A quartet of pocket parks — small-scale green spaces of refreshment and renewal amid urban hustle-bustle — are under consideration by Conshohocken Borough Council. Kevin Tierney planted the plan’s specifics into a recent edition of More Than the Curve.
The four planned sites — two new, two already in early development — are intended to pop up around the borough at the following sites:
- West Second Avenue and Fayette Street, present location of the Conshohocken Veterans Memorial
- The former Raymond Ludwig Weinmann estate at 2 Harry Street, near the Schuylkill River Trail
- Along the western 600 block of Fayette Street
- East 8th Avenue and Fayette Street
The redesign of the first park, adjacent to the veteran’s memorial, retains that honorific. But design proposals include the addition of a stage (with partially covered lawn seating), hardscaping, and a traffic loop.
The Weinmann park will consist primarily of grass and trees with a walkway and some seating.
More in-depth coverage of the new pocket parks in Conshohocken is at More Than the Curve.
