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All posts tagged: Wissahickon Creek


Mural, Pocket Park Being Celebrated Earth Day Weekend

April 20, 2018  |  Public Affairs

Last summer, we joined artist Paul Santoleri and Roxborough and residents for a community painting event that laid the foundation for Watershed, the mural that now overlooks the neighborhood’s newest community green space–Roxborough Pocket Park.

Just in time for Earth Day weekend, Santoleri’s work is finished and will be celebrated with a dedication ceremony at 1 p.m. this Saturday, April 21st.

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Earth Day Exhibit Reveals Philly’s Trash Problem

April 21, 2015  |  Public Affairs

Anyone who’s taken the time to enjoy the many scenic opportunities afforded by Philly’s waterways has had that moment—you’re soaking in the green and sunshine, marveling at the natural beauty of a river or stream cutting through the urban landscape. And then, some ugly piece of litter breaks the mirage, reminding you that you are, indeed, still in a very big city. One with a trash problem.

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The Land is Ours!

November 19, 2013  |  Public Affairs

For the last fifteen years, neighbors cleaned and protected the remaining 6 acres of the Anderson and Woodbrook land not yet touched by development in the Wissahickon. After learning that developers were seeking to build a condominium complex of over twenty five 1,200 square foot houses, neighbors campaigned to save the land.

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This Place Is BMPing: Saylor Grove

January 6, 2012  |  Matt Fritch, Environmental Engineer

Before the Philadelphia Water Department constructed a stormwater wetland at Saylor Grove in Fairmount Park, the area received an excessive amount of runoff that drained into Monoshone Creek, a tributary to the Wissahickon, resulting in erosion of the Monoshone and impaired water quality.

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This Place Is BMPing: Wises Mill Run Stormwater Wetland

September 9, 2011  |  Matthew Fritch

Wises Mill Run, a tributary of Wissahickon Creek, is a waterway that’s severely impacted by stormwater flows. After storms, the nearby neighborhood’s storm sewers discharge a large volume of water into Wises Mill Run, resulting in erosion of the creek’s bed.

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