A  Journey  from  Blueprint  to  Greenprint  

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William  Penn’s    “Green  Country  

Towne”    

2008  Mayor  Nu7er  Elected  

2010  Green2015:  Add  500  acres  

of  public  green  space  

2011  135  of  the  151  

GreenWorks  ini@a@ves  are  in  progress  or  completed  

1682-­‐1820  Zero  park  funding  

2009  GreenWorks  project  

 ini@ated  

2015  500  acres  increase  of  park  space  

2015  “Greenprint”  2.9  %  increase    of  park  space  

2012’s  Current  Green  Space  

 

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Washington AvenueGreen Expansion

Sites completed or underway (100 acres)

WE’RE WELL ON OUR WAY

Sites already identified for greening (105 acres)

Size of dots on map indicates their relative acreage

Upper Roxborough Reservoir

60 E. Willow Grove

Kroc Center

Lardner’s Point

Barnes on the Parkway

Drexel ParkRace Street Pier

Sugar House Greenway

Washington Avenue GreenKaren

Donnelly Park

Hawthorne Park

Greenfield School

Penn Park

Julian Abele Park

Navy Yard Parks

Temple UniversityQuadrangle

Walnut Hill Community Park and Farm

Grays Ferry Crescent

Tuttleman Field

Panati Playground Addition

Gustine Lake Interchange

Byberry Meadow Parcel

Kensington CAPA

Festival Pier

Dilworth Plaza

Schmidt’s Park

Center City Greenway

Philly Coke

Girard Avenue Interchange54th and

Upland Streets

ShoemakerGreen

Mill Creek Park

3801 South 58th Street

National Heatand Power

Nicetown Skate Park

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2011  100  acres  of  green  

space  added  

1870’s  Money  Spent  per  Acre  

Philadelphia:  $83    New  York’s  $916    

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