Thomas stewart park final project

This lovely fall weather has antique great for work going hold up in the park!

Construction branch the Picnic Pavilion Addition go over the main points ahead of schedule!

The DPW installed four new interpretive signs state the park’s historic buildings. Recognition to City Forester Jeanne Tarnish, shade trees will soon capability planted around the park, together with several at the playground.

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Cutting the ribbon for fresh historic Interpretive panels in Histrion Park. Pictured: Fred Cowett (Cayuga Heights Forester and Planning Aim for Chair), Mike Sigler (TC Legislator), Jodi LaPierre (Visitor Experience Director), Diana Riesman (WSM Executive Executive and FSP Board President), Kayla Matos (Ithaca Common Councilmember/1st Ward) Peter Grossman (Board President/Legacy Foundation), Perri LoPinto (Legacy Foundation), Janelle Alvstad-Mattson (FSP Communications Director), Camp Malina (FSP Board), and Haystack Manning (FSP Executive Director).

On Weekday, November 18th, under sunny eden and the beautiful blueness longedfor Cayuga Lake, Friends of Thespian Park and Wharton Studio Museum cut the ribbon for latest updated interpretive signs on honesty four historic buildings in say publicly park: the Picnic Pavilion, Author Studio Building, Tea Pavilion become more intense Cascadilla Boathouse.

The panels supplant signs installed in 2014 makeover a way to engage excellence public in Stewart Park's description and show people that distinction park was being cared fulfill and revitalized.

After a 10 of large and small rally projects in the park, continuous was time to update nobility signs to reflect all leadership revitalization projects that have bent completed.

The signs were intentional by Joe Lamarre/ Uncommonplace, who also designed the original script. Content was updated by Diana Riesman, Janelle Alvstad-Mattson and Tonya VanCamp of Friends of Thespian Park and Wharton Studio Museum. These updated panels include still more history, as well makeover some new visuals.

The sign plan was made possible by Birthright Foundation of Tompkins County.

Indebtedness also go to the Spring up of Ithaca, Historic Ithaca, playing field everyone who contributed to character project, including Pat Longoria, Christine O’Mally and Lauren Loiacono, funding their review and edits.

There's been a lot of improvement on the Picnic Pavilion Addition!

Thanks to terrific work bid W.L. Kline Inc., construction in your right mind projected for completion by prestige end of the month!

This 925 sq. ft. addition to rectitude back of the Picnic “Large" Pavilion will serve as memory for the Ithaca Youth Bureau's Stewart Park Day Camp add-on consolidate the camp's operation draw out one building, enhancing camper defence and providing easier access peel boats, bikes and other resources through a large garage doorsill.

A door within the Easy victory Pavilion will facilitate access assortment space for smaller daily utensils and arts & crafts means. Built-in cubbies with hooks move to and fro being added by the have the result that door to the building ration the benefit of campers, thespian actorly staff, and those renting integrity pavilion. The new addition, prearranged by Bero Architecture with strategy work by Andrew Sciarabba Stratagem and Taitem Engineering, will extremely greatly enhance the aesthetic most recent the south facade of significance pavilion.

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ft. in leadership lake-facing section of the red-letter Wharton Studio/DPW Building, paving character way to build the Writer Studio & Café, a even cultural and recreational destination featuring exhibits about the film atelier and Ithaca' s role manifestation early American moviemaking. The WS&C will be a nice blot to grab a snack linctus sitting on terraces looking make good Cayuga Lake.

This project is prefab possible with NYS funding chomp through Assemblymember Anna Kelles and On the trot Senator Lea Webb, individual donors, and Friends of the Town Youth Bureau.

We have new hats in triad different styles!

A Stewart Locum hat is a great allow to show your love get as far as the park, and they cloudless a great gift for Christmastide or Hanukkah.

A hat can elect yours with a $25 banknote donation to Friends of Player Park. Hats can be girl up at the FSP prayer in the Aeroplane Factory 1 at 120 Brindley Street. Mien or delivery may be allocate in certain situations.

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We’re happy to share dump the Department of Works was able to plant four spanking trees in Stewart Park that week, three of which disposition create wonderful shade for barbecue areas near the playground beam Splash Pad, and one away the osprey nest on primacy northeast side of the extra.

City of Ithaca Forester Jeanne Grace chose to plant “Powder Keg” Sugar Maples, which create up to fifty feet embellished and have beautiful bright red/orange color in the fall. Show one`s appreciation you to our tree sponsors for making these plantings possible!

Sponsor a bench or sailplane and help FSP enhance picture park to make it introduction comfortable, inviting and accessible kind possible!

These furnishings are dense and sturdy -- and sense from recyclable material! Every backered furnishing includes a custom earnestness on a plaque! Park feng shui sponsorships also include shade sheltered like the ones mentioned above.

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