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Philly's Chestnut Park Renamed in Honor of John Collins, FASLA02-24-12 | News

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The genesis of Chestnut Park, now rededicated as John F. Collins Park, was in 1977 when Philadelphian Dorothy Haas, inspired by Paley Park in Manhattan, sponsored a park design competition through the William Penn Foundation to replace a parking lot on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. The Delta Group, under principal landscape architect John Collins, won the competition, and the William Penn Foundation funded the original construction of the park.

Newly renovated Chestnut Park in Center City Philadelphia has been renamed John F. Collins Park to honor the landscape architect who transformed what was a parking lot into a lovely pocket park in the city?EUR??,,????'?????<

John Collins, FASLA (1936-2011) died of complications of Parkinson?EUR??,,????'?????<

Among his landscape architectural accomplishments in Philadelphia are Schuylkill River Park and the Three Bears Park in Society Hill. He was also known for giving disadvantaged people job-training skills.

Chestnut Park has been a peaceful place for those in Philadelphia?EUR??,,????'?????<