Friends of Marshall Square Park
By Candice Monhollan cmonhollan@ 21st-centurymedia.com @CMonhollanDLN on Twitter Posted: 07/03/15, 4:49 PM EDT WEST CHESTER >> It has been over 60 years since the five-tiered Victorian fountain stood in Marshall Square Park in West Chester. But Friends of Marshall Square Park (FMSP), a West Chester community group, is changing that as they move forward in […]
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Friends of Marshall Square Park received $45,000 from a single benefactor. By Justin Heinze (Patch Staff) June 19, 2015 Friends of Marshall Square Park (FMSP), a West Chester community group, announced a major donation for the restoration of the park’s historic fountain on June 18 at the Music at Marshall concert in the park. Holly
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After ten long years diligently working to restore Marshall Square Park’s original 1889 Fountain, FMSP gave the go-ahead to remove our fountain garden, planted in 2006, and break ground — ground leading to the past. The next step is restoring the fountain’s original Masonry Basin, including mechanical connections for the electric pump. Thanks to our
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Tonight’s Music at Marshall is ON. The annual Music at Marshall Concert/Picnic series returns to Marshall Square Park. Mark your calendars! Always the third Thursday, this year’s dates are June 18, July 16, & August 20. June’s band is a fantastic start… Sin Brothers, a home-grown favorite, often appears in West Chester and at Music
Jim, Jennifer, Jon, Jenn, Joanie, John, Miriam, and Jeff A sincere thanks to all the volunteers who came Saturday, April 18, to spruce up Marshall Square Park. With the fabulous weather and great turnout, we did an extraordinary amount of work. Fantastic job everyone! Please remember to thank the following people who worked so hard
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A place to pause, rest, and reflect on the beauty of Marshall Square Park. A lasting gift to the public, to your family, and to yourself. Crowds of citizens filled Marshall Square and the benches were occupied all day long. The square now is a beautiful place, the flowers and plants showing to good advantage.
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The raffle at Saturday night’s Progressive Plates dinner features the artworks below by Jim Salvas and Catherine Carney. These prizes, the winners of the Marshall Square Park prizes in the 2014 Brandywine Valley Plein Air competition, are valued at $500 each. Raffle tickets are only $20 each or three for $50; and you don’t have
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2015, 6 to 10 PM Join friends and neighbors for our 9th Annual Progressive Plates event, an intimate evening of camaraderie and culinary treats in neighborhood homes. (8th Progressive Plates Review and Slideshow.) RSVP Deadline is January 31, 2015 $75/person plus $2.87 Eventbrite processing fee PAID-UP MEMBERS ONLY RENEW YOUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014 We’ll do fun stuff—socialize, imbibe, snack, make friends, and talk Park! Come hash out our plans for the future and review accomplishments. Marshall Square Park admirers: please come and bring friends—you’ll make more. 6 PM––Social Hour Upstairs at the Side Bar & Restaurant 10 East Gay Street, West Chester, 610-429-8297 7
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The Plein Air MSP competition is a fundraiser for our park. Each artist donates their winning artwork to FMSP, and we raffle their works at our Progressive Plates event on February 7, 2015. Oh, what a night! Late October at our host’s Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. Friday (10/24/2014) culminated the Monday through Thursday grueling
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