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  • Pixar Putt Giveaway: Enter for a Chance to Win a Family 4-Pack

    Winter for a Chance to Win a Family-4 Pack to Pixar Putt    Tag your putt putt buddies in the comments on the "Pixar Putt Giveaway" post on the Delaware River Waterfront Instagram page for a chance to win a pair of general admission tickets to @PixarPutt on the Great Plaza on Penn’s Landing, along with roller skating tickets to Independence Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest and other fun...

  • Waterfront Winterfest

    In celebration of 20 years of the Blue Cross RiverRink, the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation has teamed up with great Philadelphia partners, Four Corners Management, Klip Collective, Groundswell Design Group and Art Star Gallery & Boutique to transform Penn’s Landing into Waterfront Winterfest. Running through January 5, 2014, Waterfront Winterfest features ice skating, a holiday light show,...

  • Washington Avenue Pier Now Open on the Waterfront

    On Friday, August 15, the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) and Mayor Michael A. Nutter opened Washington Avenue Pier, a new pier park in Pennsport, as a next step in the implementation of the Master Plan for the Central Delaware.  The former Pier 53, once the site of the city’s immigration station and the nation’s first Navy Yard, adds to the first dedicated waterfront public space in...

  • Proposals for Waterfront Arts General Programming

    Request for Proposals: Waterfront Arts Programming The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) is seeking proposals artists and arts organizations to bring new and exciting programming to the Waterfront through June 2020. DRWC is using the term “programming” to mean a piece, project, program, or performance from any artistic discipline (think light installation, sculpture, concert, and...

  • Partners

    Strategic Partners   CENTRAL DELAWARE ADVOCACY GROUP (CDAG) CDAG is a group of representatives from 15 riverfront community organizations that serve as stewards for the central Delaware. They are the DRWC’s primary civic engagement partner for the project. The group advocates to government and encourages the participation of the public. CDAG is committed to working to advance the...

  • FAQS: Delaware River Trail (Washington Avenue to Spring Garden Street)

    Where did the idea for the trail come from? The creation of a continuous, multi-use trail running the length of the waterfront was a critical element of the Master Plan for the Central Delaware, the community-driven guiding framework for the transformation of Philadelphia’s central waterfront that was completed in 2012. The Master Plan specified that in the southern and northern sections of...

  • DRWC Receives $5 Million Grant to Increase Waterfront Access

    The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) is proud to announce it is the recipient of a $5 million grant from the William Penn Foundation to further implement the Master Plan for the Central Delaware, which advances “public access” as the organizing principle guiding redevelopment of the waterfront. The funds are intended to support projects that facilitate public access to the waterfront,...

  • Year Two Report

    Work began on the Master PlanOpened first phase of the Delaware River TrailOpened Washington Avenue GreenGround breaking for the Race Street PierDebuted new RiverStage on the Great Plaza DRWC received 2010 Hispanic Choice Award DRWC teamed up with PEC to introduce new kayak program for Philadelphia Recreation Center CampsSwan boats joined kayaks in the Penn’s Landing MarinaFunded and continued...

  • Delaware River Trail

    News about the completion of the Delaware River Trail was featured in several media outlets such as Philly Mag, Visit Philly, CBS Philadelphia, and several others:    Philly spring trail preview: 8 new, improved, and upcoming trails to explore around the city (Billy Penn)   Philadelphia opens Delaware River Trail, along the riverfront at Penn's Landing (Fox29 Philadelphia)   11...

  • Year Three Report

    Completion and Release of the Master Plan for the Central Delaware Opening of the award-winning Race Street Pier, a sustainable public space with cutting edge designOpening of Phase One of the Race Street Connector, the first in a series of major upgrades designed to connect Philadelphia neighborhoods to the waterfront$5 million dollar William Penn Foundation Grant to fund early action elements of...

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