Looking at Philadelphia\'s Green Space: Environmental Studies Capstone
1. A
Journey
from
Blueprint
to
Greenprint
7
2011
135
of
the
151
8
2011
GreenWorks
ini@a@ves
are
in
progress
or
completed
100
acres
of
green
space
added
Byberry
Meadow Parcel
60 E. Willow Grove
6
2010
Upper Roxborough Reservoir
Green2015:
Add
500
acres
Nicetown
Skate Park
Lardner’s Point
of
public
green
space
Gustine Lake
Interchange Kroc Center
Panati Playground Philly Coke
Addition
Temple University
Quadrangle Kensington CAPA
Tuttleman Field Girard Avenue
54th and Interchange
Upland Streets
Schmidt’s Park
Barnes on Sugar House Greenway
the Parkway Festival Pier
Mill Creek Park Drexel Park Center City
Greenway Race Street Pier
Walnut Hill Dilworth Plaza
Community Park and Farm
Shoemaker Greenfield School
Green
Grays Ferry Penn Park Washington Avenue
Crescent Hawthorne Green Expansion
Julian
Park
1682
National Heat Abele Washington
and Power Park WE’RE WELL ON OUR WAY
1
Karen Avenue Green
Donnelly
3801 South Park Sites completed or underway
58th Street
(100 acres)
Sites already identified for greening
William
Penn’s
(105 acres)
Navy Yard Parks
Size of dots on map indicates their
“Green
Country
relative acreage
Towne”
GREEN2015 15
2
1682-‐1820
Zero
park
funding
9
5
2009
GreenWorks
project
3
1870’s
4
ini@ated
2008
Money
Spent
per
Acre
Mayor
Nu7er
Elected
Philadelphia:
$83
New
York’s
$916
2012’s
Current
2015
“Greenprint”
2.9
%
increase
Green
Space
of
park
space
10
2015
500
acres
increase
of
park
space