a-german-muffin t1_jacyga3 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:26 PM

Reply to comment by Blewedup in PennDOT gives green light for construction on cap over I-95 at Penn’s Landing by PienotPi

Old City's built on top of the cliff on the edge of the floodplain for the Delaware, though (as is pretty much everything from Front Street on west up and down the river).

all4whatnot t1_jaddvd3 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:07 PM

So this is the answer. Most people don't know (because we're not 300 years old) but that's how the city originally looked along the waterfront. This project has been simply billed as "putting a roof on I-95" for a while, but there's still the matter of making a nice seamless connection between the city and the waterfront. Or else the project is a waste.