadelphia, there’s a chance you’ll come across something historic pretty much any time you put a shovel into the ground. That was the case on Wednesday, May 3 as workers replaced a water line along the 900 block of Spruce Street. During their excavation, they came across what looked like old logs…
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Earlier this month, Harvard’s Graduate School of Design hosted “The Philadelphia Story: Planning, Politics and Reality,” a panel discussion led by Loeb fellow and Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron.
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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:
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