Spruce Street Harbor Park

This guide to Spruce Street Harbor Park in Philadelphia starts behind a chain link fence, describing the cracked, ignored marina basin the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation gambled on in 2014 by covering the water in floating gardens and mooring barges where visitors could sleep in hammocks over the current. It follows how planners expected a hundred thousand visitors over two summer months, and what actually showed up instead. You'll also hear from Emma Fried Cassorla, who helped run the park, on why making the waterfront accessible mattered to her more than any single number.