Transit Villages                     Land and Dream C       An idea for Ferry Ave. Station


Ferry Ave PATCO Station    Back To PATCO Main Line

wpe46860.gif (242093 bytes)View of cemetery where Walt Whitman is buried from PATCO train platform.

wpe87893.gif (388029 bytes)Walt Whitman's Tomb across the street.

wpe34127.gif (172519 bytes) View of Ferry Ave. High Speed Line Station from Whitmans Grave.

The PATCO HIGH SPEED LINE, despite the impression the surrounding area may give, is a very clean, well run modern commuter rail link.

 wpe07555.gif (279293 bytes)View of dilapidated buildings looking south, opposite Harleigh cemetery. 
                            ( Opposite side of platform from Walt Whitman's grave.)

 wpe55351.gif (277228 bytes)Looking East. Notice open areas available for development. Next stop:
                            Collingswood, just around the bend, one minute away across bridge. Traditional and charming "walkable" small town America.

Building on edge of Ferry Ave. PATCO parking lot awaiting an owner and TLC.

wpe26750.gif (287355 bytes)    Abandoned buildings, one block east of Ferry Ave Station. Any development can be safely enclosed and controlled, with a modern commuter line running right through the middle, ten minutes in either direction of the highest purchasing and commercial centers of the fifth largest market in America.

    wpe29484.gif (241512 bytes) Abandoned properties a few yards south of FERRY AVE PATCO parking lot, west side of line. Notice fence on left separating elevated tracks from street.

    wpe07480.gif (197722 bytes)Another abandoned property at west end of FERRY AVE PATCO parking lot.

wpe17590.gif (210732 bytes) Empty building at edge of parking lot as seen from platform.

    

wpe00756.gif (195125 bytes)    wpe64928.gif (219550 bytes)    Ferry Ave. PATCO HIGH SPEED LINE parking Lot

To really appreciate the location assets of PATCO's Ferry Ave. Station, you must take a look at the surrounding areas. Visit the link titled "PATCO Main Line" at top of page and take a tour of the neighborhoods surrounding PATCO's stations. The entire run is approximately 19 minutes from one end to the other, and Camden lies smack dab in the middle, with the country's lowest urban land prices while in the midst of a dynamic urban renewal.