PlanPhilly: Planning Philadelphia's Future

Schuylkill River Park Alliance will sponsor a walking guided tour of the tidal Schuylkill River area of Art In The Open Philadelphia. The tour will be narrated by the nationally renowned trail architect and historian Robert Thomas of Campbell Thomas & Co. The tour will begin at 5:30 on Thursday June 10, 2010, and last approximately 1.5 hours.  There is no charge.

Please assemble prior to 5.30pm at the main information desk in the center of Amtrak 30th Street Station, leaving at 5.30pm. We'll walk north on the Westbank Greenway, across the Spring Garden Street Bridge, and then back along the Tidal Schuylkill River Trail to the area around Market-Chestnut-Walnut Streets.

Double your tour:

By special arrangement, participants in this walking tour can add the "Secrets of the Schuylkill" boat tour at a discount price that same evening at 7 :00 PM. The boat leaves from from the Schuylkill RiverTrail Walnut Street dock near the end of the walking tour. For only $15.00 (plus $2.50 service charge) a regular $20.00 value, the tour continues on the river, but without Robert Thomas as your guide. Use the form at: "Secret of the Schuylkill" ticket sales and use promotional code: BTSB at check out, to add the boat tour.