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The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed:

An EVOLUTION in WATERSHED THINKING

Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Inc. Philadelphia Water Department Green City June 2011 Clean Waters !

WARMINSTER

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HORSHAM

HATBORO

LOWER GWYNEDD ! ! !

AMBLER LOWER MORELAND

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Skippack Pk WHITPAIN Camp Hill Rd Walton Rd Pinetown Rd Sr 8031 Sh Highland Av

Virginia Dr Edge Hill Rd Terwood Rd Buck Rd

Old Arch St Penlyn Bluebell Pk ! ! !

Northeast Extension Walton Rd Ramp T Rd

Dreshertown Rd Edgehill Rd Twining Rd Township Line Rd East/west Turnpike !

Norristown Rd Old Arch Rd Arch Old Old Welsh Rd Lafayette Rd TTF WATERSHED BOUNDARY 2 Camp Hill Rd EAST NORRITON

New Hope St Germantown Pk Pine Rd Camp Hill Rd Hill Camp Jenkintown Rd Susquehanna Rd ! Narcissa Rd ! LOWER MORELAND Philmont Av Belvoir Rd NORRISTOWN Plymouth Rd ! Militia Hill Rd Pennsylvania Av R2 Tyson Av ! Washington Ln Valley Green Rd ! ! Parks and Recreation! Hickory Rd Red Lion Rd Militia Hill Rd Fort Washington Ex PLYMOUTH ! Somerton Easton Rd Hundreds of acres of parks and Moreland Rd ! ! Huntingdon Pk Johnson Rd The Fairway Valley Rd ! ! Weldon Highland Av fields R3cover this watershed, Plymouth Rd Moredon Rd Mill Rd

! Rd Belvoir SPRINGFIELD Edgehill Rd Baeder Park

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Ramp Rd Ramp Bethlehem Pk Sr 8024 Sh 8024 Sr Mill Rd Flourtown Rd Mount Carmel Av Glenside ! centers, golf courses, sports fields, Edge Hill Pine Rd PublicChurch Rd Amenities! Meetinghouse Rd WHITEMARSH Walnut St Butler Pk ice rinks, dog parks, trails and more. ! ! R1, R2, R5 Haws Ln Libraries, bird sanctuaries, and Mill Rd Washington Ln ! !

Alburger Ave community,Fort Washington Exnature, and art centers Chemical Rd West Av Haldeman Ave Hill Crest JENKINTOWN ABINGTON Bustleton Ridge Pk present opportunities to promote ! Ralph Morgan Fox Chase Rd Thomas Rd watershed stewardship. Park ! Joshua Rd Easton Rd R1, R2, R3, R5 Butler Pk Jenkintown RdAlverthorpe Park Wyncote North Ln Ogontz Av Ridge Pk Paper Mill Rd Pennypack Wyndmoor Shady Ln !

Curtis Edward Hicks Parry Krewstown Rd Northwestern Ave Cedar Rd Trails! Welsh Rd Arboretum Bird Sanctuary Ramp Rd Greenwood Av Cheltenham Av ROCKLEDGE Miles of biking and West Torresdale

Harts Ln Harts Grant Av ! Stenton Av Watershed Wall Pine Rd hiking trails wind Germantown Ave ParkElkins Park ! Chelten Hills Delaware Ex Ashbourne Rd along the creeks ! Bustleton Av ! ImprovementCedarbrook Projects! ! CONSHOHOCKEN Chestnut! Hill Limekiln Pk Township Line Rd Barren Hill Rd Bells Mill Road Ivy-hill Rd and through the Verree Rd Hector St Communities across the watershed have ! Seminole St CHELTENHAM High School Fox Chase ! ! Park communities within Grant Av created extensive plans toThouron improve Ave the health Easton Rd Burholme Park

Academy Rd ! ! the watershed. Welsh Rd Academy Gardens of their creeks Mtand Pleasant Ave watershed land. With these ! Cresheim Valley Rd ! Spring Lane Willow Grove Ave Mt Airy Av Many more miles of ! ! Roosevelt Bl plans! as a guide, partners are implementing West Oak Lane Tookany Willits Rd 19th St Creek Ashton Rd Park Central Av bike lanes and trails Rhawnhurst restoration! and demonstration projects East Mount Airy Oak Lane Rd ! ! are planned. Holme Av Schuylkill Ex Hagys Mill Rd ! Rhawn St watershed-wide.Mount Airy New Second St Playground Broad St Algon Av ! y Welsh Rd ! Pkw Linden Av Mermaid Ln reek ! C R8 y Castor Av n a Front St k 66th Ave East Oak Lane o

Awbury Ogontz Ave o Schuylkill Ex T Frankford Av Rec Center Cheltenham Av Cottman Av Awbury Thirtyeighth St Cliveden Arboretum ! Shawmont Ave Park ! Solly Ave Upsal St Henry Av Germantown Av Mc Callum St ! Roxborough

Allens Ln Oxford Av Valley Ave Godfrey Av Rowland Ave ! West Mount Airy Chelten Ave ! Tabor Rd PHILADELPHIA Ashburner St Chew Av ! Ogontz Oxford Circle Mayfair 2nd St Tookany/Tacony- Rowland Av Lincoln Dr Tarken Frankford Av ! Domino Lane ! Nedro Ave Rec. Center ! ! Holmesburg ! Washington Ln East Germantown ! Wissahickon Park Wissahickon Av Frankford Creek!Robbins St Tyson Av ! ! ! Rising Sun Av Greene St ! Olney Av Olney Lawncrest Umbria St R7 Clarkson Park ! ! The creek provides Torresdale Av Hollow Rd Vernon Park Wister's Woods Tacony ! Park Creek Roosevelt Bl Levick St Princeton Av State Rd ! Wayne Av Adams Av Leverington St ! Park ! abundant opportunities for ! Walnut Ln Fisher Ave

! Summerdale Ave ! stewardship, recreation, Wister St ! Longshore Ave ! Logan ! Germantown R1, R2, R3, R5, R8 ! environmentalOxford Av education, Walnut Ln Belﬁeld Av Wissinoming Green Lane Roosevelt Bl Levick St Playground ! ! Robbins St Whitaker Av and community connection.! Windrim Ave ! Wyoming Av !

Harbison Av ! Manheim St Schuylkill Ex Tacony Thirtythird St Shurs Lane Ramona Ave ! LOWER MERION MainManayunk Street Wyoming Av Lincoln Dr !

Orthodox St State Rd Arrott St R7

Juniata Midvale Av Bridge St

Fifth St Golf Course ! ! Frankford ! Ninth St Fox St Hunting Park Torresdale Av Delaware Ex ! ! East FallsHenry Av Roosevelt Boulevard Ex Juniata Park Tacony St School House Rd ! Lycoming St Hunting Park Ave Manayunk Rd R8 Luzerne St ! ! Hunting Park Ramp B Rd ! ! Margaret St ! Belmont Av Ridge Av Roberts Av Womrath Tioga Park ! Erie Av !

Castor Av

Delaware Ex ! Rising Sun Av ! Neill Dr ! R6 ! Lefevre St ! Seventeen St Broad Street Line Allegheny West ! St Asaphs Rd B St Allegheny Av ! ! ! Bala Av G St !

City Av Sedgley Ave ! Av City Ford Rd Front St Glen Wood Ave ! DelawareHarrowgate River! Kensington Ave Bridesburg ! ! 6th St Fairhill ! ! ! The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford !

r e Lehigh Av Aramingo Av v Somerset St i

29th St R Wynneﬁeld Creek drains to the Delaware River, e r ! 22nd St ! a Belmont Av

R6 w a l the focus of major waterfront, open e ! D Strawberry Mansion ! Richmond Dauphin St Richmond St Betsy Ross Bridge Ridge Av ! Hartranft ! space, trails, and greenway planning. !

3rd St

2nd St Ramp Rd Diamond St Susquehanna Ave !

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Dauphin St West Kensington Delaware Av Oxford Ave Cecil B Moore Av Ramp Rd Kelly Dr Norris St ! ! Kensington Brewerytown

Parkside Av R7, R8 R7, ! Oxford Ave

12th St Poplar Drive Girard Av Mill Creek Broad St ! Girard Av 34th St 15 R5, R6 Poplar St !

Fortieth St ! Twentysixth St Poplar Fishtown Mantua Twentyﬁfth St Fairmount Av !

Fairmount St Tenth

34 Th St 15th St

Eleventh St Ramp Rd R5, R6, R7, R8

31st St ! ! Spring Garden St

10 21st St ! Lancaster Av ! ! Callowhil St ! Ramp Rd Vine St Ex Callowhill St ! Vine St Ex ! ! Powelton Vine St Ex ! Market St ! Vine St ! Race St ! ! ! Market St John F Kennedy Bl Ben Franklin Bridge

! ! Arch St R1, R2, R3 R2, R1, ! ! ! ! ! ! Market! St Thirtythird St Center City WestChestnut St ! 4rd St 23rd St ! ! ! Walnut St Seventh St 8th St University34th St City ! Center City East

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20th St ! ! ! Schuylkill Ex 19h St Pine Street ! Riverfront

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15th St

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Grays Ferry Seventh St ! ! ! ! ! Bella Vista Point Breeze

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About the TTF Watershed Partnership ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed This document presents a vision of Partnership, Inc. (TTF) acts as the crucial Partnership was initiated in 2000 by the a healthy creek flowing through a link connecting residents, businesses, and Philadelphia Water Department’s Office of government as neighbors and stewards of this Watersheds to address water quality issues thriving Tookany/Tacony-Frankford impaired, but critically important watershed by watershed boundaries rather than by watershed. The following pages in Philadelphia and the metro region. Its municipal ones. Through collaboration llustrate current issues facing mission is to enhance the health and vitality among the Philadelphia Water Department, the watershed, strategies for of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Creek and Cheltenham Township and the Pennsylvania its watershed. In support of its mission, TTF Environmental Council, a strong coalition improvement, and a vision of a facilitates, supports, and initiates efforts of watershed stakeholders was assembled. revitalized watershed community. to restore the health of the watershed and Non-profit organizations, corporations, local As the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford to mobilize its communities as watershed government entities, and residents joined stewards through educational programming, forces to improve the health of this urban Watershed Partnership and its community outreach, networking services, creek and its watershed. partners mobilize residents, and project coordination. government, and organizations to implement innovative stormwater TTF Watershed Partnership Board of Directors: management techniques and Abington Township Pennsylvania Environmental Council Arcadia University Pennsylvania Horticultural Society neighborhood beautification projects, Cheltenham Township Philadelphia City Council together, we move closer to this vision Friends of High School Park Philadelphia City Planning Commission of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Heritage Conservancy Philadelphia Parks Alliance Creek as a source of community Philadelphia Water Department Jenkintown Borough recreation, prosperity, and well-being. Mayor’s Executive Office, City of Philadelphia Rockledge Borough Montgomery County Planning Commission Senior Environment Corps, Montgomery County Conservation District Center in the Park Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation SEPTA (OARC) TD Bank PECO Watershed Resident

Municipalities in the TTF Watershed: Counties in the TTF Watershed: Abington Township Montgomery County Cheltenham Township Philadelphia County Jenkintown Borough City of Philadelphia Rockledge Borough Springfield Township 4

What exactly is a watershed?

A watershed is a drainage basin, within which all water flows to a Water flows in opposite directions single location. on each side of a ridge.

Creeks form in the valleys between ridges. Jenkintown

Rockledge

Cheltenham

East Mount Airy

East Oak Lane

Logan

East Germantown

Juniata Park Hunting Park

Some creeks are no longer visible because they have been enclosed finesse outlet arrows; in pipes and integrated into the add caveat about Old sewer system. Frankford? All the water exits at an outlet that is typically at the lowest elevation of the watershed into another body of water. 5

Taking a holistic approach to the An Evolution Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Creek corridor with a vision of creek in Watershed Thinking health and community well-being.

An EVOlution an Evolution An evolution in Stormwater Innovation in Distinctive Recreation in creek HEALTH

PROBLEM: Because much of our land PROBLEM: Creekside green space is PROBLEM: Like all urban creeks, the has been covered with impervious in abundance in the TTF watershed, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Creek surfaces (pavement, rooftops, etc.), but in some places, creekside has been compromised by intense too much water enters the combined parkland has become more of a development. Many areas along the sewer system through storm drains. neighborhood hazard than a public creek suffer from frequent flooding, During large rain events, this causes amenity. The compromised state invasive plant overgrowth and a mixture of sewage and water to of the creek’s health and aesthetics pollution. These issues degrade creek overflow into the creek. The high attracts illegal dumping and illicit health and prevent residents from volume of stormwater runoff also behavior, deterring residents from enjoying the many benefits that an causes creeks to flood, streambanks enjoying it as a community asset. urban creek can provide. to erode, and underground utility pipes to become exposed. SOLUTION: By improving the health SOLUTION: Restoring the creek of the creek and encouraging positive environment to a more natural state SOLUTION: The TTF watershed is use of the land around it, we can and committing to more responsible already home to many demonstration transform this large network of watershed stewardship will improve projects that use green infrastructure green space and parkland back into water quality, generate healthier (plants and soil) to absorb water into a creekside destination providing habitats, and provide access to the land, reducing water flow into healthy recreation for thousands of valuable open space. our sewer systems. In addition to watershed residents. There is already being a source of community pride, tremendous momentum in this these projects serve as models, area, with miles of trail networks in inspiring wider use of best practices development and substantial park in stormwater management. restoration projects underway. 6

Stormwater management is vital to improving creek health in areas both near and far from creeks.

Degraded Urban Watershed A typical urban watershed has negative effects on its creeks.

Residential Roof and Alley Runoff Road and Sidewalk Runoff Compromised Creek Corridor

Roof runoff goes The water table There are too Stormwater Creek banks degrade Frequent overflows High water flow into roof leaders is low due few street trees drains quickly and lose native plants release untreated erodes and widens and pipes. It does to reduced to retain and does not due to runoff and sewage and unfiltered the creek and makes not absorb into infiltration of stormwater. absorb into the frequent flooding. stormwater into it less habitable for the ground. stormwater. ground. They become creek. fish, wildlife, plants, overwhelmed with and people. agressive invasive plants. 7

An Evolution in Stormwater Innovation

Healthy Urban Watershed A more sustainable approach to stormwater will positively affect the watershed.

Roof and Alley Runoff Road and Sidewalk Runoff Reduction Reduction and Filtration Restored Creek Corridor

Planters, rain Green roofs The water table Permeable Larger, This leads to Reduced runoff Reduced runoff barrels and collect and is higher, ensur- paving in enhanced street fewer combined and contamination permits slower cisterns retain divert runoff ing drinking parking lanes tree networks sewer overflow and fewer flood creek flows, stormwater and from the water supply. reduces road filter and store events. events allow banks more naturalized provide municipal runoff. runoff. to host native channels, and a gardening water. water system. plants and wildlife. healthier creek environment. 8

Restoration of the floodplain creates spaces for recreation and development, enhanced by proximity to the creek.

Degraded Landscape Frequent flooding degrades landscapes and makes investment in development and maintenance difficult.

Upland Runoff and Neglect Compromised Recreational Landscape Compromised Creek Corridor

Adjacent Stormwater runoff Frequent flooding strips away native Neglected public lands Steep, unstable banks and properties destabilizes creek vegetation, encourages invasive encourage trash dumping degraded creekside areas have little banks, degrades plants, and spreads debris. and other illegal activities. discourage community investment water quality, and access. value. destroys habitat. 9

An Evolution in Distinctive Recreation

Healthy Landscape Watershed-wide stormwater management halts cycles of damage and allows for sustainable investment.

Reinvestment and Decreased Runoff Restored Recreational Landscape Restored Creek Corridor

A restored Decreased Native plants support a Reclaimed parkland Restored floodplains and creek landscape stormwater runoff thriving streamside encourages diverse creekside areas mitigate increases nearby provides ecosystem. recreation and stewardship flooding, improve habitat and property values. stability for a opportunities. encourage community access. healthy habitat. 10

Creek restoration repairs scoured and littered creek beds, improves water quality and allows native plants and animals to flourish.

Degraded Creek Corridor An unhealthy creek corridor cannot perform essential ecological functions.

Poor Filtration/Trapping Flood Storage Poor Filtration/Trapping

Sediment Settling

Flood waters erode Bank erosion Trash Fast-moving flood Creek banks Invasive species creek banks, washing exposes the and debris waters wash away become steeply overtake com- away valuable soil sewer system overwhelm sediment, which is eroded after promised creek and native vegetation. infrastructure, the landscape. critical to the health floods, creating banks, decreasing Banks are left bare leaving pipes of the creek habitat. a wide, shallow its habitat value or are overcome by and manholes Without sediment, creek during dry and increasing aggressive invasive susceptible to fish habitat and food weather. maintenance plants. damage. wash away. costs. 11

An Evolution in Creek Health

Healthy Creek Corridor A healthy creek corridor performs critical ecological functions.

Filtration/Trapping Flood Storage Filtration/Trapping

Nutrient Uptake; Nutrient Uptake; Stormwater Detention Sediment Settling Stormwater Detention

Native plants filter Naturalized, shallow Abundant Established plants Floodplains support vital stormwater runoff, banks encourage groundwater and stream channel habitat and vegetation. stabilize creek banks, vegetation that provides steadily feeds engineering stabilize and provide habitat. habitat and food for deep creek creek banks, wildlife. channels. preventing erosion. !

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Skippack Pk Camp Hill Rd Walton Rd Pinetown Rd Sr 8031 Sh Highland Av

Virginia Dr Edge Hill Rd Terwood Rd Buck Rd

Old Arch St Penlyn Bluebell Pk ! ! !

Northeast Extension Walton Rd Ramp T Rd

Dreshertown Rd Edgehill Rd Twining Rd Township Line Rd East/west Turnpike !

Norristown Rd Old Arch Rd Arch Old Old Welsh Rd Lafayette Rd TTF WATERSHED BOUNDARY 12 Camp Hill Rd

N Pine Rd New Hope St Germantown Pk Camp Hill Rd Hill Camp Jenkintown Rd Susquehanna Rd !

Narcissa Rd ! Philmont Av Belvoir Rd Plymouth Rd ! Militia Hill Rd Pennsylvania Av R2 Tyson Av ! Washington Ln Valley Green Rd ! ! Hickory Rd Red Lion Rd Militia Hill Rd Fort Washington Ex ! Easton Rd Somerton Moreland Rd ! ! Huntingdon Pk Johnson Rd The Fairway Valley Rd ! ! Weldon Highland Av R3 Plymouth Rd Moredon Rd Mill Rd

! Rd Belvoir Edgehill Rd Baeder Park

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Ramp Rd Ramp Bethlehem Pk Sr 8024 Sh 8024 Sr Mill Rd Flourtown Rd Mount Carmel Av Glenside ! Edge Hill Pine Rd Church Rd Meetinghouse Rd Walnut St Butler Pk ! ! R1, R2, R5 Haws Ln Mill Rd Washington Ln ! !

Alburger Ave Fort Washington Ex Chemical Rd West Av Haldeman Ave Hill Crest Bustleton Ridge Pk

! Ralph Morgan Fox Chase Rd Thomas Rd Park !

Joshua Rd Easton Rd R1, R2, R3, R5 Butler Pk Jenkintown RdAlverthorpe Park Wyncote North Ln Ogontz Av Ridge Pk Paper Mill Rd Pennypack Wyndmoor Shady Ln !

Curtis Edward Hicks Parry Krewstown Rd Northwestern Ave Arboretum Bird Sanctuary Cedar Rd Welsh Rd Ramp Rd Greenwood Av Cheltenham Av West Torresdale

Harts Ln Harts Grant Av ! Stenton Av Wall Pine Rd Germantown Ave ParkElkins Park ! Chelten Hills Delaware Ex Ashbourne Rd ! Bustleton Av ! Cedarbrook ! Chestnut! Hill Limekiln Pk Township Line Rd Barren Hill Rd Tookany Bells Mill Road Ivy-hill Rd Verree Rd Hector St ! Seminole St High School Fox Chase ! ! Park Grant Av Thouron Ave Easton Rd Burholme Park

Academy Rd ! ! Welsh Rd Academy Gardens Mt Pleasant Ave ! Cresheim Valley Rd ! Spring Lane Willow Grove Ave Mt Airy Av ! ! Roosevelt Bl ! West Oak Lane Tookany Willits Rd 19th St Creek Ashton Rd Central Av ! Park Rhawnhurst

East Mount Airy Oak Lane Rd Schuylkill Ex ! ! Holme Av Hagys Mill Rd ! Mount Airy New Second St Rhawn St Playground Broad St Algon Av ! y Welsh Rd ! Pkw Linden Av Mermaid Ln reek ! C R8 y Castor Av n a Front St k 66th Ave East Oak Lane o

Allens Ln Oxford Av Valley Ave Godfrey Av Rowland Ave ! West Mount Airy Chelten Ave ! Tabor Rd Ashburner St Chew Av ! Ogontz Oxford Circle Mayfair 2nd St Rowland Av Lincoln Dr Tarken Frankford Av ! Domino Lane ! Nedro Ave Rec. Center ! ! Holmesburg ! Washington Ln East Germantown ! Wissahickon Park Wissahickon Av Robbins St Tyson Av ! ! ! Rising Sun Av Greene St ! Olney Av Olney Lawncrest Umbria St R7 Clarkson Park ! ! Torresdale Av Hollow Rd Vernon Park Wister's Woods Tacony ! Park Creek Roosevelt Bl Levick St Princeton Av State Rd ! Wayne Av Adams Av Leverington St ! ! Park

! Walnut Ln Fisher Ave

! Summerdale Ave ! Wister St ! Longshore Ave ! Logan ! Tacony Germantown R1, R2, R3, R5, R8 ! Oxford Av

Walnut Ln Belﬁeld Av Wissinoming Green Lane Roosevelt Bl Levick St Playground ! ! Robbins St Whitaker Av ! Windrim Ave ! Wyoming Av !

Harbison Av ! Manheim St Schuylkill Ex Tacony Thirtythird St Shurs Lane Ramona Ave ! MainManayunk Street Wyoming Av Lincoln Dr !

Orthodox St State Rd Arrott St R7

Juniata Midvale Av Bridge St

Fifth St Golf Course ! ! Frankford ! Ninth St Fox St Hunting Park Torresdale Av Delaware Ex ! ! East FallsHenry Av Roosevelt Boulevard Ex Juniata Park Tacony St School House Rd ! Lycoming St Hunting Park Ave Manayunk Rd R8 Luzerne St Frankford ! ! Hunting Park Ramp B Rd ! ! Margaret St ! Belmont Av Ridge Av Roberts Av Womrath Tioga Park ! Erie Av !

Castor Av

Delaware Ex ! Rising Sun Av ! Neill Dr ! R6 ! Lefevre St ! Seventeen St Broad Street Line Allegheny West ! St Asaphs Rd B St Allegheny Av ! ! ! Bala Av G St !

City Av Sedgley Ave ! Av City Ford Rd Front St Glen Wood Ave ! Harrowgate Kensington Ave Bridesburg ! ! 6th St Fairhill ! ! ! !

r e Lehigh Av Aramingo Av v Somerset St i

29th St R Wynneﬁeld e r ! 22nd St ! a Belmont Av

R6 w a l e ! D Strawberry Mansion ! Richmond Dauphin St Richmond St Betsy Ross Bridge Ridge Av ! Hartranft ! !

3rd St

2nd St Ramp Rd Diamond St Susquehanna Ave !

! North Central

Dauphin St West Kensington Delaware Av Oxford Ave Cecil B Moore Av Ramp Rd Kelly Dr Norris St ! ! Kensington Brewerytown

Parkside Av R7, R8 R7, ! Oxford Ave

12th St Poplar Drive Girard Av Mill Creek Broad St ! Girard Av 34th St 15 R5, R6 Poplar St !

Fortieth St ! Twentysixth St Poplar Fishtown Mantua Twentyﬁfth St Fairmount Av !

Fairmount St Tenth

34 Th St 15th St

Eleventh St Ramp Rd R5, R6, R7, R8

31st St ! ! Spring Garden St

! ! Arch St R1, R2, R3 R2, R1, ! ! ! ! ! ! Market! St Thirtythird St Center City WestChestnut St ! 4rd St 23rd St ! ! ! Walnut St Seventh St 8th St University34th St City ! Center City East

! ! ! Locust St ! ! 3rd St ! Spruce St Ninth St

20th St ! ! ! Schuylkill Ex 19h St Pine Street ! Riverfront

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15th St

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Grays Ferry Seventh St ! ! ! ! ! Bella Vista Point Breeze

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The 29 square mile Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed is located in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties.

Tookany Creek is renamed Tacony Creek as it leaves Montgomery County and enters Philadelphia at Cheltenham Avenue. Tacony Creek then becomes Frankford Creek when it joins the historic Wingohocking Creek by the Juniata Golf Course. The creek flows into the Delaware River just south of the Betsy Ross Bridge. The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed includes suburban, urban and industrial areas, and it is home to over 360,000 people with a range of income levels and ethnicities, and a variety of community strengths and struggles.

The following pages provide more information on each of three sub-watersheds, including a description of its character, photos of existing conditions, and a map of completed and planned stormwater, creek, and recreation projects. !

WARMINSTER

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HORSHAM

HATBORO

LOWER GWYNEDD ! ! !

AMBLER LOWER MORELAND

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R5 BRYN ATHYN !

Skippack Pk WHITPAIN Camp Hill Rd Walton Rd Pinetown Rd Sr 8031 Sh Highland Av

Virginia Dr Edge Hill Rd Terwood Rd Buck Rd

Old Arch St Penlyn Bluebell Pk ! ! !

Northeast Extension Walton Rd Ramp T Rd

Dreshertown Rd Edgehill Rd Twining Rd Township Line Rd East/west Turnpike !

Norristown Rd Old Arch Rd Arch Old 14 Old Welsh Rd Lafayette Rd TTF WATERSHED BOUNDARY Camp Hill Rd EAST NORRITON

New Hope St Germantown Pk Pine Rd Camp Hill Rd Hill Camp Jenkintown Rd Susquehanna Rd ! Narcissa Rd ! George A. Perley Bird Sanctuary LOWER MORELAND Philmont Av Belvoir Rd Creek Project NORRISTOWN Plymouth Rd ! Militia Hill Rd Native creekside planting and bird habitat. Pennsylvania Av R2 Ralph Morgan Park Tyson Av Creek Project ! Washington Ln Valley Green Rd ! ! Creekside restoration. Hickory Rd Red Lion Rd Militia Hill Rd Fort Washington Ex PLYMOUTH ! Glenside Elementary Easton Rd Somerton Moreland Rd ! creek Project ! Huntingdon Pk Johnson Rd The Fairway Valley Rd ! ! Weldon Triangle Building Native creekside planting and Highland Av R3 Plymouth Rd Moredon Rd

Mill Rd Stormwater PROJECT Belvoir Rd Belvoir Edgehill Rd Baeder Park ! SPRINGFIELDoutdoor classroom.

Penbryth

! Stormwater management! Ramp Rd Ramp Bethlehem Pk Park

Sr 8024 Sh 8024 Sr Carroll Brooke design. Mill Rd Flourtown Rd Park Mount Carmel Av Glenside ! Edge Hill Pine Rd Church Rd Meetinghouse Rd Walnut St Butler Pk WHITEMARSH ! ! R1, R2, R5 Haws Ln Grove Park Washington Ln Mill Rd ! !

Alburger Ave Fort Washington Ex Renninger West Av Haldeman Ave Chemical Rd Rec Area George A. Perley Hill Crest Bird Sanctuary JENKINTOWN ABINGTON Bustleton Ridge Pk Grove Park ! Ralph Morgan Fox Chase Rd Thomas Rd Wyncote Elementary School creek Project Thomas Park ! Williams CREEK Project Native creekside Park R1, R2, R3, R5 Joshua Rd Easton Rd Jenkintown Rd Alverthorpe Park Butler Pk Native bird habitat. planting. Robinson Wyncote Park North Ln Ogontz Av Ridge Pk Paper Mill Rd Pennypack Wyndmoor ! Edward Hicks Parry Bird Sanctuary Shady Ln Edward Hicks Parry Krewstown Rd Curtis Welsh Rd Northwestern Ave Bird Sanctuary Cedar Rd Ramp Rd Arboretum Creek Project Greenwood Av Ethel Jordan ROCKLEDGE Cheltenham Av Native creekside plantingPark and bird habitat. West Torresdale

Cegielkowski Harts Ln Harts Emanuel, Dorothy Park Playground Grant Av ! Stenton Av Wall Park Pine Rd Germantown Ave Rock Lane Elkins Park Park ! McCloskey Elementary School Chelten Hills Delaware Ex Curtis ArboretumAshbourne Rd Dog Park Wall Park ! Bustleton Av ! STORMWATER Project Cedarbrook ! Limekiln Pk creek Project CONSHOHOCKEN Chestnut! Hill creek Project Township Line Rd Barren Hill Rd Rain garden. Bells Mill Road Ivy-hill Rd Native creekside planting. Native creekside Ogontz Park Verree Rd Hector St ! planting. Seminole St CHELTENHAM High School Charles D. Conklin, Jr. Fox Chase ! ! Park Grant Av John Russell Rec Area Thouron Ave Easton Rd Park Burholme Park

Academy Rd ! ! Cedarbrook Middle School LaMott Community Welsh Rd Academy Gardens Stormwater Project Mt Pleasant Ave Center ! Cresheim Valley Rd ! Spring Lane Willow Grove Ave Native bird habitat,Mt Airy Av rain garden, Rowland High School Park ! ! Finley Community Roosevelt Bl ! native creekside planting and Playground West Oak Lane Tookany Center Willits Rd creek Project19th St Coventry Park Creek Ashton Rd outdoor classroom. Park Central Av ! Native meadow restoration. Rhawnhurst Simons East Mount Airy Rec Center Oak Lane Rd Schuylkill Ex ! ! Holme Av Hagys Mill Rd Desert Storm ! Mount Airy New Second St Rhawn St Broad St Park Algon Av ! Playground Melrose Park Pleasant y Welsh Rd ! Pkw Linden Av Mermaid Ln Playground reek ! Lovett C R8 y Castor Av n Park a Front St k 66th Ave East Oak Lane o

! Barrett HousemanSummerdale Ave ! Playground Howell Park Wister St ! Playground Longshore Ave ! Logan ! Germantown R1, R2, R3, R5, R8 ! Oxford Av

Walnut Ln Belﬁeld Av Mc Ilvain Wissinoming Roosevelt Bl Levick St Green Lane Playground Loudoun Playground ! ! Northwood Robbins St Park Stenton Whitaker Av ! Windrim Ave ! Wyoming Av Park ! Happy Hollow Park

Harbison Av ! Manheim St Schuylkill Ex Rec Center Feltonville Tacony Thirtythird St Shurs Lane Ramona Ave Simpson ! Rec Center LOWER MERION MainManayunk Street Wyoming Av Playground Lincoln Dr Kay Park !

Orthodox St State Rd Nicetown Park Arrott St R7

Juniata Midvale Av Overington Bridge St Fifth St Golf Course ! Marcus Foster Park ! Frankford ! Hunting Park Ninth St Delaware Ex ! Fox St Pool Torresdale Av Fernhill Park Gambrell ! East FallsHenry Av Roosevelt Boulevard Ex Juniata Park Wilmot Playground Tacony St School House Rd Hedge & ! Lycoming St Hunting Park Ave Park Plum Playground Manayunk Rd R8 Piccoli Deni Playground Luzerne St Playground Playground Carmella Playground ! ! Hunting Park Ramp B Rd ! ! Margaret St ! Belmont Av Ridge Av Roberts Av Womrath Tioga Park ! Erie Av ! Frankford Valley Castor Av Playground

Delaware Ex ! Rising Sun Av ! Neill Dr ! R6 ! Lefevre St ! Seventeen St Broad Street Line Allegheny West ! St Asaphs Rd B St Allegheny Av ! ! ! Bala Av G St ! Bridesburg

City Av Sedgley Ave Rec Center ! Av City Ford Rd Front St Glen Wood Ave ! Harrowgate Kensington Ave Bridesburg ! ! 6th St Fairhill ! ! ! ! Betsy Ross

Bridge Field r e Lehigh Av Aramingo Av v Somerset St i

29th St R Wynneﬁeld e r ! 22nd St ! a Belmont Av

R6 w a l e ! D Strawberry Mansion ! Richmond Dauphin St Richmond St Betsy Ross Bridge Ridge Av ! Hartranft ! !

3rd St

2nd St Ramp Rd Diamond St Susquehanna Ave !

! North Central

Dauphin St West Kensington Delaware Av Oxford Ave Cecil B Moore Av Ramp Rd Kelly Dr Norris St ! ! Kensington Brewerytown

Parkside Av R7, R8 R7, ! Oxford Ave

12th St Poplar Drive Girard Av Mill Creek Broad St ! Girard Av 34th St 15 R5, R6 Poplar St !

Fortieth St ! Twentysixth St Poplar Fishtown Mantua Twentyﬁfth St Fairmount Av !

Fairmount St Tenth

34 Th St 15th St

Eleventh St Ramp Rd R5, R6, R7, R8

31st St ! ! Spring Garden St

! ! Arch St R1, R2, R3 R2, R1, ! ! ! ! ! ! Market! St Thirtythird St Center City WestChestnut St ! 4rd St 23rd St ! ! ! Walnut St Seventh St 8th St University34th St City ! Center City East

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20th St ! ! ! Schuylkill Ex 19h St Pine Street ! Riverfront

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15th St

! 12th St

Grays Ferry Seventh St ! ! ! ! ! Bella Vista Point Breeze

! ! Roosevelt Bl Grays Ferry ! ! !

! !

! ! ! ! Roosevelt Bl ! ! Girard Estates

! South Philadelphia Pennsport !

! ! PATCO

! ! ! Roosevelt Bl !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Walt Whitman Bridge !

! ! ! ! !

! ! Packer Park !

! !

WARMINSTER

! !

HORSHAM

HATBORO

LOWER GWYNEDD ! ! !

AMBLER LOWER MORELAND

! ! UPPER DUBLIN UPPER MORELAND

R5 BRYN ATHYN !

Skippack Pk WHITPAIN Camp Hill Rd Walton Rd Pinetown Rd Sr 8031 Sh Highland Av

Virginia Dr Edge Hill Rd Terwood Rd Buck Rd

Old Arch St Penlyn Bluebell Pk ! ! !

Northeast Extension Walton Rd Ramp T Rd

Dreshertown Rd Edgehill Rd Twining Rd Township Line Rd East/west Turnpike !

Norristown Rd Old Arch Rd Arch Old Old Welsh Rd 15 Lafayette Rd TTF WATERSHED BOUNDARY Camp Hill Rd EAST NORRITON

New Hope St Germantown Pk Pine Rd Camp Hill Rd Hill Camp Jenkintown Rd Susquehanna Rd ! Narcissa Rd ! LOWER MORELAND Philmont Av Belvoir Rd NORRISTOWN Plymouth Rd ! Tookany Militia Hill Rd Pennsylvania Av R2 Tyson Av ! Washington Ln Valley Green Rd ! ! sub-watershed Hickory Rd Red Lion Rd Militia Hill Rd Fort Washington Ex PLYMOUTH ! Easton Rd Somerton Moreland Rd ! ! Huntingdon Pk Johnson Rd The Fairway Valley Rd ! ! Weldon Highland Av R3 The Tookany sub-watershed includes parts of Top: Tookany Creek at Cedarbrook Middle Plymouth Rd Moredon Rd

Mill Rd Belvoir Rd Belvoir Edgehill Rd Baeder Park ! SPRINGFIELD Abington Township, Cheltenham Township, School, where the creek acts as a classroom

Penbryth

! ! Ramp Rd Ramp Bethlehem Pk Park

Sr 8024 Sh 8024 Sr Carroll Brooke Mill Rd Jenkintown Borough, Rockledge Borough, and and forum for watershed education. The Flourtown Rd Park Mount Carmel Av Springfield Township. Tookany Creek flows Philadelphia Water Department’s outfall Glenside ! Edge Hill Pine Rd Church Rd Meetinghouse Rd through a mostly suburban landscape, and releases overflow just upstream of this site. WHITEMARSH Walnut St Butler Pk unlike the more urban areas downstream, ! ! R1, R2, R5 Middle: At Wall Park, there is evidence of the Haws Ln Grove Park Washington Ln Mill Rd this area benefits from few buildings along ! ! plights of the creek common to this reach: creek banks, and accessAlburger Aveto open space, trails, Fort Washington Ex Renninger West Av parkingHaldeman lots at Ave the edge of creek banks, Chemical Rd Rec Area George A. Perley Bird Sanctuary JENKINTOWN and greenways. The TTF Watershed Hill Crest ABINGTON Bustleton invasive plants, litter and creek channelization Ridge Pk Partnership, municipal partners, and Ralph Morgan ! Fox Chase Rd (beyond the footbridge). Thomas Rd Thomas Park ! Williams community organizations have sponsored Park Joshua Rd Easton Rd R1, R2, R3, R5 many creek improvements in this area already. Bottom: While de-channelization was not an Jenkintown Rd Alverthorpe Park Butler Pk Robinson Wyncote Park North Ln Ogontz Av option at several points along the Tookany in Ridge Pk Paper Mill Rd PennypackDespite these significant improvement Wyndmoor Shady Ln Tookany Creek Park, other bank rehabilitation ! measures, Tookany Creek still suffers from the Edward Hicks Parry Krewstown Rd Curtis Welsh Rd Northwestern Ave Bird Sanctuary Cedar Rd treatments were employed, including riparian Ramp Rd Arboretum Greenwood Av Ethel Jordan impacts of suburban development including Cheltenham Av Park ROCKLEDGE buffers and invasive plant management. clear-cutting of some of its banks, invasive Additionally, the trail atWest right Torresdale is a community

Cegielkowski species, runoff from fertilizers and lawn Harts Ln Harts Emanuel, Dorothy Park Playground resource and its upstreamGrant Av expansion is planned. ! Stenton Av Wall Park Pine Rd treatments and creek channelization. Germantown Ave Rock Lane Elkins Park Park Tookany! Creek Parkway Chelten Hills Delaware Ex Ashbourne Rd recreation Project ! Bustleton Av ! Cedarbrook ! CONSHOHOCKEN Chestnut! Hill Limekiln Pk Township Line Rd Stream bank stabilization, native Barren Hill Rd Bells Mill Road Ivy-hill Rd plantings, pedestrian trail. Ogontz Park Verree Rd Hector St ! Seminole St CHELTENHAM High School Charles D. Conklin, Jr. Fox Chase ! ! Park Grant Av John Russell Rec Area Thouron Ave Easton Rd Park Burholme Park

Academy Rd ! ! LaMott Community Welsh Rd Academy Gardens Mt Pleasant Ave Center ! Cresheim Valley Rd ! Spring Lane Willow Grove Ave Mt Airy Av Rowland ! ! Finley Community Roosevelt Bl ! Playground West Oak Lane Tookany Center Willits Rd 19th St Coventry Park Creek Ashton Rd Central Av ! Park Rhawnhurst Simons East Mount Airy Rec Center Oak Lane Rd Schuylkill Ex ! ! Holme Av Hagys Mill Rd Desert Storm ! Mount Airy New Second St Rhawn St Broad St Park Algon Av ! Playground Melrose Park Pleasant y Welsh Rd ! Pkw Linden Av Mermaid Ln Playground reek ! Lovett C R8 y Castor Av n Park a Front St k 66th Ave East Oak Lane o

Allens Ln Lawncrest Oxford Av Mallery Rec. Center Valley Ave Rec Center Godfrey Av Rowland Ave ! West Mount Airy Chelten Ave ! Tabor Rd PHILADELPHIA Ashburner St Waterview Chew Av Rec Center Olney ! Fisher Park N Ogontz Rec Oxford Circle Mayfair Belﬁeld 2nd St Center Rowland Av Lincoln Dr Tarken Frankford Av Rec Center ! ! Domino Lane Harper's Hollow Nedro Ave Rec. Center ! ! Park Myers, Max Holmesburg ! Washington Ln East Germantown Playground ! Morton Wissahickon Av Robbins St Tyson Av ! Wissahickon Park Playground Kemble Park ! ! Cherashore Rising Sun Av Playground Greene St ! Olney Av Olney Lawncrest Umbria St R7 Clarkson Park ! ! Ziehler Torresdale Av Playground ! Hollow Rd Vernon Park Wister's Woods Shevcheno Park Tacony Park Creek Roosevelt Bl Levick St Princeton Av State Rd ! Wayne Av Adams Av Leverington St ! ! Park Wister Wakeﬁeld Playground ! Walnut Ln Park Fisher Ave

! Barrett HousemanSummerdale Ave ! Playground Howell Park Wister St ! Playground Longshore Ave ! Logan ! Germantown R1, R2, R3, R5, R8 ! Oxford Av

Orthodox St State Rd Nicetown Park Arrott St R7

Delaware Ex ! Rising Sun Av ! Neill Dr ! R6 ! Lefevre St ! Seventeen St Broad Street Line Allegheny West ! St Asaphs Rd B St Allegheny Av ! ! ! Bala Av G St ! Bridesburg

City Av Sedgley Ave Rec Center ! Av City Ford Rd Front St Glen Wood Ave ! Harrowgate Kensington Ave Bridesburg ! ! 6th St Fairhill ! ! ! ! Betsy Ross

Bridge Field r e Lehigh Av Aramingo Av v Somerset St i

29th St R Wynneﬁeld e r ! 22nd St ! a Belmont Av

R6 w a l e ! D Strawberry Mansion ! Richmond Dauphin St Richmond St Betsy Ross Bridge Ridge Av ! Hartranft ! !

3rd St

2nd St Ramp Rd Diamond St Susquehanna Ave !

! North Central

Dauphin St West Kensington Delaware Av Oxford Ave Cecil B Moore Av Ramp Rd Kelly Dr Norris St ! ! Kensington Brewerytown

Parkside Av R7, R8 R7, ! Oxford Ave

12th St Poplar Drive Girard Av Mill Creek Broad St ! Girard Av 34th St 15 R5, R6 Poplar St !

Fortieth St ! Twentysixth St Poplar Fishtown Mantua Twentyﬁfth St Fairmount Av !

Fairmount St Tenth

34 Th St 15th St

Eleventh St Ramp Rd R5, R6, R7, R8

31st St ! ! Spring Garden St

! ! Arch St R1, R2, R3 R2, R1, ! ! ! ! ! ! Market! St Thirtythird St Center City WestChestnut St ! 4rd St 23rd St ! ! ! Walnut St Seventh St 8th St University34th St City ! Center City East

! ! ! Locust St ! ! 3rd St ! Spruce St Ninth St

20th St ! ! ! Schuylkill Ex 19h St Pine Street ! Riverfront

! ! ! Bainbridge St South St Lombard St ! ! ! ! ! Schuylkill Southwest

! !

15th St

! 12th St

Grays Ferry Seventh St ! ! ! ! ! Bella Vista Point Breeze

! ! Roosevelt Bl Grays Ferry ! ! !

! !

! ! ! ! Roosevelt Bl ! ! Girard Estates

! South Philadelphia Pennsport !

! ! PATCO

! ! ! Roosevelt Bl !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Walt Whitman Bridge !

! ! ! ! !

! ! Packer Park !

! !

! 16

JENKINTOWN-WYNCOTE STATION EXISTING

Reclaimed Unused Parking

Riparian Restoration

JENKINTOWN-WYNCOTE STATION FUTURE POTENTIAL 17

Transportation hubs can provide high visibility for watershed improvement projects. Thousands of commuters can experience the benefits of stormwater management and green design, especially at our many creekside train stations.

Green Roofs

Wetland Creation

Creek Access !

WARMINSTER

! !

HORSHAM

HATBORO

LOWER GWYNEDD ! ! !

AMBLER LOWER MORELAND

! ! UPPER DUBLIN UPPER MORELAND

R5 BRYN ATHYN !

Skippack Pk WHITPAIN Camp Hill Rd Walton Rd Pinetown Rd Sr 8031 Sh Highland Av

Virginia Dr Edge Hill Rd Terwood Rd Buck Rd

Old Arch St Penlyn Bluebell Pk ! ! !

Northeast Extension Walton Rd Ramp T Rd

Dreshertown Rd Edgehill Rd Twining Rd Township Line Rd East/west Turnpike !

Norristown Rd Old Arch Rd Arch Old Old Welsh Rd Lafayette Rd TTF WATERSHED BOUNDARY Camp Hill Rd EAST NORRITON

New Hope St Germantown Pk Pine Rd Camp Hill Rd Hill Camp Jenkintown Rd Susquehanna Rd ! Narcissa Rd ! LOWER MORELAND Philmont Av Belvoir Rd NORRISTOWN Plymouth Rd ! Militia Hill Rd Pennsylvania Av R2 Tyson Av ! Washington Ln Valley Green Rd ! ! Hickory Rd Red Lion Rd Militia Hill Rd Fort Washington Ex PLYMOUTH ! Easton Rd Somerton Moreland Rd ! ! Huntingdon Pk Johnson Rd The Fairway Valley Rd ! ! Weldon Highland Av R3 Plymouth Rd Moredon Rd

Mill Rd Belvoir Rd Belvoir Baeder Park ! SPRINGFIELD Edgehill Rd

Penbryth

! ! Ramp Rd Ramp Bethlehem Pk Park

Sr 8024 Sh 8024 Sr Carroll Brooke Mill Rd Flourtown Rd Park Mount Carmel Av Glenside ! Edge Hill Pine Rd Church Rd Meetinghouse Rd Walnut St Butler Pk WHITEMARSH ! ! R1, R2, R5 Haws Ln Grove Park Washington Ln Mill Rd ! !

Alburger Ave Fort Washington Ex Renninger West Av Haldeman Ave Chemical Rd Rec Area George A. Perley Hill Crest Bird Sanctuary JENKINTOWN ABINGTON Bustleton Ridge Pk

! Ralph Morgan Fox Chase Rd Thomas Rd Thomas Park ! Williams Park Joshua Rd Easton Rd R1, R2, R3, R5 Jenkintown Rd Alverthorpe Park Butler Pk Robinson Wyncote Park North Ln Ogontz Av Ridge Pk Paper Mill Rd Pennypack Wyndmoor Shady Ln !

Edward Hicks Parry Krewstown Rd Curtis Welsh Rd Northwestern Ave Bird Sanctuary Cedar Rd Ramp Rd Arboretum Greenwood Av Ethel Jordan 18 Cheltenham Av Park ROCKLEDGE West Torresdale

Cegielkowski Harts Ln Harts Emanuel, Dorothy Park Playground Grant Av ! Stenton Av Wall Park Pine Rd Germantown Ave Rock Lane Elkins Park Park ! Chelten Hills Delaware Ex Ashbourne Rd ! Bustleton Av ! Cedarbrook ! CONSHOHOCKEN Chestnut! Hill Limekiln Pk Township Line Rd Barren Hill Rd Bells Mill Road AwburyIvy-hill Rd Arboretum Ogontz Park Verree Rd Hector St RECREATION PROJECT ! Seminole St CHELTENHAM High School Fox Chase Native plantings, trail Charles D. Conklin, Jr. ! ! Park Grant Av John Russell Rec Area construction, park restoration. Thouron Ave Easton Rd Park Burholme Park

Academy Rd ! ! LaMott Community Welsh Rd Academy Gardens Mt Pleasant Ave Center ! Cresheim Valley Rd ! Spring Lane Willow Grove Ave Mt Airy Av Rowland ! ! Finley Community Roosevelt Bl ! Playground West Oak Lane Tookany Center Willits Rd 19th St Coventry Park Creek Ashton Rd Central Av ! Park Rhawnhurst Simons East Mount Airy Rec Center Oak Lane Rd Schuylkill Ex ! ! Holme Av Hagys Mill Rd Desert Storm ! Mount Airy New Second St Rhawn St Broad St Park Algon Av ! Playground Melrose Park Cliveden Park Pleasant y Welsh Rd ! Pkw Linden Av Mermaid Ln Playground reek ! Lovett C R8 STORMWATER PROJECT y Castor Av n Park a Front St k Rain garden and bioswale. 66th Ave East Oak Lane o

Awbury Ogontz Ave o Schuylkill Ex Parkview Road T Frankford Av Septa Rec Center Cheltenham Av Cottman Av Park Awbury Park Thirtyeighth St Cliveden Arboretum ! Shawmont Ave Park ! Morris Estate Sturgis Solly Ave Upsal St Henry Av Germantown Av Lonnie Young Rec Center Playground Mc Callum St ! Rec Center Roxborough Clearview Community Park Allens Ln Lawncrest Oxford Av Mallery Rec. Center Valley Ave STORMWATER PROJECT Rec Center Godfrey Av Rowland Ave ! West Mount Airy Chelten Ave ! Vacant lot transformation and PHILADELPHIA Tabor Rd Waterview Ashburner St Chew Av Olney ! rain garden. Rec Center Fisher Park Ogontz Rec Oxford Circle Mayfair Belﬁeld 2nd St Center Rowland Av Lincoln Dr Tarken Frankford Av Rec Center ! ! Domino Lane Harper's Hollow Nedro Ave Rec. Center ! ! Park Myers, Max Holmesburg ! Waterview RecreationWashington LnCenter East Germantown Playground ! Morton Wissahickon Av Robbins St Tyson Av ! Wissahickon Park STORMWATER PROJECT Playground Kemble Park ! ! Cherashore Rising Sun Av Playground Porous concrete, undergroundGreene St ! Olney Av Olney Lawncrest Umbria St R7 Clarkson Park ! infiltration beds, flow-through ! Ziehler Torresdale Av Playground Hollow Rd Vernon Park Wister's Woods Tacony Creek Park Tacony ! planters, trees in trenches. Shevcheno Park Princeton Av Park Creek Roosevelt Bl Levick St State Rd ! Wayne Av Adams Av Leverington St ! recreation project ! Park Wister Wakeﬁeld Playground ! Walnut Ln Park Native plantings, Fishertrail Ave ! construction,Barrett park restoration. HousemanSummerdale Ave ! Playground Howell Park Wister St ! Playground Longshore Ave ! Logan ! Germantown R1, R2, R3, R5, R8 ! Oxford Av

Nicetown Park I Street and Ramona Avenue Arrott St R7 Juniata Midvale Av STORMWATER project Overington Bridge St Fifth St Golf Course ! Marcus Foster Park ! Frankford ! Hunting Park Ninth St Delaware Ex ! Fox St Pool Sewer pipe storage innovation. Torresdale Av Fernhill Park Gambrell ! East FallsHenry Av Roosevelt Boulevard Ex Juniata Park Wilmot Playground Tacony St School House Rd Hedge & ! Lycoming St Hunting Park Ave Park Plum Playground Manayunk Rd R8 Piccoli Deni Playground Luzerne St Playground Playground Carmella Playground ! ! Hunting Park Ramp B Rd ! ! Margaret St ! Belmont Av Ridge Av Roberts Av Womrath Tioga Park ! Erie Av ! Frankford Valley Castor Av Playground

Delaware Ex ! Rising Sun Av ! Neill Dr ! R6 ! Lefevre St ! Seventeen St Broad Street Line Allegheny West ! St Asaphs Rd B St Allegheny Av ! ! ! Bala Av G St ! Bridesburg

City Av Sedgley Ave Rec Center ! Av City Ford Rd Front St Glen Wood Ave ! Harrowgate Kensington Ave Bridesburg ! ! 6th St Fairhill ! ! TACONY SUB-WATERSHED COPMLETED AND PLANNED PROJECTS ! ! Betsy Ross

Bridge Field r e Lehigh Av Aramingo Av v Somerset St i

29th St R Wynneﬁeld e r ! 22nd St ! a Belmont Av

R6 w a l e ! D Strawberry Mansion ! Richmond Dauphin St Richmond St Betsy Ross Bridge Ridge Av ! Hartranft ! !

3rd St

2nd St Ramp Rd Diamond St Susquehanna Ave !

! North Central

Dauphin St West Kensington Delaware Av Oxford Ave Cecil B Moore Av Ramp Rd Kelly Dr Norris St ! ! Kensington Brewerytown

Parkside Av R7, R8 R7, ! Oxford Ave

12th St Poplar Drive Girard Av Mill Creek Broad St ! Girard Av 34th St 15 R5, R6 Poplar St !

Fortieth St ! Twentysixth St Poplar Fishtown Mantua Twentyﬁfth St Fairmount Av !

Fairmount St Tenth

34 Th St 15th St

Eleventh St Ramp Rd R5, R6, R7, R8

31st St ! ! Spring Garden St

! ! Arch St R1, R2, R3 R2, R1, ! ! ! ! ! ! Market! St Thirtythird St Center City WestChestnut St ! 4rd St 23rd St ! ! ! Walnut St Seventh St 8th St University34th St City ! Center City East

! ! ! Locust St ! ! 3rd St ! Spruce St Ninth St

20th St ! ! ! Schuylkill Ex 19h St Pine Street ! Riverfront

! ! ! Bainbridge St South St Lombard St ! ! ! ! ! Schuylkill Southwest

! !

15th St

! 12th St

Grays Ferry Seventh St ! ! ! ! ! Bella Vista Point Breeze

! ! Roosevelt Bl Grays Ferry ! ! !

! !

! ! ! ! Roosevelt Bl ! ! Girard Estates

! South Philadelphia Pennsport !

! ! PATCO

! ! ! Roosevelt Bl !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Walt Whitman Bridge !

! ! ! ! !

! ! Packer Park !

! !

WARMINSTER

! !

HORSHAM

HATBORO

LOWER GWYNEDD ! ! !

AMBLER LOWER MORELAND

! ! UPPER DUBLIN UPPER MORELAND

R5 BRYN ATHYN !

Skippack Pk WHITPAIN Camp Hill Rd Walton Rd Pinetown Rd Sr 8031 Sh Highland Av

Virginia Dr Edge Hill Rd Terwood Rd Buck Rd

Old Arch St Penlyn Bluebell Pk ! ! !

Northeast Extension Walton Rd Ramp T Rd

Dreshertown Rd Edgehill Rd Twining Rd Township Line Rd East/west Turnpike !

Norristown Rd Old Arch Rd Arch Old Old Welsh Rd Lafayette Rd TTF WATERSHED BOUNDARY Camp Hill Rd EAST NORRITON

New Hope St Germantown Pk Pine Rd Camp Hill Rd Hill Camp Jenkintown Rd Susquehanna Rd ! Narcissa Rd ! LOWER MORELAND Philmont Av Belvoir Rd NORRISTOWN Plymouth Rd ! Militia Hill Rd Pennsylvania Av R2 Tyson Av ! Washington Ln Valley Green Rd ! ! Hickory Rd Red Lion Rd Militia Hill Rd Fort Washington Ex PLYMOUTH ! Easton Rd Somerton Moreland Rd ! ! Huntingdon Pk Johnson Rd The Fairway Valley Rd ! ! Weldon Highland Av R3 Plymouth Rd Moredon Rd

Mill Rd Belvoir Rd Belvoir Baeder Park ! SPRINGFIELD Edgehill Rd

Penbryth

! ! Ramp Rd Ramp Bethlehem Pk Park

Alburger Ave Fort Washington Ex Renninger West Av Haldeman Ave Chemical Rd Rec Area George A. Perley Hill Crest Bird Sanctuary JENKINTOWN ABINGTON Bustleton Ridge Pk

Edward Hicks Parry Krewstown Rd Curtis Welsh Rd Northwestern Ave Bird Sanctuary Cedar Rd Ramp Rd Arboretum Greenwood Av Ethel Jordan Cheltenham Av Park ROCKLEDGE 19 West Torresdale

Cegielkowski Harts Ln Harts Emanuel, Dorothy Park Playground Grant Av ! Stenton Av Wall Park Pine Rd Germantown Ave Rock Lane Elkins Park Park ! Chelten Hills Tacony Delaware Ex Ashbourne Rd ! Bustleton Av ! Cedarbrook ! CONSHOHOCKEN Chestnut! Hill Limekiln Pk Township Line Rd Barren Hill Rd Bells Mill Road Ivy-hill Rd Ogontz Park Verree Rd sub-watershed Hector St ! Seminole St CHELTENHAM High School Charles D. Conklin, Jr. Fox Chase ! ! Park Grant Av John Russell Rec Area Thouron Ave Easton Rd Park Burholme Park

Academy Rd ! ! LaMott Community Welsh Rd Academy Gardens Mt Pleasant Ave Center The Tacony sub-watershed stretches from Top: A trail meanders through a largely ! Cresheim Valley Rd ! Spring Lane Willow Grove Ave Mt Airy Av Rowland the Philadelphia/Cheltenham border to the unmanaged floodplain landscape in Tacony ! ! Finley Community Roosevelt Bl ! Playground West Oak Lane Tookany Center Willits Rd 19th St Juniata Golf Course. In much of this area, Creek Park. Neglected floodplains in this Coventry Park Creek Ashton Rd Park Central Av Rhawnhurst ! residents have little connection to the creek sub-watershed are being restored for Simons East Mount Airy Rec Center Oak Lane Rd and the problems it faces. Many waterways recreational use. Schuylkill Ex ! ! Adams Avenue Holme Av Hagys Mill Rd Desert Storm ! Mount Airy New Second St Rhawn St Broad St creek PROJECTPark onceAlgon Avran through these neighborhoods, but ! Playground Melrose Park Bottom Left: Much of the Tacony sub- Pleasant y Welsh Rd ! Stream P restoration.kw Linden Av Mermaid Ln Playground reek they have mostly been buried underground ! Lovett C R8 y Castor Av watershed consists of dense, residential n Park a in sewer pipes. The Tacony sub-watershed Front St k 66th Ave East Oak Lane o

Awbury Ogontz Ave o areas with little access to the creek. Restoring Schuylkill Ex Parkview Road T Frankford Av Septa Rec Center Cheltenham Av suffers from seriousCottman urban Av issues including Park Awbury Park access is a top priority. Thirtyeighth St Cliveden Arboretum ! Shawmont Ave large-scale illegal dumping, serious flooding, Park ! Morris Estate Sturgis Solly Ave Upsal St Henry Av Germantown Av Lonnie Young Rec Center Playground Mc Callum St ! Roxborough Rec Center and combined sewer overflows. While three Bottom right: Using the natural bowl shape

Allens Ln Lawncrest Oxford Av Mallery Rec. Center miles of Tacony Creek’s banks are surrounded of the landscape, this terraced rain garden Valley Ave Rec Center Godfrey Av Rowland Ave ! West Mount Airy Chelten Ave ! Tabor Rd by green spaces, these green spaces currently in Cliveden Park makes an event of rain PHILADELPHIA Ashburner St Waterview Chew Av Rec Center Olney ! Fisher Park suffer from misuse and illegal activities. storms. In warmer months, the three terraced Ogontz Rec Oxford Circle Mayfair Belﬁeld 2nd St Center Rowland Av Lincoln Dr Tarken Frankford Av ! Rec Center ! depressions are colonized with plants that Domino Lane Harper's Hollow Nedro Ave Rec. Center ! ! Park Myers, Max Holmesburg ! Washington Ln East Germantown Playground slow runoff from the street above. ! Morton Wissahickon Av Robbins St Tyson Av ! Wissahickon Park Playground Kemble Park ! creek ! Cherashore Rising Sun Av Whitaker Avenue Playground Greene St creek PROJECT ! Olney Av Olney Lawncrest Umbria St R7 Clarkson Park ! ! Ziehler Stream restoration. Torresdale Av Playground ! Hollow Rd Vernon Park Wister's Woods Shevcheno Park Tacony Park Creek Roosevelt Bl Levick St Princeton Av State Rd ! Wayne Av Adams Av Leverington St ! ! Park Wister Wakeﬁeld Playground ! Walnut Ln Park Fisher Ave

! Barrett HousemanSummerdale Ave ! Playground Howell Park Wister St ! Playground Longshore Ave ! Logan ! Germantown R1, R2, R3, R5, R8 ! Oxford Av

Orthodox St State Rd Nicetown Park Arrott St R7

Delaware Ex ! Rising Sun Av ! Neill Dr ! R6 ! Lefevre St ! Seventeen St Broad Street Line Allegheny West ! St Asaphs Rd B St Allegheny Av ! ! ! Bala Av G St ! Bridesburg

City Av Sedgley Ave Rec Center City Av City N ! Ford Rd Front St Glen Wood Ave ! Harrowgate Kensington Ave Bridesburg ! ! 6th St Fairhill ! ! ! ! Betsy Ross

Bridge Field r e Lehigh Av Aramingo Av v Somerset St i

29th St R Wynneﬁeld e r ! 22nd St ! a Belmont Av

R6 w a l e ! D Strawberry Mansion ! Richmond Dauphin St Richmond St Betsy Ross Bridge Ridge Av ! Hartranft ! !

3rd St

2nd St Ramp Rd Diamond St Susquehanna Ave !

! North Central

Dauphin St West Kensington Delaware Av Oxford Ave Cecil B Moore Av Ramp Rd Kelly Dr Norris St ! ! Kensington Brewerytown

Parkside Av R7, R8 R7, ! Oxford Ave

12th St Poplar Drive Girard Av Mill Creek Broad St ! Girard Av 34th St 15 R5, R6 Poplar St !

Fortieth St ! Twentysixth St Poplar Fishtown Mantua Twentyﬁfth St Fairmount Av !

Fairmount St Tenth

34 Th St 15th St

Eleventh St Ramp Rd R5, R6, R7, R8

31st St ! ! Spring Garden St

! ! Arch St R1, R2, R3 R2, R1, ! ! ! ! ! ! Market! St Thirtythird St Center City WestChestnut St ! 4rd St 23rd St ! ! ! Walnut St Seventh St 8th St University34th St City ! Center City East

! ! ! Locust St ! ! 3rd St ! Spruce St Ninth St

20th St ! ! ! Schuylkill Ex 19h St Pine Street ! Riverfront

! ! ! Bainbridge St South St Lombard St ! ! ! ! ! Schuylkill Southwest

! !

15th St

! 12th St

Grays Ferry Seventh St ! ! ! ! ! Bella Vista Point Breeze

! ! Roosevelt Bl Grays Ferry ! ! !

! !

! ! ! ! Roosevelt Bl ! ! Girard Estates

! South Philadelphia Pennsport !

! ! PATCO

! ! ! Roosevelt Bl !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Walt Whitman Bridge !

! ! ! ! !

! ! Packer Park !

! !

! 20

MARTIN LUTHER KING HIGH SCHOOL EXISTING

Stormwater Green Roofs Wetlands

Pervious Parking

MARTIN LUTHER KING HIGH SCHOOL FUTURE POTENTIAL 21

Implementing watershed improvement projects on school properties provides stormwater management and hands-on environmental education simultaneously. Students can participate in the installation of stormwater management features, and study their benefits over time.

Environmental Rain Garden Education

Corner Bumpouts

Street Trees

Pervious Alley !

WARMINSTER

! !

HORSHAM

HATBORO

LOWER GWYNEDD ! ! !

AMBLER LOWER MORELAND

! ! UPPER DUBLIN UPPER MORELAND

R5 BRYN ATHYN !

Skippack Pk WHITPAIN Camp Hill Rd Walton Rd Pinetown Rd Sr 8031 Sh Highland Av

Virginia Dr Edge Hill Rd Terwood Rd Buck Rd

Old Arch St Penlyn Bluebell Pk ! ! !

Northeast Extension Walton Rd Ramp T Rd

Dreshertown Rd Edgehill Rd Twining Rd Township Line Rd East/west Turnpike !

Norristown Rd Old Arch Rd Arch Old Old Welsh Rd Lafayette Rd TTF WATERSHED BOUNDARY Camp Hill Rd EAST NORRITON

New Hope St Germantown Pk Pine Rd Camp Hill Rd Hill Camp Jenkintown Rd Susquehanna Rd ! Narcissa Rd ! LOWER MORELAND Philmont Av Belvoir Rd NORRISTOWN Plymouth Rd ! Militia Hill Rd Pennsylvania Av R2 Tyson Av ! Washington Ln Valley Green Rd ! ! Hickory Rd Red Lion Rd Militia Hill Rd Fort Washington Ex PLYMOUTH ! Easton Rd Somerton Moreland Rd ! ! Huntingdon Pk Johnson Rd The Fairway Valley Rd ! ! Weldon Highland Av R3 Plymouth Rd Moredon Rd

Mill Rd Belvoir Rd Belvoir Baeder Park ! SPRINGFIELD Edgehill Rd

Penbryth

! ! Ramp Rd Ramp Bethlehem Pk Park

Alburger Ave Fort Washington Ex Renninger West Av Haldeman Ave Chemical Rd Rec Area George A. Perley Hill Crest Bird Sanctuary JENKINTOWN ABINGTON Bustleton Ridge Pk

Edward Hicks Parry Krewstown Rd Curtis Welsh Rd Northwestern Ave Bird Sanctuary Cedar Rd Ramp Rd Arboretum Greenwood Av Ethel Jordan Cheltenham Av Park ROCKLEDGE West Torresdale

Cegielkowski Harts Ln Harts Emanuel, Dorothy Park Playground Grant Av ! Stenton Av Wall Park Pine Rd Germantown Ave Rock Lane Elkins Park Park ! Chelten Hills Delaware Ex Ashbourne Rd ! Bustleton Av ! Cedarbrook ! CONSHOHOCKEN Chestnut! Hill Limekiln Pk Township Line Rd Barren Hill Rd Bells Mill Road Ivy-hill Rd Ogontz Park Verree Rd Hector St ! Seminole St CHELTENHAM High School Charles D. Conklin, Jr. Fox Chase ! ! Park Grant Av John Russell Rec Area Thouron Ave Easton Rd Park Burholme Park

! Barrett HousemanSummerdale Ave Womrath Park ! Playground Howell Park Wister St ! Playground Longshore Ave ! Logan ! stormwater PROJECT Germantown R1, R2, R3, R5, R8 ! StormwaterOxford Av management features. Walnut Ln Belﬁeld Av Mc Ilvain Wissinoming Roosevelt Bl Levick St Green Lane Playground Loudoun Playground ! ! Northwood Robbins St Park Stenton Whitaker Av ! Windrim Ave ! Wyoming Av Park ! Happy Hollow Park

Orthodox St State Rd Nicetown Park Arrott St R7 Bureau of Laboratory Services Juniata Midvale Av Overington Bridge St Fifth St Golf Course ! Marcus Foster stormwater project Park ! Frankford ! Hunting Park Ninth St Delaware Ex ! Fox St Pool Torresdale Av Fernhill Park Stormwater retention meadow. Gambrell ! East FallsHenry Av Roosevelt Boulevard Ex Juniata Park Wilmot Playground Tacony St School House Rd Hedge & ! Lycoming St Hunting Park Ave Park Plum Playground Manayunk Rd R8 Piccoli Deni Playground Luzerne St Playground Playground Carmella Playground ! ! Hunting Park Ramp B Rd ! ! Margaret St ! Belmont Av Ridge Av Roberts Av Womrath Tioga Park ! Erie Av ! Frankford Valley Castor Av Playground

Delaware Ex ! Rising Sun Av ! Neill Dr ! R6 ! Lefevre St ! Seventeen St Broad Street Line Allegheny West ! St Asaphs Rd B St Allegheny Av ! ! ! Bala Av G St ! Bridesburg

City Av Sedgley Ave Rec Center ! Av City Ford Rd Front St Glen Wood Ave ! Harrowgate Kensington Ave Bridesburg ! ! 6th St Fairhill ! ! Frankford Creek Greenway ! Betsy Ross ! recreation PROJECT Bridge Field r e Lehigh Av Aramingo Av v SomersetNew trail St connecting to East Coast Greenway. i 29th St R Wynneﬁeld e r ! 22nd St ! a Belmont Av

R6 w a l e ! D Strawberry Mansion ! Richmond Dauphin St Richmond St Betsy Ross Bridge Ridge Av ! Hartranft ! !

3rd St

2nd St Ramp Rd Diamond St Susquehanna Ave !

! North Central

Dauphin St

West Kensington East Coast Greenway Connections Delaware Av Oxford Ave Cecil B Moore Av Ramp Rd Kelly Dr Norris St recreation PROJECT ! ! Kensington Brewerytown

Parkside Av National, regional and local trails. R7, R8 R7, ! Oxford Ave

12th St Poplar Drive Girard Av Mill Creek Broad St ! Girard Av 34th St 15 R5, R6 Poplar St !

Fortieth St ! Twentysixth St Poplar Fishtown Mantua Twentyﬁfth St Fairmount Av !

Fairmount St Tenth

34 Th St 15th St

Eleventh St Ramp Rd R5, R6, R7, R8

31st St FRANKFORD SUB-WATERSHED COPMLETED AND PLANNED PROJECTS ! ! Spring Garden St

! ! Arch St R1, R2, R3 R2, R1, ! ! ! ! ! ! Market! St Thirtythird St Center City WestChestnut St ! 4rd St 23rd St ! ! ! Walnut St Seventh St 8th St University34th St City ! Center City East

! ! ! Locust St ! ! 3rd St ! Spruce St Ninth St

20th St ! ! ! Schuylkill Ex 19h St Pine Street ! Riverfront

! ! ! Bainbridge St South St Lombard St ! ! ! ! ! Schuylkill Southwest

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15th St

! 12th St

Grays Ferry Seventh St ! ! ! ! ! Bella Vista Point Breeze

! ! Roosevelt Bl Grays Ferry ! ! !

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! ! ! ! Roosevelt Bl ! ! Girard Estates

! South Philadelphia Pennsport !

! ! PATCO

! ! ! Roosevelt Bl !

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Walt Whitman Bridge !

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! ! Packer Park !

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WARMINSTER

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HORSHAM

HATBORO

LOWER GWYNEDD ! ! !

AMBLER LOWER MORELAND

! ! UPPER DUBLIN UPPER MORELAND

R5 BRYN ATHYN !

Skippack Pk WHITPAIN Camp Hill Rd Walton Rd Pinetown Rd Sr 8031 Sh Highland Av

Virginia Dr Edge Hill Rd Terwood Rd Buck Rd

Old Arch St Penlyn Bluebell Pk ! ! !

Northeast Extension Walton Rd Ramp T Rd

Dreshertown Rd Edgehill Rd Twining Rd Township Line Rd East/west Turnpike !

Norristown Rd Old Arch Rd Arch Old Old Welsh Rd Lafayette Rd TTF WATERSHED BOUNDARY Camp Hill Rd EAST NORRITON

New Hope St Germantown Pk Pine Rd Camp Hill Rd Hill Camp Jenkintown Rd Susquehanna Rd ! Narcissa Rd ! LOWER MORELAND Philmont Av Belvoir Rd NORRISTOWN Plymouth Rd ! Militia Hill Rd Pennsylvania Av R2 Tyson Av ! Washington Ln Valley Green Rd ! ! Hickory Rd Red Lion Rd Militia Hill Rd Fort Washington Ex PLYMOUTH ! Easton Rd Somerton Moreland Rd ! ! Huntingdon Pk Johnson Rd The Fairway Valley Rd ! ! Weldon Highland Av R3 Plymouth Rd Moredon Rd

Mill Rd Belvoir Rd Belvoir Baeder Park ! SPRINGFIELD Edgehill Rd

Penbryth

! ! Ramp Rd Ramp Bethlehem Pk Park

Alburger Ave Fort Washington Ex Renninger West Av Haldeman Ave Chemical Rd Rec Area George A. Perley Hill Crest Bird Sanctuary JENKINTOWN ABINGTON Bustleton Ridge Pk

Edward Hicks Parry Krewstown Rd Curtis Welsh Rd Northwestern Ave Bird Sanctuary Cedar Rd Ramp Rd Arboretum Greenwood Av Ethel Jordan Cheltenham Av Park ROCKLEDGE West Torresdale

Cegielkowski Harts Ln Harts Emanuel, Dorothy Park Playground Grant Av ! Stenton Av Wall Park Pine Rd Germantown Ave Rock Lane Elkins Park Park ! Chelten Hills Delaware Ex Ashbourne Rd ! Bustleton Av ! Cedarbrook ! CONSHOHOCKEN Chestnut! Hill Limekiln Pk Township Line Rd Barren Hill Rd Bells Mill Road Ivy-hill Rd Ogontz Park Verree Rd Hector St ! Seminole St CHELTENHAM High School Charles D. Conklin, Jr. Fox Chase ! ! Park Grant Av John Russell Rec Area Thouron Ave Easton Rd Park Burholme Park

Allens Ln Lawncrest Oxford Av Mallery Rec. Center Valley Ave Rec Center Godfrey Av Rowland Ave ! West Mount Airy Chelten Ave ! PHILADELPHIA Tabor Rd Waterview Ashburner St Chew Av Olney ! Rec Center Fisher Park Ogontz Rec Oxford Circle Mayfair 2nd St Frankford Belfield Center Rowland Av Lincoln Dr Tarken Frankford Av Rec Center ! ! Domino Lane Harper's Hollow Nedro Ave Rec. Center ! ! Park Myers, Max Holmesburg ! Washington Ln East Germantown Playground ! Morton Wissahickon Av sub-watershed Robbins St Tyson Av ! Wissahickon Park Playground Kemble Park ! ! Cherashore Rising Sun Av Playground Greene St ! Olney Av Olney Lawncrest Umbria St R7 Clarkson Park ! ! Ziehler Torresdale Av Playground ! Hollow Rd Vernon Park Wister's Woods Shevcheno Park Tacony Park Creek Roosevelt Bl Levick St Princeton Av State Rd ! Wayne Av Adams Av Leverington St ! ! Park Wister Wakefield The Frankford sub-watershed, which Top left: Frankford Creek’s—and the ! Walnut Ln Playground Fisher Ave Park stretches from the Juniata Golf Course to the watershed’s—confluence with the Delaware ! Barrett HousemanSummerdale Ave ! Playground Howell Park Wister St ! Playground Longshore Ave ! Logan ! Delaware River near the Betsy Ross Bridge, River. The fully channelized creek passes Germantown R1, R2, R3, R5, R8 ! Oxford Av is surrounded by dense, urban development. through a large, industrial area before Walnut Ln Belfield Av Mc Ilvain Wissinoming Roosevelt Bl Levick St Green Lane Playground Much of the Frankford Creek is channelized, emptying into the Delaware River just south Loudoun Playground ! ! Northwood Robbins St Park Stenton Whitaker Av ! Windrim Ave ! Wyoming Av Park and acres of impervious services—including of the Betsy Ross Bridge. ! Happy Hollow Park

Harbison Av ! Manheim St Schuylkill Ex Rec Center Feltonville Tacony Thirtythird St Shurs Lane Ramona Ave Simpson ! Rec Center large industrial buildings—lead to stormwater LOWER MERION MainManayunk Street Wyoming Av Playground Lincoln Dr Kay Park ! Top right: Current land uses around the creek

Orthodox St State Rd Arrott St R7 runoff and industrial pollution. In addition, Nicetown Park range from light industry to dense residential Juniata much of the Frankford Creek is completely Midvale Av Overington Bridge St Fifth St Golf Course ! Marcus Foster Park ! Frankford to scrubby fields. Permeable landscapes here ! Hunting Park Ninth St Delaware Ex ! Fox St Pool Torresdale Av inaccessible to residents. Fernhill Park Gambrell ! could provide much-needed open space for East FallsHenry Av Roosevelt Boulevard Ex Juniata Park Wilmot Playground Tacony St School House Rd Hedge & ! Lycoming St Hunting Park Ave Park Plum Playground the community while helping to restore the Manayunk Rd R8 Piccoli Deni Playground Luzerne St Playground Playground Carmella Playground ! watershed. ! Hunting Park Ramp B Rd ! ! Margaret St ! Belmont Av Ridge Av Roberts Av Womrath Bottom: Where it is not fully channelized Tioga Park ! Erie Av ! Frankford Valley Castor Av with concrete walls, Frankford Creek is Playground

Delaware Ex ! Rising Sun Av characterized by wide, shallow waters and ! Neill Dr ! R6 ! Lefevre St ! severely degraded creek banks, due to the Seventeen St Broad Street Line Allegheny West ! St Asaphs Rd B St Allegheny Av ! ! erosive forces of floodwaters from further ! Bala Av G St ! Bridesburg

City Av Sedgley Ave Rec Center upstream. ! Av City Ford Rd Front St Glen Wood Ave ! Harrowgate Kensington Ave Bridesburg ! ! 6th St Fairhill ! ! ! ! Betsy Ross

Bridge Field r e Lehigh Av Aramingo Av v Somerset St i

29th St R Wynneﬁeld e r ! 22nd St ! a Belmont Av

R6 w a l e ! D Strawberry Mansion ! Richmond Dauphin St Richmond St Betsy Ross Bridge Ridge Av ! Hartranft ! !

3rd St

2nd St Ramp Rd Diamond St Susquehanna Ave !

! North Central

Dauphin St West Kensington Delaware Av Oxford Ave Cecil B Moore Av Ramp Rd Kelly Dr Norris St ! ! Kensington Brewerytown

Parkside Av R7, R8 R7, ! Oxford Ave

12th St Poplar Drive Girard Av Mill Creek Broad St ! Girard Av 34th St 15 R5, R6 Poplar St !

Fortieth St ! Twentysixth St Poplar Fishtown Mantua Twentyﬁfth St Fairmount Av ! N

Fairmount St Tenth

34 Th St 15th St

Eleventh St Ramp Rd R5, R6, R7, R8

31st St ! ! Spring Garden St

! ! Arch St R1, R2, R3 R2, R1, ! ! ! ! ! ! Market! St Thirtythird St Center City WestChestnut St ! 4rd St 23rd St ! ! ! Walnut St Seventh St 8th St University34th St City ! Center City East

! ! ! Locust St ! ! 3rd St ! Spruce St Ninth St

20th St ! ! ! Schuylkill Ex 19h St Pine Street ! Riverfront

! ! ! Bainbridge St South St Lombard St ! ! ! ! ! Schuylkill Southwest

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15th St

! 12th St

Grays Ferry Seventh St ! ! ! ! ! Bella Vista Point Breeze

! ! Roosevelt Bl Grays Ferry ! ! !

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FRANKFORD CREEK AT KENSINGTON AVE EXISTING

Reuse of Vacant Buildings

Parks with Stormwater Management Features

Creek View Corridors and Access

Green Streets

FRANKFORD CREEK AT KENSINGTON AVE FUTURE POTENTIAL 25

Even in places where creeks have been channelized, Street Trees stormwater improvement projects can make a Additional tremendous difference. Open Space Permeability-boosting enhancements to the surrounding areas— like parks, green roofs, pervious paving, and creekside greenways— provide much-needed green Greenway spaces for the community. with Trail

Riparian Restoration where possible Reuse of Underutilized Land 26 27

An Evolution in Partnerships

Join the TTF Watershed Partnership in transforming For more information or to get involved, please visit the TTF the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed into an Watershed Partnership website at ideal place for creekside recreation, inspiration, and www.ttfwatershed.org or call 215.208.1613. community connection. R D W N K F O A T E R R A S H - F E D Y P N A O R C T N A T E

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One Awbury Road Philadelphia, PA 19138 215.208.1613 TOOKANY/ TACONY-FRANKFORD [email protected] PARTNERSHIP, INC. www.ttfwatershed.org