Philadelphia has debuted a new park along the Delaware River — a 10-acre green space featuring a broad lawn, trails, a native meadow, modern restrooms, parking, and hundreds of freshly planted trees and shrubs. Robert A. Borski Jr. Park in Bridesburg marks an effort to reunite residents with a waterfront that had been cut off by various industrial uses since the 1800s. The first phase of the park, which cost $7.1 million, has been completed. It included environmental work, earthmoving, planting trees, creating the meadow, installing the half-mile trail, and building a bathroom. The second phase, costing an estimated $5 million, will include an amphitheater, a concert venue and a boardwalk facing the river, and it is expected to take place over the next five years.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer; 7/10/2025