J. Hood Wright Park

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Coordinates: 40°50′48″N 73°56′29″W / 40.84667°N 73.94139°W / 40.84667; -73.94139

The Recreation Center in J. Hood Wright Park

J. Hood Wright Park is a park of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation which is located between Fort Washington and , and between West 173rd and 176th Streets in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The 6.7 acres (2.7 ha) park includes a playground – which features a model of the nearby George Washington Bridge, which is visible from the park, basketball courts, ballfields, and a recreation center, as well as a dog walk, a cave in the natural rock formations which form the park's western boundary, and an installation of a piece of modern sculpture, "3000 AD Diffussion Piece" by Terry Fugate-Wilcox.[1]

The park is named for the man who formerly owned the site, J. Hood Wright (1836-1894), a banker, financier and philanthropist born in Philadelphia, who lived in a mansion on 175th Street and Haven Avenue. Wright anonymously gave money to convert the local subscription library into a free library which became a branch of the New York Public Library.[1]

The city acquired the land by eminent domain in 1925, specifically to build a park, which the neighborhood was lacking in. It has been upgraded and renovated, and the cupola of the hexagonal recreation center was restored in 2013.[2] The park is supported by the Friends of J. Hood Wright Park, a neighborhood organization.[1]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "J. Hood Wright Park". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Parks Restores Historic Cupola At J. Hood Wright Recreation Center". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. March 7, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

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