A short rail trail called Northwest Corridor Linear Park occupies 0.26 miles (0.42 km) of urban green space between Harrisburg Avenue and Lemon Street.

Prince Street connects Lancaster to Manheim, a nearby suburban township with significant commercial and industrial development.

The Redevelopment Authority of Lancaster County planned the large-scale urban renewal of the Northwest Corridor for $75-million starting with the building of Clipper Magazine Stadium in 2003.

[3] Lancaster General Health and Franklin & Marshall College followed with their own massive building projects, expanding their campuses northward.

Franklin & Marshall acquired the property once occupied by Armstrong World Industries, a landfill, and a decommissioned rail yard.