Owner: Delaware River Waterfront Corporation

Master Plan for the Central Delaware

High-angle rendering of a waterfront park featuring a circular lawn, wetlands with boardwalks, a sculptural pavilion, and new residential buildings.

This master plan is a 25-year roadmap to transform the post-industrial lands along the Delaware River into a vibrant urban waterfront. OLIN focused on enhancing the urban ecology of Philadelphia in order to promote social equity and economic well-being. The plan proposes providing access to public parks at half-mile intervals along the entire 6-mile length […]

South Wetlands Park

A high-angle site plan of a coastal park. It features a series of geometric piers and winding boardwalks extending over a restored marshland and tidal creek. The design includes a large parking lot, green spaces with trees, and several kayaks in the water.

OLIN’s open space vision for the 2012 Master Plan for the Central Delaware called for an extensive wetlands park on the derelict piers and silted in slips south of Washington Avenue. In 2019, OLIN led a team that developed a conceptual plan and preliminary documentation for the first phase of this wetlands park. South Wetlands Park will […]