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Join PHS Young Friends on Wednesday, August 15, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm for a tour of the green roof at the PECO building at 2301 Market Street in Philadelphia. Spanning more than 45,000 square feet, the PECO green roof features an observation deck and stunning views of downtown Philadelphia. The rooftop garden, on the top […]
In December 2008, PECO teamed up with PHS to install a green roof at its headquarters building in Philadelphia. The rooftop garden, on the top of an eight-story section of the building at 2013 Market Street, holds growing media of up to eight inches thick, and the vegetative covering reduces rainwater runoff by up to […]
PHS Young Friends, and anyone interested in joining their ranks, are invited to tour the PECO Green Roof and Pops Up Garden on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The tour begins at the PECO building (Market Street between 23rd & 24th streets) at 5:30 pm. The fee is $5 for PHS Members and $10 for non-members. […]
March 31, 2011 by Kirsten K.
Imagine 45,000 square feet of vegetative space, including three inches of soil and layers of native grasses and plants that absorb and detain rain water. Now imagine that space several stories in the air, on a Center City rooftop. In 2009, PECO completed the largest green roof ever installed on an existing urban building in […]
December 28, 2010 by betsyjane6
For those of you who haven’t had the chance to take a tour of the green roof at PECO’s downtown headquarters, you are in luck. PHS’s Margaret Funderburg took these photos recently during the fall clean-up, and they show just how beautiful it is up there. Tours of the green roof will resume in spring 2011. […]
If you haven’t been to the PECO green roof yet, don’t let the opportunity pass you by. There are only three more tours in 2010, and they tend to sell out. The dates are August 17, September 21, and October 19—all Tuesdays—and the tours run from 5 to 6 pm. Registration is required, so reserve […]
August 9, 2012 by Barb
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