Before the wooden boardwalk and lounge-style swings transformed a strip of the old Reading Viaduct into the Rail Park, videographer Cory Popp was already a fan of the Callowhill public space.

“I’ve been a frequent explorer of the Rail Park (the viaduct as we called it back then) since 2010 when I fell in love with it after my first visit,” Popp said. “I’ve always had this obsession with finding beautiful places hidden in plain sight and the Rail Park was perfect for that.”

On Thursday, as Phase 1 of the Rail Park officially opened up to the the public, Popp was there — drone and steadycam in hand — to capture the rebirth of the elevated park on a beautiful, sunny day.

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