A lone cyclist on the Schuylkill River Trail with spring blooms behind

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June is Rivers Month, so let’s get to know the Schuylkill River! This lovely river is 135 miles long and winds through five counties in Pennsylvania...
1858 drawing by James Fuller Queen from Grays Ferry looking south.
The lower Schuylkill River is tidal, rising and falling about six feet every day. These tidal waters come from the Delaware Bay some 70 miles...
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It’s spring time in Philadelphia, so you should start looking up into the sky as often as possible. If you do, you may see a Black-throated Blue...
Bartram's Mile
The City celebrated the opening of the Bartram’s Mile trail and greenway on Earth Day in 2017 (pictured above). The history of this mile-long trail...
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The total impact of COVID-19 on our current capital projects is difficult to predict at this time. Coordination of both design and construction phases...