Pope Park (Hartford, Connecticut)
Pope Park is a public park in Hartford, Connecticut.[1]
Description and history
Land for the park was donated to the city in 1895 by Colonel Albert Augustus Pope for use by his employees and city residents.[2] Pope was the founder of Pope Manufacturing Company, which built automobiles and bicycles, including the Columbia bicycle. The park was landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers design firm in 1898. In its original form, the park consisted of 90.5 acres (36.6 ha) laid out in three sections. Today it still contains its original pond and grass lawns.
The Olmsted Brothers completed the park in 1903, which was the year of Frederick Law Olmstead's death; his son and nephew completed the work.[3] The Olmsteds conceived Pope Park as part of a system of seven parks to be built as a ring around the perimeter of Hartford.[3] Other parks in this system included Goodwin Park, Keney Park, Riverside Park, and Colt Park.[3]
Interstate 84 was built through Pope Park in 1969, cutting off Pope Park West from the Lower Mead.[3]
In 2002, a new Master Plan was commissioned by the Friends of Pope Park; most of this work was completed by 2009.[3] Pope Park Drive, which had bisected the Hollowmead, was removed, and paths were resurfaced and redesigned.[3]
In 2016, Pope Park was to undergo a major cleanup to remove litter, waste and overgrown vegetation.[4]
References
- ^ Two web sites for the park. https://popepark.org/ https://www.hartfordct.gov/Government/Departments/Public-Works/Parks-Directory/Pope-Park
- ^ "Carol R. Johnson Associates". CRJA. Archived from the original on June 18, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Kate Benisek, Brian Markey, and Aran Wiener (Winter 2009), Restoring a Balance: Re-Envisioning Pope Park's Lower Mead and the South Branch of the Park River, Conway School of Landscape Design, retrieved 7 March 2024
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Craig, Anne (22 January 2016). "Major Pope Park Cleanup Underway in Hartford". WTNH. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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