The Old Washington Playground in Late Summer, The Burg
The place is different now but its the same shape it
was and the surrounding homes look the same to me as
they did in my Burg days walking and driving around
there long ago:)
3 years ago
Saturday, September 17, 2011
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Boy, you guys had all the fun. Chambersburg had more park and playground area or places like Wetzel than anything except our wealthy neighbors in "The Western Section".
As JoeZ can tell you, we in the North had one tiny playground at Pennsylvania and Anchor Streets. two swing sets and I think it was actually a small factory lot.
You had those nice little parks like at Home and Beatty. We did have "the woods" in Ewing behind the Farmers Market though.
Skip
There was also a small park in North Trenton behind the VFW on Brunswick Ave. That was the first park I worked as a summer employee with City Recreation Dept, in 1961. Also worked at the old Washington School playground the following year.
Hi Skip.
I remember being in North Trenton at a friends house in the middle 1970s and asking that exact thing..where are your parks? LOL.
I do not recall a Library branch
near North Trenton either, but I could be wrong there. You are right
about the Burg area, many parks and most still in good shape now..thank you Trenton Parks Department:)
Hi Tom:)
The City of Trenton does Parks and Recreation well, always did. I thank you all:)
Tom, that was a small lot across from the American Legion off Strawberry.
It was about three house widths wide, with no equipment and just enough room for out Post 458 to shoe horn a HU1E chopper in on Armed Forces day.
Skip
Yep. That was the one. It was the American Legion. My partner at that park was Maryann Donlan. Her father, Frank Donlan, I think taught at Jr. 4.
PS
The equipment was kept in a locked box behind the American Legion. One of my duties was to retrieve same and have available for use on playground.
Mack, for a library you had to go to Sherman Avenue or Princeton Avenue out by Southard.
Ewing did put in a small dirt playground behind "19'th Hole" and Bounceland on Olden, across from EJ Korvettes. It was just dirt and two backboards. But fun.
Skip
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