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Business Opportunity: Apply to be a Food Vendor at Cherry Street Pier or Spruce Street Harbor Park
Exciting news! The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) is looking for local restaurateurs to lease space and operate seasonal operations within Cherry Street Pier and Spruce Street Harbor Park this summer on the Philadelphia Waterfront. Why should you apply? Well, for the last 5 years, Cherry Street Pier has been a premier arts destination in Philadelphia, playing host to hundreds of...
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August 2025: AUGUST 2025 Delaware River Waterfront Continues “Make Summer Yours” Fun with Jazz Summer Nights, 30th Anniversary PECO Multicultural Series, Free Yoga on Race Street Pier, Character Skates, ‘80s DJ Night & Mondo Cane
PHILADELPHIA (July 22, 2025) - The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (“DRWC”) invites visitors to continue their summer fun at the Waterfront this August 2025 with a jam-packed schedule of events and happenings designed to “Make Summer Yours” across its parks: Spruce Street Harbor Park, Cherry Street Pier, Race Street Pier, Independence Blue Cross RiverRink SummerFest and more. With...
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Penn's Landing
A New Penn's Landing on the Delaware River Waterfront DRWC is reconnecting Philadelphia to its river's edge with the creation of a transformational new Penn’s Landing Cap and Civic Space at the heart of the city’s waterfront. This project will include three key elements: - A 11.5-acre park and civic space between Chestnut Street and Walnut Street, Front Street to the river, connecting...
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Waterfront Arts Flag Exhibition
oPEN cALL: 2027 fLAG eXHIBITION aPPLICATION nOW opEN! Each summer, the DRWC Waterfront Arts Program transforms Spruce Street Harbor Park into a colorful outdoor gallery with its annual flag exhibition. Sixteen selected artists create original designs inspired by a new theme, which are produced as large pennant flags and displayed throughout the park. For 2027, DRWC invites national and...
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PECO Multicultural Series
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Delaware River Waterfront Desination - Independence Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest and Spruce Street Harbor Park featured on Carnival Eats on Cooking Channel Sept. 10 at 9pm
Food and travel lovers get excited because Independence Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest and Spruce Street Harbor Park - beloved Waterfront destinations - will be featured on an upcoming episode of Cooking Chanel’s popular show Carnival Eats. Don’t miss the premiere on Sunday, September 10 at 9 pm ET/ 8 pm CT (check local listings). During an episode titled “The Hills Have Fries,” which could...
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Twice the Fireworks, Twice the Fun!
Ring in the New Year with the SugarHouse New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the Waterfront PHILADELPHIA, PA (December 28, 2016) – Since 1991, Philadelphia has celebrated the New Year with a huge fireworks display over the Delaware River Waterfront. For the last 7 years, residents and visitors have had a chance to enjoy two fireworks shows, and will do so again this year thanks to the...
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Special Event Security Services RFP
DRWC is seeking contracted special event security services primarily for our summer and winter season of events, May 2019 – October 2019 and November 2019 – March 2020. DRWC produces and facilitates approximately 50 (fifty) events that are primarily free and open to the general public. The events encompass festivals, concert events, fireworks, ship visits, facility rentals and mobile tours at...
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DRWC Stands in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
We at the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation believe in a just and equitable society, and strive to create safe and welcoming public spaces that reflect those values. We recognize, however, that society is not just and equitable for all, a truth most recently seen in the brutal killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other African American people in this country....
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Wetlands Park RFP
Wetlands Park RFP Deadline has been Extended to Tuesday, July 9 at 4:30 PM REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Design Services for a Delaware River Wetland Park for South Philadelphia The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) requests proposals from qualified interdisciplinary design teams to develop ecologically- and community-centered concepts for a unique riverfront ecological park on...
