CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

OBJECTIVES
RECOMMENDATIONS: PARKWIDE RENEWAL
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROJECT AREAS

• Ellarslie
• Performance Area and Vistas
• Canal and Picnic Area
• Deer Area and Stream Restoration
• Parkside Avenue Entrance
• Maintenance Area

CHAPTER 1: THE PLANNING PROCESS

INTRODUCTION
PLANNING PROCESS

• Inventory and Project Scoping
• Program and Alternatives
• Draft Master Plan
• Final Master Plan

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

CHAPTER 2: HISTORY OF THE PARK

INTRODUCTION

• Historical Document Search
• Historical Chronology

SETTLEMENT/THE COUNTRY SEAT (1680–1743)
ELLARSLIE/THE ESTATE (1776–1888)

• Ellarslie

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED AND THE OLMSTED FIRM

• Cadwalader Park and Olmsted’s National Career
• Cadwalader Park and Olmsted Firm’s Park Design Work in New Jersey
• Surviving Correspondence and Plans

PARK IMPLEMENTATION (1888–1892)

• Early Stages of Park Planning, 1888–1891
• The Olmsted Plan of September 1891

  Formal Area—Refectory and Concert Grove
  Pastoral Landscape
  Circulation System
  Boundary Areas
  Playgrounds and Team Sports Facilities
  Eastern Ravine
  Western Ravine

• Construction of the Park, 1890–1892

  Circulation System
  Plantings

CADWALADER PARK (1892–1911)

• Olmsted Involvement 1892–1910
• Park Projects, 1892–1911
• Olmsted Involvement 1910–1911

CADWALADER PARK (1912–1936)

• WPA Projects

CADWALADER PARK (MID-CENTURY)

• Historic Preservation
• End of an Era

CHAPTER 3: THE PARK TODAY

INTRODUCTION
REGIONAL LINKAGES
NEIGHBORHOOD SETTING
PARK USE AND IMAGE

• Scheduled and Event Use
• Group Use
• Casual Visitation
• Park Abuses
• Perceptions of the Park

EXISTING ENVIRONMENT

• Geology
• Soils
• Topography
• Hydrology

  General Conditions
  Upper Pond
  West Ravine within Deer Paddock
  Deer Paddock Lake
  West Ravine below Paddock
  Water Quality
  East Ravine

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND SOIL COMPACTION

• Stormwater Management
• Soil Compaction

CIRCULATION

• Access and Circulation
• Parking
• Walkways

UTILITIES

• Potable Water
• Sanitary Sewer

VEGETATION

• Overall Trends and Patterns
• Current Tree Inventory
• Species Diversity
• Tree Condition
• Woodlands
• Ornamental Plantings

BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

• Buildings
• Structures and Monuments

  Structures
  Monuments

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
FURNISHINGS AND SIGNS
ANIMAL MANAGEMENT

• Site Description
• History
• Animal Management

  Diet
  Servicing
  Health and Herd Management

SECURITY
EXISTING LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT

• Organizational and Reporting Structure

  Division of Natural Resources
  Division of Recreation
  Division of Culture

• Staffing for Cadwalader Park
• Natural Resources Budget

ESTIMATED CURRENT CADWALADER PARK MAINTENANCE BUDGET (ANNUAL)

CHAPTER 4: PARK RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES

INTRODUCTION
PARKWIDE RENEWAL

• Park History
• Park Ecology
• Access and Circulation
• Parking
• Walkways
• Utilities and Stormwater Management
• Vegetation

  Trees
  Woodlands
  Vistas

• Buildings
• Structures
• Recreational Facilities
• Furnishings
• Animal Management
• Security

PARK PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

• Introduction
• Food
• Planned Events and Group Programs
• Special Event Celebrations
• Recreational Activities
• Environmental Education
• Ranger Program

KEY CAPITAL PROJECTS

• Proposed Circulation and Ellarslie
• Performance Area and Vistas
• Canal Bridge, Picnic Grounds and Recreation Area
• Deer Paddock, Environmental Center and Stream Restoration
• Parkside Avenue Entrance and Administration Area

CHAPTER 5: IMPLEMENTATION

OVERALL STRATEGIC APPROACH
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Short-Term Community Strategy

PARK MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

• Short-Term Park Maintenance Strategy

LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

• Purpose of Management Plan
• Management Goals
• Management Principles

  Conservation of the Historic Landscape
  Public Use
  Physical Features
  Vegetation
  Structures
  Water Bodies

HORTICULTURE MAINTENANCE

• Lawn Areas

  Mowing
  Irrigation
  Soil Amendments
  Aeration
  Overseeding
  Closing of Lawns

• Planting Areas
• Trees
• Ballfields
• Vehicles and Storage

MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL EVENTS
ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTER 6: FUNDING AND COSTS

PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
FUNDING SOURCES

• Public Sector
• Private Sector
• Direct Revenue

COST ESTIMATES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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