Philadelphia Officials Release Draft Of New Plan For Delaware River Waterfront

From stasiad

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new plan to develop the Delaware River waterfront is due next year and officials say it represents a huge break from failed plans of years past.

The new riverfront master plan, commissioned by city officials, is still in draft form but already being circulated among city and community groups. It comes after decades of failed plans to turn the area into a tourist mecca like Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

This new plan is a much more modest approach focusing on public spaces, according to Harris Steinberg of the urban planning group Penn Praxis:

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