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Northern

LibertiesWaterfrontPlanAn

AddendumtotheNorthernLibertiesNeighborhoodPlanNorthernLibertiesNeighbors

Association_interfacestudiollcOrth-Rodgers&

Associates,Inc.April.07orthernLibertiesNeighborhoodPlanAcknowledgmentsNLNA

BoardofDirectorsJenniferLewis,PresidentDeborahScoblionkov-King,VicePresidentJohnBraxton,

TreasurerBonnieGraham,SecretaryHarveyBellNinaDeCostaJanetFinegarLarryFreedmanIreneLambrouShelleyMarcusSuePattersonMattRubenHankSammonBarbaraSaverinoIraUpinSpecialthankstotheinterest,inputandcommitmentmadetothiseffortbythefollowingpoliticalrepresentatives,Cityagenciesandneighboringcommunityorganizations:ProjectFundingThisWaterfrontPlanismadepossiblebythegenerousdonationsof:CouncilmanFrankDiCiccoCouncilmanDarrellClarkeRepresentativeMikeO’BrienRepresentativeCurtis

ThomasPhiladelphiaCityPlanningCommissionNewKensingtonCDC1080NCCB

AssociatesHoboken/BrownstoneDelawareRiverDevelopmentGroupBridgeman’sViewWaterfrontSquareTrumpTowerNeighbors

AlliedfortheBestRiverfrontFishtownNeighbors

AssociationRiver’sEdgeCivic

AssociationOldCityCivic

AssociationBIUPropertiesProject

TeamInterfaceStudio

LLCScottPage,PrincipalMindyWatts,UrbanDesignerOrth-Rodgers&

Associates,Inc.AdrienneEiss,SeniorProjectManagerJasonZhang,

Transportation

AnalystNLNA

||-Rodgers&

Associates,orthernLibertiesNeighborhoodPlanTable

of

ContentsIntroductionNeedfortheWaterfrontPlanStudy

Area1138.

Apertures9.

An

AdaptiveEnvironment8081ProjectPartners4PrivateFramework81818285898990911.

BasicExpectations2.

Height/Bulk3.

SiteDesignandUse4.

Transportation5.

Low-ImpactDevelopment6.

SignagePlanningProcessMethodologyCoordinationwithConcurrentPlanningEfforts556ExecutiveSummary97.

LightingAnalysisAnOverviewExistingLandUseVacancyBuildingConditionPublicOwnershipTransportationWaterfront

AccessViewCorridorsTopographySusceptibilitytoChangeProposedDevelopmentComparisontootherWaterfrontsOpenSpace

Targets1313151617181929313536374548ANoteonImplementation91GuidingPrinciples49RecommendationsPublicFramework5455576163656771751.

Waterfront

Trail2.

A

NaturalRiver’sEdge3.

PlaySpace4.

GreenLinks5.

CivicIncisions6.

I-95Insulation7.

A

Multi-ModalWaterfrontNLNA

||-Rodgers&

Associates,1IntroductionNeedfortheNorthernLibertiesWaterfrontPlanIn

fall

2005,

Interface

Studio

completed

the

NorthernLiberties

Neighborhood

Plan,

a

comprehensive

planthat

addressed

a

wide

range

of

local

issues

includingcommunity

participation,

land

use,

the

future

of

2ndStreet,“green”development,thedevelopmentreviewprocess,

and

organizational

capacity

building

for

theNLNA.

The

Neighborhood

Plan

spoke

generally

toSince

completion

of

the

Neighborhood

Plan,

development

pressure

in

thewaterfront

area

(east

of

Interstate-95)

has

reached

a

fever

pitch.

BesidesWaterfront

Square

and

700

N.

Delaware,

which

were

already

on

the

table

at

thetime

the

Neighborhood

Plan

was

completed,

Trump

Tower,

Bridgeman’s

View,Penn

Treaty

Tower,

Pier

40,

proposed

casinos

and

a

number

of

other

residentialproposals

were

brought

to

the

NLNA

for

zoning

review.

Given

the

scale,

densityand

amount

of

new

development

proposed,

coupled

with

the

lack

of

an

overall

planimpending

waterfront

development,

but

the

NLNA

for

the

waterfront,

the

NLNA

became

one

of

the

?rst

communities

in

Philadelphiamade

the

decision

to

focus

-

at

that

point

in

time

-on

other

community

priorities

and

to

raise

additionalfunds

to

conduct

a

study

focused

speci?cally

on

thewaterfrontsoonthereafter.to

impose

a

moratorium

on

all

projects

east

of

I-95.

The

NLNA

refused

to

reviewany

additional

projects

until

they

had

a

plan

to

help

assess

whether

each

projectwould

add

value

to

the

waterfront.

The

NLNA

raised

funds

during

the

summer

of2006,andtheplanningprocessformallylaunchedonSeptember1st.orthernLibertiesNeighborhoodPlan2ViewoftheDelawareRiver,theBenjaminFranklinBridge,anddowntownPhiladelphiafromthe33-acrevacantparcelnorthofthehistoricRichmondPowerStation.Within

the

same

time

frame,

the

Community

Design

Collaborative

funded

the

Newinput

throughout

the

project.

For

this

reason,

the

NLNA

strongly

believes

that

theNorthern

Liberties

Waterfront

Plan

is

necessary

to

clearly

express

the

shared

visionof

Northern

Liberties’residents

for

their

waterfront.

This

is

a

community

guided

andendorsedplanthathastwooverlappingobjectives:Kensington

CDC

and

Neighbors

Allied

for

the

Best

Riverfront

in

August

to

undertake

aseries

of

waterfront

charrettes

with

residents

to

discuss

the

Delaware

River

stretchingsouth

to

the

Ben

Franklin

Bridge.

In

October,

an

executive

order

was

signed

byMayor

Street

to

undertake

a

civic

vision

for

a

7-mile

stretch

of

the

Central

DelawareRiverfront,

which

encompasses

the

study

area

for

this

plan.

The

waterfront

districtadjacent

to

Northern

Liberties

went

from

no

planning

to

multiple

and

overlappingstudieswithintwomonths.ooProvide

guidance

to

the

NLNAZoning

Committee

in

reviewing

and

negotiatingwithdevelopersseekingtobuildwithinthewaterfrontdistrict;andDevelop

a

clear

framework

of

public

improvements

that

will

substantiallyenhance

the

use

of

the

waterfront

and

establish

seamless

connectionsfrom

the

River’s

edge

to

the

fabric

of

the

neighborhood.

Some

of

theserecommendations

are

elements

with

which

the

NLNA

can

move

forwardindependently,

while

others

should

be

strongly

considered

in

the

context

ofthelargerCentralDelawareRiverfrontplanningprocess.The

City-wide

Central

Delaware

Riverfront

planning

process

is

organized

to

guide

thefuture

growth

of

the

waterfront

and

to

act

as

the

conduit

through

which

implementationwill

be

focused.

To

ensure

open

discussion

and

transparency,

PennPraxis,

the

clinicalarm

of

the

University

of

Pennsylvania

School

of

Design

and

the

entity

charged

withdirectingtheprocess,hascommittedtoactivecitizeninvolvementandneighborhoodNLNA

||-Rodgers&

Associates,3Recognizing

the

importance

of

a

uni?ed

voiceadvocating

for

the

future

of

the

waterfront,

athird

objective

became

immediately

apparent–

to

ensure

that

an

open

dialogue

and

line

ofcommunication

be

maintained

between

thisplanning

effort

and

those

of

adjacent

communitiesandPennPraxis.Full

consideration

of

the

Northern

LibertiesWaterfront

Plan

follows

in

this

document,intended

to

serve

as

an

addendum

to

the

NorthernLiberties

Neighborhood

Plan.

The

NorthernLiberties

Waterfront

Plan

is

not

a

master

planfor

the

neighborhood’s

waterfront

district,

nor

isit

a

redevelopment

plan

detailing

the

speci?csof

the

area’s

build

out.

Rather,

the

WaterfrontPlan

is

a

statement

of

the

community’s

vision

forone

portion

of

the

Delaware

River

Waterfront,the

portion

adjacent

to

the

creative,

progressive,and

proactive

Northern

Liberties

neighborhood.The

Plan

calls

for

a

future

for

the

waterfrontdistrict

that

is

both

?exible

and

re?ective

of

suchneighborhoodqualities.Of?cialNorthernLibertiesneighborhoodboundaries.Study

AreaTheNorthernLibertiesWaterfrontPlanadoptstheareaboundbyInterstate-95tothewest,

the

Delaware

River

to

the

east,

the

Benjamin

Franklin

Bridge

to

the

south,

andPenn

Treaty

Park

to

the

north

as

its

designated

study

area.

The

189-acre

(gross

area)study

area

encompasses

land

that

falls

within

the

Northern

Liberties

neighborhood

aswell

as

within

two

adjacent

neighborhoods:

the

River’s

Edge

neighborhood,

south

ofCallowhill

Street,

and

the

Fishtown

neighborhood,

located

north

of

Laurel

Street

andeastofFrontStreet.The

Plan

is

intended

to

capturethe

imagination

of

the

communityas

well

as

the

support

of

thosepositioned

to

partner

with

NorthernLibertiesinitsrealization.Established

with

respect

to

the

pre-existing

edges

that

de?ne

this

upper

portion

ofthe

Central

Delaware

River

waterfront,

the

plan’s

study

area

encourages

continuedorthernLibertiesNeighborhoodPlanProjectPartners4The

Northern

Liberties

Neighbors

Association

(NLNA)

is

a

volunteer

drivennonpro?t

organization

established

in

1975

by

a

small

group

of

local

citizens.

Evolvingover

time

to

address

the

changing

issues

facing

the

neighborhood

and

best

representthe

interests

of

the

community,

the

NLNA

and

members

of

its

Board

of

Directors,Zoning

Committee,

and

Urban

Design

Committee

today

?nd

themselves

in

the

midstof

developer

interest,

media

attention,

and

City-wide

planning

efforts

concerningthe

future

of

the

Delaware

River

waterfront.

Gaming

and

transportation

decisionsat

the

State

level

promise

to

further

alter

the

landscape

of

both

Northern

Liberties,its

waterfront

district,

and

its

river

edge.

Outspoken

and

proactive

in

its

approachto

neighborhood

development,

the

NLNA

commissioned

the

Northern

LibertiesWaterfront

Plan

to

document

local

priorities

and

aspirations

for

the

riverfront

andserve

as

a

tool

for

negotiating

the

waterfront’s

redevelopment

in

keeping

with

theneighborhood’svision.Interface

Studio

LLC

and

Orth-Rodgers

&Associates,

Inc.

comprisetheplanningteamfortheNorthernLibertiesWaterfrontPlan.Interface

Studio,

lead

consultant

for

the

Northern

Liberties

Waterfront

Plan,

is

anurban

design,

planning,

and

architecture

practice

based

in

Philadelphia.

Foundedin

2004

by

Brian

Phillips

and

Scott

Page,

Interface

Studio

was

established

to

pursuehigh

planning

and

design

quality

and

a

close

working

relationship

with

our

clients.Today,

we

are

a

successful

company

of

seven

professionals

who

work

collaborativelyon

a

diverse

mix

of

projects

ranging

from

the

design

of

13

green

affordable

homesin

North

Philadelphia

to

a

city-wide

housing

strategy

for

the

City

of

Rochester,

NewYork.

Wehave

worked

extensively

in

the

City

of

Philadelphia,

actively

addressing

theunique

challenges

and

opportunities

presented

in

the

City

with

a

renewed

sense

ofoptimismandinnovation.Study

AreaadoptedfortheNorthernLibertiesWaterfrontPlan.coordinationbetweenneighboringcivicorganizationsandallowsforthecreationofaplanresponsivetothelargerarea’svisionfortheDelawareRiverwaterfrontbetweenthe

Benjamin

Franklin

Bridge

and

East

Columbia

Avenue.

The

study

area

alsorecognizes

that

proposed

developments

have

an

impact

beyond

the

neighborhoods

inwhich

they

reside.

If

the

plan

was

constrained

to

Northern

Liberties’of?cial

boundaries,the

neighborhood

would

miss

the

opportunity

to

evaluate

the

range

of

issues

andopportunities

associated

with

developments

such

as

the

proposed

SugarHouseCasinositeandthemultipleresidentialtowersproposednearPenn

TreatyPark.Orth-Rodgers

&Associates

(ORA)

has

been

providing

professional

traf?c

engineering,transportation

planning,

and

highway

engineering

services

to

both

public

and

privatesector

clients

since

1977.

Headquartered

in

Center

City

Philadelphia,

the

?rm

alsohas

branch

of?ces

in

West

Trenton,

NJ,

in

Malvern

and

Mechanicsburg,

PA,

Tampa,FL,

and

Las

Vegas,

NV.

The

staff

includes

a

total

of

about

130

people

with

diversebackground

and

experience

in

all

areas

of

traf?c,

highway,

and

site

engineering,

andtransportation

planning.

Orth-Rodgers

conducted

the

traf?c

study

for

the

NorthernLiberties

Waterfront

Plan

and

collaborated

with

Interface

Studio

in

the

development

ofmobility-,circulation-,andparking-relatedrecommendations.NLNA

||-Rodgers&

Associates,PlanningProcess5Given

the

highly-charged

planning

environment

and

media

attention

surroundingthe

Central

Delaware

Riverfront

planning

initiative

and

recent

casino

decisions,the

planning

process

for

the

Northern

Liberties

Waterfront

Plan

has

been

one

ofinteraction.

The

project

has

called

for

?eld

work,

research,

and

learning,

collection,quanti?cation,

and

creation,

but

also

for

community

participation,

cooperation

andcollaboration

between

local

civic

groups,

and

coordination

with

concurrent

planningefforts.Interface

Studio

collected

adatabase

of

best

practicesand

implementation

policiesand

strategies.

The

waterfrontcomparison

analysis

resulted

ina

broadened

picture

of

what

adiverse,

urban

waterfront’s

landuse

program

should

include

aswell

as

a

means

of

measuringthe

amount

of

existing

openspace

in

the

study

area

withrespect

to

the

existing

andprojectedpopulation.MethodologyoooPhysicalSurvey–What’stherenow?Theplanningteamundertookadetailedphysicalanalysisofthestudyarea,surveying

existing

land

use,

view

corridors,

waterfront

access,

open

spaceresources,

topography,

the

street

network,

and

the

operational

status

ofmajor

intersections.

Maps

and

photography

document

our

?ndings

as

wellasthecharacterofNorthernLiberties’

waterfront.oResident

Focus

Group

–

Howdo

you

envision

the

waterfront?Send

us

a

postcard

from2020...HistoricResearch–Whatwasthere?Research

in

the

City

Archives

enriched

our

understanding

of

the

place

todayand

informed

our

idea

of

what

a

reclaimed

and

re-imagined,

yet

authenticNorthern

Liberties

waterfront

might

be.

Old

photographs

offer

a

glimpse

ofwhat

was,

indeed,

a

working

waterfront,

and

Sanborn

Maps

provide

clues

astothelogicoftoday’sstreetpatternandpiersystem.Interface

Studio

conducted

onewell-attended

focus

group

forresidents

of

Northern

Liberties,River’s

Edge,

and

Fishtown.The

focus

group

served

asan

information

sharing

andvisioning

session.

InterfaceStudio

presented

the

analysis

ofthe

Northern

Liberties

waterfront(a

synthesis

of

all

we

learnedfrom

the

physical

survey,historic

research,

and

developerinterviews),

concluding

witha

brief

discussion

of

lessonsDeveloperInterviews–What’sonthetablefortomorrow?Discussions

with

private

developers

pursuing

projects

within

the

study

areaafforded

a

sense

of

what

the

waterfront’s

future

may

hold,

what

the

landscapemay

look

like,

who

and

how

many

people

will

share

the

space

as

a

place

tolive,

work,

and

play

in

the

near

future.

The

data

collected

through

theseinterviews

yielded,

for

the

?rst

time,

a

comprehensive,

quanti?able

tableof

what

all

of

the

proposed

development

means

in

real

terms

–

how

manydwelling

units,

how

many

square

feet

of

commercial,

how

many

parkingspaces,

how

many

more

cars

on

the

road,

and

how

many

new

structuresreachingforthesky.Virtual

Tour

ofWorld-ClassWaterfronts–What’sbeendone(well)before?For

comparison

(and

vacation

planning)

purposes,

Interface

Studio

tooka

virtual

tour

of

some

of

the

world’s

most

fabulous

waterfronts.

Choosinga

select

few

for

their

particular

relevance

to

Northern

Liberties’

waterfront,learnedfromwaterfrontsoelsewhere

in

the

world.

TheVisionpostcards:GreetingsfromNorthernLiber-ties’

waterfront,2020.

Top

tobottom:Frankford,Fairmount,Delaware,andSpringGarden.orthernLibertiesNeighborhoodPlan6residents

at

the

meeting

then

contributed

theirthoughts,

each

listing,

rapid-?re,

three

wordsthat

describe

the

waterfront

today,

three

wordsthatcapturehisorhervisionforthewaterfront,and

?nally

writing

us

a

postcard

from

2020describing

a

walk

down

Delaware

Avenue,Spring

Garden,

Frankford,

or

Fairmount.Their

input

was

thoughtful,

critical,

poetic,imaginative,

and

most

importantly,

re?ective

ofthecommunity.

Theirinputwasheard.LeadershipfortheCentralDelawareRiverfrontplanningprocess.This

plan

incorporates

their

vided

a

forum

for

additional

stakeholder

input,

as

well

as

questions

andsuggestions,critiqueandsupport.oRecommendations–Sowhat?CoordinationwithConcurrentPlanningEffortsUpon

completion

of

the

full

analysis

andafter

receiving

input

from

the

community

andcomments

from

the

NLNA,

Interface

Studio

and

oOrth-Rodgers

engaged

in

the

recommendationsphase

of

the

Northern

Liberties

waterfrontplanning

process.

All

recommendations

fall

intooneoftwocategories:thePublicFramework,aseriesofdesignandinfrastructureimprovementsto

the

public

arena

for

which

the

NLNA

mustadvocate,

and

the

Private

Framework,

a

policyagenda

to

be

adopted

by

the

NLNA

and

meantto

clearly

communicate

expectations

and

pointsof

negotiation

regarding

private

developmentalongthewaterfront.PennPraxisCentralDelawareRiverfrontPlanningProcessIn

October

2006

Mayor

Street

announced

the

commencement

of

a

City-wide

planning

process

focused

on

re-visioning

the

Central

DelawareRiverfront,

a

7-mile

stretch

of

the

Delaware

from

Oregon

Avenue

toAllegheny.

PennPraxis,

the

clinical

arm

of

the

School

of

Design

of

theUniversity

of

Pennsylvania

accepted

the

charge

to

lead

the

year-longpublic

engagement

process.

PennPraxis

is

working

in

partnership

with

thePhiladelphiaCityPlanningCommissionandwithsupportfromtheCentralDelaware

Advisory

Group,

the

project’s

steering

committee

composedof

political

representatives,

civic

organizations

active

in

the

historic

riverwards,

and

representatives

from

the

Fairmount

Park

Commission,

thePennsylvania

Department

of

Transportation

(PennDOT),

SEPTA,

andPenn’s

Landing

Corporation,

among

other

entities.

All

meetings

of

theAdvisoryGroupareopentothepublic.oPublicMeetings–Whatdoyouthink?Interface

Studio

and

Orth-Rodgers

attendedthree

NLNA

community-wide

meetings,presenting

?rst,

the

?ndings

of

the

overallanalysis,

second,

the

?ndings

of

the

traf?cstudy

speci?cally,

and

third,

the

plan’sJennifer

Lewis,

President

of

the

NLNA,

is

a

steering

committee

memberfor

the

Central

Delaware

River

planning

process

plan.

Interface

Studiohas

also

shared

all

aspects

of

this

plan’s

work,

as

it

became

available,

withPennPraxis

to

ensure

that

a

strong

collaboration

exists

between

this

effortandthelargercivicvision.recommendations.The

public

meetingsNLNA

||-Rodgers&

Associates,oooNLNA

NorthernLibertiesNeighborhoodPlan7Completed

in

November

2005

by

Interface

Studio,

the

Northern

Liberties

NeighborhoodPlan

is

a

live

planning

document,

adopted

and

in

use

by

the

NLNA

as

the

organizationcontinues

its

work

to

balance

growth

and

development

while

preserving

thecharacteristics

of

the

neighborhood

cherished

most

by

long

term

residents

andnewcomers,

alike

–

its

diversity

of

people,

built

form,

use,

and

landscape.

Adept

atusing

the

Neighborhood

Plan

to

empower

the

neighborhood

as

a

proactive

participantin

Northern

Liberties’

unfolding

future,

the

NLNA

commissioned

the

Northern

LibertiesWaterfront

Plan

as

an

addendum

to

the

Plan.

The

Waterfront

Plan

reinforces

allobjectivesandre?nessomeofthestrategiesthatformtheNeighborhoodPlan.NewKensington/FishtownWaterfrontPlanDuring

the

analysis

and

recommendations

phases

of

our

work

for

the

Northern

LibertiesWaterfront

Plan,

Interface

Studio

met

with

leaders

of

both

of

the

New

Kensington

CDCand

NABR

(Neighbors

Allied

for

the

Best

Riverfront)

seeking

their

review

and

input.The

NLNA

invited

representatives

of

the

New

Kensington

CDC,

NABR

and

FishtownNeighbors

Association

to

attend

the

NLNA

resident

focus

group

and

public

meetingsfor

which

the

Waterfront

Plan

was

an

item

on

the

agenda.

Likewise,

representatives

ofthe

NLNA

and

the

Northern

Liberties

waterfront

planning

team

were

invited

to

attendmeetings

held

by

New

Kensington

CDC,

Fishtown

Neighbors

Association,

and

theirplanningconsultant,WRT.CasinoDecisionsOn

December

20,

2006,

the

Pennsylvania

Gaming

Control

Board

selected

two

of

the?ve

slots

parlors

competing

for

casino

licenses

in

Philadelphia,

SugarHouse

Casino

inFishtown,

and

Foxwoods

Casino

in

South

Philadelphia.

If

realized

according

to

plan,one

of

the

chosen

gaming

parlors,

SugarHouse

Casino,

will

be

located

within

theNorthern

Liberties

Waterfront

Plan

study

area,

at

the

intersection

of

Delaware

Avenueand

Shackamaxon

Street

on

the

22-acre

parcel

once

home

to

the

Jack

Frost

SugarRe?nery.

The

NLNA

has

been

a

leading

voice,

both

in

opposing

the

location

of

casinosnear

residential

communities

in

Philadelphia

as

well

as

in

working

through

the

NorthDelaware

Avenue

Unity

Coalition

and

Delaware

River

Neighborhood

Associationwith

political

representatives

to

mitigate

the

impact

of

the

potential

implementationof

SugarHouse.

As

such,

all

analysis

projections

account

for

the

potential

impactof

a

large

scale

development

like

SugarHouse,

and

all

proposed

recommendationsconsider

ways

to

mitigate

increased

traf?c

and

light

pollution,

among

other

casino-related

issues.

The

NLNAdoes

not

feel

that

the

siting

of

the

SugarHouse

Casino

atthe

Sugar

Re?nery

site

is

consistent

with

the

community’s

vision

for

the

waterfront.Thus,

all

recommendations

and

guidelines

are

adaptable

to

multiple

uses

for

theSugarHousesiteintheeventthatthecasinosonthewaterfrontarerelocated.Pre-existingandconcurrentplanningeffortsinformingNorthernLiberties’waterfrontplanninginitiative.orthernLibertiesNeighborhoodPlanMapofPennDOT’splannedimprovementstotheI-95/Girard

AvenueInterchange.8o

PennDOT

I-95

/

Girard

AvenueInterchangePennDOT’s

I-95

/

GirardAvenueInterchangeproject,

which

commencedpreliminaryengineeringdesignMarchin1999

transitioned

to

?naldesign

engineering

in

fall2006.

Construction

of

theinterchange

and

its

relatedimprovements

is

slated

tostart

in

2009.

The

projectwill

involve

recon?guring

theGirard

Avenue

Interchange,widening

I-95

from

three

tofour

lanes

in

both

directionswithin

the

Waterfront

Planstudyarea,improvingaccess

between

I-95

rampsand

the

local

street

system,renovating

highway

lightingand

signage,

and

mitigatingdrainageissues.The

Northern

Liberties

Waterfront

Plan

recognizes

that,

like

the

proposedCasino

and

high-rise

development

along

the

waterfront,

widening

I-95as

it

runs

through

Northern

Liberties

promises

to

dramatically

alter

theneighborhood’s

landscape

and

soundscape.

The

Plan

thus

views

theimpending

highway

construction

as

an

opportunity

to

engage

with

PennDOTregarding

the

design

of

the

supports,

structures,

and

land

below

the

elevatedinfrastructure

as

well

as

of

interventions

deployed

to

mitigate

increasedtraf?c-related

noise.NLNA

||-Rodgers&

Associates,ExecutiveSummary9The

slow

decline

of

the

City’s

industrial

base

has

had

an

enormous

impact

on

theNorthern

Liberties

waterfront.

Left

in

the

wake

of

this

economic

shift

stands

a

mixtureof

active

warehouses,

housing,

entertainment

venues,

parking

and

extensive

vacancy–

over

50%

of

the

tot