
Printer's Park (spelled Printers Park by some sources) is a small park on Hoe Avenue between Aldus Street and
Westchester Avenue, in the
Longwood neighborhood of
the Bronx
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,
New York City
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. The park is run by the
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, also called the Parks Department or NYC Parks, is the department of the government of New York City responsible for maintaining the city's parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecolog ...
(NYC Parks).
The park's name (and the street it lies on) honors
Richard March Hoe
Richard March Hoe (middle name spelled in some 1920s records as "Marsh"; September 12, 1812 – June 7, 1886) was an American inventor from New York City who designed a rotary printing press identical to Josiah Warren's original invention, and re ...
, who invented the
Rotary printing press. The land the park occupies was once part of Hoe's family estate. The cross-street, Aldus Street, is named after
Aldus Manutius
Aldus Pius Manutius (; ; 6 February 1515) was an Italian printer and Renaissance humanism, humanist who founded the Aldine Press. Manutius devoted the later part of his life to publishing and disseminating rare texts. His interest in and preser ...
, a 15th-century printer.
NYC Parks acquired the site in 1997.
The northern portion of the park was renovated in 2001; the name was changed to Printer's Park at that time. In 2009, the southern portion of the park was reconstructed at a cost of $1 million, and the park was officially reopened on July 29, 2010.
[Sources variously state $1 million or $100 million as the renovation cost. The larger figure is believed to be in error.] The renovation included play structures reminiscent of the printing press heritage.
Gallery
External links
New York City Green Infrastructure Practices: Sustainable Streets & Parks James Mituzas, Landscape Architect, City of New York Parks & Recreation. Pages 44-55 (Printers Park Playground, The Bronx, New York: The Bronx River Watershed). Presentation on the design of the park infrastructure.
Notes
References
Longwood, Bronx
Parks in the Bronx
Printing in the United States
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