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PHILADELPHIA: THE NEW RIVER CITY
Philadelphia: the New River City
on the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers
To position itself for growth in the 21st Century, the City of Philadelphia plans to coordinate and take advantage of the resources of its riverfronts as new places for living, recreation, working, and environmental enhancement. By identifying itself as a New River City, Philadelphia will redefine and improve the City's relationship to its rivers, waterfronts, and communities. Underscoring successes like East Falls, Manayunk, and the Central Riverfront, as well as recently completed planning and redevelopment plans for the Navy Yard, North Delaware, and Lower Schuylkill, the New River City promotes and advances Philadelphia's riverfronts as desirable locations. The New River City concept will be a planning and management tool for appropriate contemporary development.
Preliminary Concepts
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Bring the City back to its rivers. Publicize recent planning efforts for over 30 miles of Philadelphia river frontage, including the North Delaware, Tidal Schuylkill, and Navy Yard.
- Reclaim thousands of acres of vacant, former port and industrial land for the creation of new mixed-use and high tech reuse.
- Continue ongoing planning and redevelopment that has already taken place or is presently underway along the North Delaware Riverfront, Central Riverfront, South Delaware Riverfront, the Tidal Schuylkill, and the Upper Schuylkill.
- Use vacant land to create communities of new urban housing; modern retail, office, and manufacturing space for technology companies; and waterfront recreation that will attract and retain knowledge industry residents and jobs.
- Use the River City concept to create a new image of Philadelphia for those outside the region. Embrace the technologies and lifestyles of a 21st Century city.
- Market the riverfronts to the real estate industry as a place where the City is receptive to new development, and is willing and able to assist in land acquisition, rezoning, expedited permitting, and infrastructure construction.
- Establish a set of priorities and goals for the development of the riverfronts, addressing not only the water's edge, but also the communities near rivers.
- Enact special riverfront zoning classifications that reinforce planning goals and recognize the unique issues related to land development near the water's edge.
- Ensure public access - both physical and visual - to the waters edge, reinforce existing access to the river, and create new links to the river from existing communities.
- Create new riverfront recreational resources that enhance the City's quality of life and add value to new and existing communities. Create a riverfront network of recreational trails, open space, and active recreational uses that serves a local and regional audience.
THE NORTH DELAWARE RIVERFRONT PLAN
RIVER GREENWAY DESIGN GUIDELINES
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