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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: Park
Celebrates Removal of Road - Hartford Courant, September
7, 2007
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