Update: Boathouse Row lights were upgraded and relit Saturday, July 23. Lights are in red, white and blue for the Democratic National Convention through Friday July 29. The Joanna McNeil Trust made a donation for the lighting installation.
Boathouse Row will shine brighter this year.
The 19th-century illuminated boathouses along the Schuylkill River have become a popular destination, but the last time the lights were replaced was back in 2005.
Now there are plans to replace all the lights on Boathouse Row before the end of July.
"We have every intention to get it done before the Democratic National Convention," Barry Bessler, chief of staff of the parks and facilities division of the city's Parks and Recreation Department, told the Philadelphia Business Journal.
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