Delaware River Waterfront
Meet the Man Who’s Making Philly’s Waterfront … Cool?
For the past 60 years, Penn’s Landing has been a place where big plans go to die. In the early 1960s, the City of Philadelphia […]
Your Guide to the Delaware Waterfront This Season
When we can’t sneak off down the Shore, we grab a little slice of that boardwalk life much closer to home. Each year as the […]
You Can Drink Aboard a Spooky Pirate Ship on the Delaware River Next Week
There are two types of people in August: those holding on for dear life to every minute of summer, scoffing at early PSL release; and […]
First Look: Pixar-Themed Mini Golf Is Coming to Philly This Summer
Every summer, we look forward to the Delaware River Waterfront opening up with its Summerfest attractions, paddle boats, lazy hammock lounge and more. Well, this […]
Philly’s Biggest Restaurant Ever — Five Years in the Making — Is Now Open
1,400 seats. That’s the size of the Liberty Point (the new riverfront property from Avram Hornik and FCM Hospitality), which officially opened on Tuesday, May […]
Morgan’s Pier Just Reopened for the Season
In the restaurant world, you can always tell when we’ve turned the corner on the seasons. Patios reopen, ramps return, and rooftop bars get busy […]
Inside the Plan to Bring New Energy to the PECO Power Station on the Waterfront
They’re keeping the smokestacks. The eight 167-foot-high chimneys of the former PECO Delaware Generating Station haven’t barfed out noxious exhaust from coal that’s burning to […]
Charter a 1961 Picnic Boat on the Delaware This Summer
A Philly Mag colleague of mine coined this “the summer of boats,” and she’s not wrong. In addition to the floating tiki bar that launched […]
Graffiti Pier to Get 900 New Neighbors
When you return home from work at the end of the day, is the last thing you want to see before you get home this? […]
The Delaware River Will Be Home to Three New Open Air Restaurants
FCM Hospitality is having a very busy summer. In addition to operating both locations of Parks on Tap, opening up Juno, and keeping their other […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Delaware Is the River of the Year!
It always seemed a shame to us that we got the lovely name “Pennsylvania” for our state while the one just below us, not to […]
Foglietta Plaza May Be Philly’s Most Criminally Underused Public Space
I got a call from a Queen Village resident asking for help solving a mystery: Why doesn’t anybody use Foglietta Plaza for anything? If the […]
On the Market: Big, Bold Townhouses Coming to the Delaware Riverfront
Work is now underway on a new quartet of extra-large townhouses at the corner of Callowhill and Water streets on the Delaware riverfront. Dubbed Callowhill […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Our Very Own Ghost Ship
Goonies fans (and really, who’s not? “One-Eyed Willy!”) are already familiar with the concept of “ghost ships,” vessels found at sea with their crews either […]
Things to Do Along the Delaware River Waterfront
The city’s waterfront along the Delaware River is pretty happening these days, but it was a long time coming. Residents of a certain vintage have […]