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Willett Street Gardens from State Street to Madison Avenue
Condition : Historic documentation• indicates a narrow, formal buffer of flowering shrubs along this frontage. The north east corner was a former main entrance. The truncated park drive and resultant parking lot detract considerably from the surrounding park.

Recommendations : Reinstate a shrub border utilizing historically appropriate plant materials. Plant large shrubs at least 15 feet from the park paths. Make planting one shrub deep. This will create a permeable visual barrier while returning the original edge treatment to this buffer. Make pedestrian paths fully functional, creating a pedestrian entry in the northeast corner at the former drive.

f.
Madison Avenue from Willett to New Scotland
Condition :
This area was densely planted from Madison Avenue to the Park Drive. Extensive shrub
plantings remain to signify the former, dense condition.
Recommendations : Renew old shrubs through successive seasons of pruning. Plant new large flowering shrubs along the Madison Avenue frontage while medium flowering shrubs are planted on the Park Drive edge. Large shrubs are to be located 10 to 15 feet away from the path. Utilize historic materials. This treatment will buffer the Madison Avenue traffic but allow open views into the park.

g.
Madison Avenue from New Scotland to South Lake
Condition :
The frontage along New Scotland was densely planted while the Tennis Lawns were relatively
open to view.
Recommendations :
Augment existing plantings with tree groves, large and medium shrubs as shown
to increase visual separation.

3.
Historic Integrity Analysis
Historic Integrity is defined as “Authenticity of a landscapes’s historic identity evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed during the recognized historic period. Retention of topography, vegetation, spatial relationships, circulation systems, furnishings, structures and features all contribute to landscape integrity . . .According to National Register criteria, historic resources are considered to possess integrity in at least two of the following seven ways: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.” (Source: National Register of Historic Place, Bulletin #18 “How to Nominate a Designed Landscape to the National Register.”)

In assessing historic integrity the entire landscape as well as individual components are considered. Washington Park retains integrity of location because it exists in the same space as it did in the historic period and no lands have been lost to other uses. However, integrity of design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association have been diluted or compromised to a variable extent. The bolstering or reinstatement of each of these categories is incorporated in the Preservation Concept in the recommended treatment of each sector and topical area. The Management Concept recognizes these integrity factors as issues to be addressed in future capital projects and maintenance activities.

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