Thanks so much to everyone who came out to Race Street Café this Tuesday to get involved with Race Street Pier, Philadelphia’s newest park on the Delaware River!  The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and PennPraxis, DRWC partners on the Race Street project, organized the kickoff meeting for the Friends of Race Street Pier, and over 30 Philadelphians attended.

Over 30 interested residents attended the kick off meeting, hailing mostly from Old City and the surrounding neighborhoods.

At this kick-off celebration, DRWC Master Planning Manager Sarah Thorp and VP for Operations and Development Joe Forkin discussed the current state of the project and the time line moving forward, announcing that the park should be ready for a grand opening in late Spring 2011.

Joe Forkin and Sarah Thorp discuss the Race Street Pier project.

Participants were asked to “give a minute” to the park and talk with the project team about what kinds of programming and activities they would like to see as the park opens this spring.

Participants take time to 'give a minute' to the new park, expressing what kinds of programming and activities they'd like to see offered in the space.