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Lower Schuylkill Master Plan
The Master Plan Study for the Lower Schuylkill River District is a collaborative effort to create a blueprint for high-quality sustainable redevelopment of the historically industrial corridor along the east and west banks of the Lower Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA.
This public-private initiative is led by the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and the City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce, with funding from the William Penn Foundation and the City of Philadelphia. PennPraxis is funded by the William Penn Foundation to serve as local planning advisors and assist in data collection, stakeholder outreach, and case study research. The planning team is being led by Chan Krieger NBBJ out of Cambridge, MA.
The project area contains 20 percent of the industrial zoned land in Philadelphia. It once generated thousands of manufacturing jobs, and the key goal of the long range plan is making the area an economic engine once again. 
Key components of the Lower Schuylkill Master Plan so far include:
  • Creating an identity for the Lower Schuylkill.
  • Better connecting the area to surrounding communities and the rest of the city.
  • Protecting and fostering a diversity of uses.
  • Revealing “the hidden river.”
  • Restoring the land and water of the river.
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