Lookout Park
I played in Lookout Park as a child.
from Linda Samuel's book Heart and Soul. I played on this statue.
The view before City neglect turned it into brush.
Belknap Park
Well I never heard it called Belknap Park when I was a kid but it's shown on
an early Sanborn map as Belknap Park.
We called it Reservoir Park. It was used by adults for baseball and other adult activities. I never played in Reservoir Park as a child - too many cars.
This photo from Linda Samuel's book Heart and Soul shows the park as I remember it in the 1950's.
Samuels
annotated by me.
They tore down this bluff about 1965 to sell as fill dirt for the new expressway.
These photos are from the GRPL collection but I dropped them and the
identifying numbers became separated.
Most of these appear to be from the 1920's.
185-3-54
This photo was taken on 30 March 1921.
This was probably on the Island.
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From Article Parks
From Heading History
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