What was once a parking lot is now a tree-lined, grassy gateway to the $3.5 billion master-planned development known as Schuylkill Yards.
In June, Drexel and its development partner Brandywine Realty Trust celebrated the opening of Drexel Square — a new 1.3-acre community park across the street from 30th Street Station on the corner of 30th and Market streets.
The square is the first completed project of the Schuylkill Yards plan and is the first of several public green spaces that will eventually comprise 6.5-acres of the 14-acre Schuylkill Yards neighborhood. These green spaces will connect 6.9 million square feet of workplace and lifestyle environments being master developed by Brandywine Realty Trust on Drexel land.
Adjacent to Drexel Square is the Bulletin Building, which is being redeveloped by Brandywine in partnership with Philadelphia-based architecture firm Kiernan Timberlake. Together with Drexel Square, the $43.3 million re-imagination of the Bulletin Building will serve as the centerpiece of Schuylkill Yards.