$220m Bronx parks makeover.The city and Parks & Recreation Department and the Department of Environmental Protection recently broke ground on the renovation of St. James Park James Park VC (1835 -14 June 1858) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. . The project is the first of more than 70 Bronx parks Bronx Park, laid out on 718 acres (2.9 km²) along the Bronx River in the Bronx, New York, is the home of the New York Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo. Bicycle paths go west, north and east, along Mosholu Parkway, Bronx River Parkway and Pelham Parkway respectively. reconstruction projects related to the construction of the Croton croton, in botany croton (krō`tən), any of several species of Codiaeum that are widely cultivated as ornamentals and houseplants. The most popular species is C. Water Filtration Facility that will be completed over the next five years. The projects will be funded with $220 million from DEP DEP Deposit DEP Deputy DEP Department of Environmental Protection DEP Dependent DEP Departure DEP Depot DEP Deposition DEP deployed (US DoD) DEP Data Execution Prevention (computer security) and the Municipal Water Finance Authority. The $3.8 million renovation of St. James Park will dramatically improve the park with new staircases, wall reinforcements, landscaping and pathways. "Today's groundbreaking is the beginning of an historic transformation for Bronx parks," said Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. "The parks we will renovate over the next five years will have a lasting impact on communities throughout the Bronx for generations to come." Phase I of the renovation of St. James Park will cost $750,000 and include restoration of four staircases surrounding the park. The eastern corner staircases 191st and 193rd and Creston Avenue will be restored With new bluestone bluestone, common name for the blue, crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue-gray sandstone. pavement and restored hand railings. Two additional staircases at Morris Avenue and 191st and 193rd and Jerome Avenue will be completed transforming the entrances to St. James Park. New concrete staircase supports and backing walls will be poured for installation of the reset and new stones. To complete the entrances, Parks & Recreation will also restore lighting, and asphalt asphalt (ăs`fôlt, –fălt), brownish-black substance used commonly in road making, roofing, and waterproofing. Chemically, it is a natural mixture of hydrocarbons. pavement lawn areas will be reconstructed re·con·struct tr.v. re·con·struct·ed, re·con·struct·ing, re·con·structs 1. To construct again; rebuild. 2. . Phase II of the project, which is scheduled to begin in 2006, will build on Phase I and restore the historic elegance of the park by addressing all significant landscape features. The $3 million restoration of the historic landscape will include reconstruction of pathways, perimeter retaining wall and fencing surrounding the park, plantings, lawns and benches. This spring, Parks & Recreation will break ground on four additional projects totaling nearly $8 million. |
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