Pennsylvania's Urban Waterfronts

One approach is to band together with other cities and towns along the river.

Islands on Pennsylvania’s waterways are often overlooked, difficult to access or seen as liabilities, but some people are trying to change that.

Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, is hundreds of miles from the boardwalk and the beach, but mere steps from the Susquehanna River. And while n ...

 Some Pennsylvania municipalities have rules about leaving undeveloped strips along rivers to protect water quality. Many don't. 

Recently, about a hundred hardy souls paddled down the Schuylkill River, from the quiet banks of Schuylkill Haven to the skyscrapers of P ...

Can you have flood protection and river access? One city found a way — at a steep price.

Pennsylvania cities are investing in their waterfronts, improving public access and hoping economic benefits will follow. But getting there is complicated.

For a long time, Philadelphia’s Delaware Riverfront was…underwhelming. Each winter, the city operated a harbor-side ic ...

On a recent weekend stroll at Point State Park, in Pittsburgh, visitors sunned themselves in the grass and along the low walls of the par ...

They’re right at the edge of the city, but it feels like a million miles away. For the residents of the marina, life is a cross ...

Here’s what some of them have to say about urban fishing. Keystone Cr ...

Wastewater pipeline infrastructure in Pennsylvania is old and in some cities pollutes rivers.  Pennsylvania is an old state, ...

We’re gathering information, images, and short video clips for an interactive map documenting the state’s waterfronts and we ...

Across the country, people—and cities—are reinventing public spaces with temporary, low-cost projects. Building anything new i ...