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Parks & Rec Committee Gives Blessing to Fountain Plan

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West Chester’s Parks and Recreation Committee voted 3-0 to officially support our plans to restore the Marshall Square Park fountain and surrounding area. Architects extraordinaire, Jeff Beitel (FMSP President) and Anne Walters (Vice President) deftly presented their detailed plans to the Committee. After the vote, the FMSP members left council to applause from the Committee […]

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1899 Photo of Fountain Curated by the Chester County Historical Society

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The Historical Society just located this photo for us—the clearest and best look we’ve had of the fountain in its original state. Taken just ten years after the fountain’s installation, we can now see the brick piers supporting the base, the jets shooting up from the base of the fountain and the structure of the

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2012 in review

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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,000 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 5 years to get

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County botanist Marshall’s legacy remembered in West Chester

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County botanist Marshall’s legacy remembered in West Chester By JEREMY GERRARD [email protected] Posted: 06/25/12 07:41 am Updated: 06/25/12 01:46 pm WEST CHESTER — To remember the legacy of famed botanist Humphry Marshall, borough residents gathered Sunday at the gazebo in his namesake park. “Humphry was one of the earliest and most distinguished horticulturalists and botanists

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DLN: “Long-lost Marshall Square Park fountain found”

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[Return to Original 1889 Fountain, The Year 2012] Long-lost Marshall Square Park fountain found By JEREMY GERRARD [email protected] Posted: 05/15/12 12:01 am Updated: 05/15/12 07:41 am Staff photo by Vinny Tennis: Gene Gagliardi, wearing a tan jacket, and his wife, Joan Chandler Gagliardi, look at the cast iron fountain they used to own while volunteers

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