The green space nearly became parking garages a few year later and during the Depression years its flora faded. By the 1950s, it was the refuge for itinerants and continued to decline, spruced up a bit from time to time by plants contributed by local garden clubs.

Now the Downtown Partnership hopes to restore the little park?EUR??,,????'???s design as originally conceived. The organization has just under $900,000 to get the job done?EUR??,,????'??+clear away the dead trees and shrub overgrowth, repair the stone staircases and retaining wall, try to get the second fountain working again, sod or plant new turf, add perennials and flowering trees and provide new lighting, always an important element in urban park design.