It's all part of Cooper's Ferry's long-range plan to leverage asmuch as $500 million in new development on the Camden waterfrontover the next decade. Already in place are the aquarium and OnePort Center, an office building and various recreational venues. Inthe works besides an entertainment complex that Steiner woulddevelop next to the aquarium are an arena, parks, marina facilitiesand a visitor center for the battleship New Jersey. The latter iscurrently undergoing a refitting in a nearby shipyard. Cooper'sFerry is also said to be negotiating with a Pennsylvania developerto convert the RCA Nipper Building into a residential property. Ifthe sale proceeds, the non-profit New Jersey Academy for AquaticSciences is expected to retain the management contract for theaquarium.

The New Jersey State Aquarium is adjacent to the CamdenChildren's Garden at 1 Riverside Drive here. It's home to 4,000fish and aquatic animals. In the county across the Delaware Riverfrom Philadelphia, a community left behind by the economic successof other areas in America, this has been a crowning jewel. It hasdrawn residents of South Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware andtourists alike to shows, presentations and exhibitions featuringmarine biology education and entertainment. The aquarium isaccessible from Philadelphia from the city's major waterfrontrecreational area, Penn's Landing, by ferry.