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FESTIVAL PIERFAST FACTS:Location: Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden StreetCapacity: 5,000 (Main Area) 8,000 (Main and Ancillary Areas)Operational Periods: Summer: May through September Ideal for: Concerts, festivals, conferences, receptions, and large meetings Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing features dramatic views of the Delaware River and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge as well as site amenities...

A New Pier Park at Washington Ave Green

On Saturday, DRWC unveiled plans for the redevelopment of Pier 53 at Washington Avenue Green into a new waterfront pier park. The project will complement and enhance the surrounding Washington Avenue Green park, and will focus on ecological enhancements, sensitivity to historical context, and visitor experience The design for Pier 53 at Washington Avenue Green was developed as a...

Race Street Pier

Race Street Pier, located along the river at the intersection of Race Street and Columbus Boulevard opened in 2011 as the first park to be completed by DRWC. The design of Race Street Pier is a nod towards its original function as a bi-level shipping pier built-in 1896. The Pier, situated south of the Ben Franklin Bridge and just north of Cherry Street Pier, has an upper level with a grand...

Washington Avenue Pier

News and Updates Washington Avenue Pier, located along the river at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Columbus Boulevard opened in 2014 as the second park to be completed by DRWC. The design of Washington Avenue Pier honors its evolving role on the waterfront from shipbuilding center to port-of-entry to naturalized finger pier. As with all Waterfront sites, Washington Avenue Pier...

Cherry Street Pier

Funding for the project was provided by the City of Philadelphia, the William Penn Foundation, The Board of Directors of City Trusts and the Delaware Avenue Fund, the PA Department of Community and Economic Development, and The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Created for and by the Philadelphia community, Cherry Street Pier is a mixed-use public space on the central Delaware River...

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...