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September 2009 Trinity College Volunteers Help Clean up Park May 2009 New Sculpture Installed in Pope Park A
wonderful new sculpture for Hartford was installed
Friday, May 15, in Pope Park thanks to a creative partnership among the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the
Friends of Pope Park, and the Pope Hartford Designated Fund.
The
kinetic sculpture designed by well known sculptor Tim Prentice is designed to
celebrate the work of Colonel Albert Pope who donated Pope Park to the city as a
place for his employees in 1895. November 2008 Pope Park Master Plan Improvements Underway in Historic Hollowmead Area Pope Park Memories Sought Do you or someone in your family gave a special memory of Hartford's Pope Park? The Pope Hartford Designated Fund and the Friends of Pope Park are encouraging the public to submit stories or photos for viewing on the Pope Park website. For more information click here
September 2007 A perfect summer day full of color, added to enthusiasm at the
community celebration for the completion of Phase Two of the Master Plan
on Saturday, September 8, 2007. A key component of the plan was the
removal of Pope Park Drive and the bringing together of the park for the
first time in over 90 years. The
road removal, a new courtyard to the park’s recreation center, and
major pedestrian and parking improvements were funded by the city of
Hartford and by a $270,000 capital grant from the Hartford Foundation
for Public Giving. The Pope Hartford Designated Fund is the nonprofit entity
responsible for the overall campaign to restore the Park. The event was
sponsored by the Friends of Pope Park, the Pope Hartford Designated
Fund, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the Greater Hartford
Arts Council and the City of Hartford. Below: A ribbon-cutting ceremony inaugurates the opening of the new
courtyard. Shown left to right are: Sandy Parisky, The Parisky Group;
Nick Carbone, Pope Hartford Designated Fund; Jeff Thereault and Steve
O’Neil, Vanasse, Hangen Brustlin, Inc.; Tony Matta, City of Hartford;
Jim Boucher, Hartford Court of Common Council; Pam Shadley of Shadley
Associates, Inc.; Nancy Macy, President, Pope Hartford Designated Fund;
Eddie Perez, Mayor, City of Hartford; Gary Stoddard. President, Friends
of Pope Park; Lewis Robinson, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving;
Robert Painter, Hartford Court of Common Council and Chair of the Public
Works and Environment Committee; Lucy Fuentes, Friends of Pope Park;
Katherine Pharibe Hannan, a member of the Pope Family and her daughter,
Parley Hannan. Photo by Phil Fortune, Fortune Works.
For more photos click
here October
2006 Plans
to revitalize Pope Park
took a major step forward this month with the receipt of a $270,000
capital grant from Hartford Foundation
for Public Giving. The funding will be used to construct a courtyard for
the Pope Park Recreation Center. This
grant enables the implementation of Phase II of the Pope Park Master
Plan, the signature
component of the $13.6 million initiative. Phase
II includes
the removal of Pope Park Drive to reclaim the original park land as
conceived by the park’s designers, the Olmsted Brothers, over a
century ago. It also includes construction of a new parking lot to serve
the Recreation
“ Removal of Pope Park Drive has begun and will continue as weather permits, with completion of Phase II projected for June 2007. Pope Park Drive is closed to through traffic at the intersection of Park Street. Visitors to the Recreation Center will be able to access the facility from the Park Terrace entrance at the south end of the park. Courtyard
illustration courtesy of Shadley Associates, Landscape Architects. To
see an illustration of the entire plan for Phase II, click here. June
2006 Rain showers did not dampen the community celebration for the completion of Phase One of the Master Plan on Saturday, June 17, 2006. The $550,000 first phase consisted of a new entryway to the park, 2400 linear feet of new pedestrian pathways that also include handicapped access, benches and more than 200 shrubs and trees. The event was sponsored by the Friends of Pope Park, the Pope Hartford Designated Fund and the City of Hartford. Below: A ribbon-cutting ceremony inaugurates the opening of the new pathway system. Shown left to right are: Katherine Pharibe Hannan, a member of the Pope Family; Steve Mirsky, President, Friends of Pope Park; Matthew Pope; Minnie Gonzalez, State Representatative; Eddie Perez, Mayor, City of Hartford; Nancy Macy, President, Pope Hartford Designated Fund; Tony Matta, City of Hartford Department of Public Works and Robert Painter, Hartford Court of Common Council and Chair of the Public Works and Environment Committee.
For more photos from the celebration, click here: News
articles featuring Pope Park and the progress of the Master Plan: New Playscape is Latest Addition to Pope Park - Hartford News, June 11-18, 2009 Park Celebrates Removal of Road - Hartford Courant, September 7, 2007 A
Park with Friends - Hartford Courant, August 6, 2006 PUBLICATIONS:
The Lower Mead is the
area of the park that is bordered by Park Street to the north, I-84 to
the west, Hamilton Avenue to the south, and the steep vegetated slopes
of the Hillside Ramble area of the park that separate the Ramble from
Hollowmead, the largest and most used area in the center of the park.
The Lower Mead is the last place where the south branch of the
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