Rededication/Fall Garden Party
Fountain Rededication • Photos by Patrick McCoy Fountain Rededication • Photos by Jim Salvas & Lane Randall 2016 Annual Fall Garden Party • Photos by Jim Salvas
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Friends of Marshall Square Park
Fountain Rededication • Photos by Patrick McCoy Fountain Rededication • Photos by Jim Salvas & Lane Randall 2016 Annual Fall Garden Party • Photos by Jim Salvas
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Marshall Square Park’s Fountain Rededication September 24, 2016, 4 PM Marshall Square Park E. Marshall & N. Franklin Streets, West Chester Free to All Be there as we celebrate and rededicate our beautiful fountain. Hear the remarkable story of loss, recovery, and restoration. After 65 years, watch the fountain waters spray and rise again. Make history
Tom—from our contractor, Pebble Pools—turned on and tested the Marshall Square Park fountain for the first time. With all seven sprays performing, it’s a glorious sight. Much more work needs doing, like installing the new fence and restoring the surrounding plaza; but it felt so good to see the sprays rising after over 60 years.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 2 to 3:30 PM, join us for “Writing in Our Neighborhood” led by Corinne H. Smith, nature blog writer and author of “Henry David Thoreau for Kids.” We meet at the library and walk to Marshall Square Park to be inspired by the nature we see. Participants are encouraged to bring
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A free Concert by the Sin Brothers, a Face Painter, a potluck picnic, and the famous Dia Doce Gourmet Cupcakes truck! What’s not to like? Join us today—Thursday, June 16, 6:30 PM. Dia Doce is donating part of all cupcake sales to Friends of Marshall Square Park. They’re delicious—buy one. Hey, Sunday is Father’s Day—buy
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A Beautiful Gift! Last December, Ben & Pete Rotteveel of Dutch Grown LLC donated 2,000 daffodil bulbs — 13 different varieties — to FMSP for planting naturalized drifts in five areas of the park. On the E. Biddle Street drift, many daffodils are up and out. In other areas, many sprouts peek out for their
Nearly 100 members of Friends of Marshall Square Park celebrated the 10th and biggest Progressive Dinner on Saturday, February 6, 2016. Our Events Committee (above) is a big reason for an outstanding success. Everyone gave their all, but committee chair Betsy Woodrow deserves special mention for steering the process. Treasurer Linda Scott originated FMSP’s Progressive
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Join your FMSP friends and neighbors for a fun evening of food, festivity, and great camaraderie at five neighborhood homes facing Marshall Square Park. We split into two groups for the appetizers and then come together at the fifth home for dessert and a final toast. This exclusive, members-only event fills up fast — GET
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OUR FOUNTAIN! RESTORED and INSTALLED! See VIDEO below Heritage Metalworks of Downingtown arrived with trucks, a van carrying fountain pieces, and three excited men, dedicated to the fountain they restored—in the park they knew as children. Watch the VIDEO then GO SEE IT IN PERSON! To finish the fountain project, we need funding. Nonetheless, we
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With the help of the Boy Scouts (Troop 14), FMSP lights up the streets surrounding Marshall Square Park with over 300 luminaria for our town’s season kickoff in December—Old Fashioned Christmas (First Friday). Click each photo to feel the splendor 🙂 We urge all houses on the four blocks facing Marshall Square Park to take
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