The West Philadelphia Landscape ProjectThe West Philadelphia Landscape Project has worked with the community for over twenty-five years to restore nature and rebuild the neighborhood through design, strategic planning and educational projects. They have worked in the Mill Creek neighborhood since 1987 and use their experiences to demonstrate how the human population can live healthier, more economical lives. The goal of the project is to make the Philadelphia community more sustainable, with the proposal to manage the Mill Creek area in a way that improves local water quality. The project uses landscape education as a way to preserve the environment and develop community relationships. Over the twenty-five years of the project's existence, hundreds of citizens, students and even government officials have participated in the project in an effort to restore the environment and make the community more sustainable.Since 1987 In 1991, the West Philadelphia Landscape Project was part of a collective landscape plan that was established as a "greening" project for the West Philadelphia community. A large team of Philadelphia University faculty and students developed a database using digital maps of area neighborhoods and designed proposals that would allow the project to reuse vacant land in the Mill area Creek. They used the maps they created to design and strategically place organic gardens all around the Mill Creek neighborhood. These gardens helped replace vacant landscapes with lush, vibrant flowers. Others used the lots as a way to create community organic gardens, which allowed community residents to come and pick fresh produce for free. In the end......middle of log......conditions arose due to decades of poor urban planning. In the early 19th century, Mill Creek was converted to a sewer system, which has since caused problems for the community. The resulting damage includes sinkholes and structural damage to buildings around the neighborhood. In the late 20th century, due to unethical lending practices and urban renewal projects, the Mill Creek community was filled with vacant and unused land. The West Philadelphia Landscape Project has built relationships with the Mill Creek community and forged a partnership with community leaders to make Mill Creek a more sustainable living environment for all. Since the projects began in 1987, they have built numerous gardens and cleaned up the area. They will continue this legacy for a better future and a fully sustainable urban environment...