Tag: Nature in the City
Wetlands and WetLand in the city
January 19, 2015By Christina Catanese, Director of Environmental Art
Often, when I fly into Philadelphia International Airport, I imagine what a bird’s eye view of the area must have looked like back before Philadelphia became the bustling metropolis it is today. If I squint just the right way, I can almost see how the flat expanse of skyscrapers and rowhomes transforms to green, how South Philly and even the airport itself melt into the freshwater tidal wetlands that were once in their place (the last remnant of which is still visible at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge). (more…)
Introducing Nature in the City
January 8, 2015By Anna Lehr Mueser, Public Relations Manager
When I stepped outside yesterday the morning air was chilly and damp, the sky overcast. A bus rumbled by me and pulled up to the corner, as I walked by I heard the announcer call out the stop and route number, and listened to my shoes make soft thumping sounds on the pavement. All around me stood buildings, some only a few stories tall, others much larger. Everywhere I looked, I saw concrete, glass, steel, and plastic. But there is more here, in the city, in Philadelphia.
When I look closer, I see…
