North Boulder Park is located along 8th and 9th streets and Dellwood, centrally located to Boulder Community Hospital. The park has a rectangular shape that spans the length of Dellwood from 8th to 9th street. It has a total of 16 acres, majority of it consisting of the baseball/softball fields and open grassy space. These open fields are used for multiple sports as well as for Nordic skiing in the winter. On the north end there is a shelter with bathrooms, picnic tables and a grill. Just east of the shelter area is a playground. The playground has two play structures and six swings. Benches surround it. On the west side of the shelter is a wheelchair fitness course surrounding a basketball court. The wheelchair fitness course was designed by recreational therapist Sandee Bennett. After Bennett started working for Boulder she started the EXPAND(extra special programs, with activities and new dimensions) program which lead to such projects as this. The park has a system of paths and sidewalks that connects the whole site. There are lots of benches and seating that can be found throughout the park. There is available off street parking surrounding the whole site as well as one small parking lot on the north end of the park located directly next to the wheelchair fitness course. The whole park is handicap accessible. It is surrounded by residential area on all four sides. The site has a nice backdrop view of the flatirons. North Boulder Park began in 1922 when the city purchased lots in Newsland addition. Theodore G. Lashley sold the city 5 acres of land in the mid 1920's for $3,000. He then donated the money to the city for park improvements on the site. These improvements occurred in 1926. In 1940, the city's park consultant, S.R. DeBoer, helped in the planning of the park. He was a noted landscape architect and urban planner. Later on December 8, 1954 the Boulder Lion's Club donated the shelter currently found at the north end of the park. The shelter is a one-story building that houses one large room, restrooms and storage. The cost of the shelter was $14,000. According to an article published in a 1964 copy of the Daily Camera the building use to be utilized as a meeting center for city recreation department activities and meetings of community groups. This was the eighth structure provided to the city by the Lion's club. The playground was later dedicated to former Mayor H. Paul Crouch preceding his death. According to the Colorado Historical Society the park is representative of the expansion of the city park system that occurred in Boulder in the early twentieth century. It is also representative of the urban park landscaping that occurred during the second half of the twentieth century because of its combination of recreation areas(softball and playground), open grassy areas, trees and flower beds. Sources: City Document: Municipal Governmental History(1965-1974).. Complied by Virginia Braddock. Housed at the Carnegie Public Library in Boulder, CO Newspaper: The Daily Camera's Focus Published December 6, 1964 Book: A History of Boulder's Park and Recreation (or how we got so pretty) Housed at the Carnegie Public Library
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North Boulder Park is located along 8th and 9th streets and Dellwood, centrally located to Boulder Community Hospital. The park has a rectangular shape that spans the length of Dellwood from 8th to 9th street. It has a total of 16 acres, majority of it consisting of the baseball/softball fields and open grassy space. These open fields are used for multiple sports as well as for Nordic skiing in the winter. On the north end there is a shelter with bathrooms, picnic tables and a grill. Just east of the shelter area is a playground. The playground has two play structures and six swings. Benches surround it. On the west side of the shelter is a wheelchair fitness course surrounding a basketball court. The wheelchair fitness course was designed by recreational therapist Sandee Bennett. After Bennett started working for Boulder she started the EXPAND(extra special programs, with activities and new dimensions) program which lead to such projects as this. The park has a system of paths and sidewalks that connects the whole site. There are lots of benches and seating that can be found throughout the park. There is available off street parking surrounding the whole site as well as one small parking lot on the north end of the park located directly next to the wheelchair fitness course. The whole park is handicap accessible. It is surrounded by residential area on all four sides. The site has a nice backdrop view of the flatirons. North Boulder Park began in 1922 when the city purchased lots in Newsland addition. Theodore G. Lashley sold the city 5 acres of land in the mid 1920's for $3,000. He then donated the money to the city for park improvements on the site. These improvements occurred in 1926. In 1940, the city's park consultant, S.R. DeBoer, helped in the planning of the park. He was a noted landscape architect and urban planner. Later on December 8, 1954 the Boulder Lion's Club donated the shelter currently found at the north end of the park. The shelter is a one-story building that houses one large room, restrooms and storage. The cost of the shelter was $14,000. According to an article published in a 1964 copy of the Daily Camera the building use to be utilized as a meeting center for city recreation department activities and meetings of community groups. This was the eighth structure provided to the city by the Lion's club. The playground was later dedicated to former Mayor H. Paul Crouch preceding his death. According to the Colorado Historical Society the park is representative of the expansion of the city park system that occurred in Boulder in the early twentieth century. It is also representative of the urban park landscaping that occurred during the second half of the twentieth century because of its combination of recreation areas(softball and playground), open grassy areas, trees and flower beds. Sources: City Document: Municipal Governmental History(1965-1974).. Complied by Virginia Braddock. Housed at the Carnegie Public Library in Boulder, CO Newspaper: The Daily Camera's Focus Published December 6, 1964 Book: A History of Boulder's Park and Recreation (or how we got so pretty) Housed at the Carnegie Public Library
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S.R. DeBoer
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View of playground, looking southwest
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View of playground, looking southwest
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2010 Spring
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Betten,Brittany
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