(Note: My parents lived on Chestnut Street when I was born and some of my earliest memories are of the park and the fountain. I find it distressing to see that the very existence of this park comes under repeated attack, and that those attacks occasionally come from the political power structure of the town itself.          Laudizen King)

New Schemes on Center Park

Designs on Center Park never end

by Susan Barlow, Manchester Historical Society

Thought this might interest you. Every time we think that the park is protected, a new scheme develops. Follow the link below:
Schemes on Center Park

(link contains a fine picture of the Dancing Bears by John Spaulding)