Philadelphia officials recently broke ground for the first phase of the 10-acre Robert A. Borski Jr. Park in Bridesburg. The first phase, now under construction, should be complete by 2025 at a cost of about $7 million, raised through public and private sources. Designed with a wide-open lawn, upland trails, a meadow, restrooms and parking, the park is part of a city effort to reconnect city residents with the river they were severed from starting in the 1800s with construction of the Kensington & Tacony rail line. The park is the final in a series of eight planned parks for a stretch of the waterfront known as the Riverfront North Greenway. Read more here.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer; 10/3/2023