Greenleaf Park at the intersection of Mt. Tabor, Mt. Carmel and New York Avenue. Click to see these seniors in action. By Paul Goldfinger. 8/25/16©In 2014 we posted an article about the Grove’s parks. Here is a link with music:
https://blogfinger.net/2014/01/25/ocean-grove-parks-why-are-their-names-so-confusing/
TREVOR PEACOCK from the movie Quartet
A little late, but:
My understanding is that there was originally a sand dune that ran from the north part of town to beyond Boswell Park. The streets on the north part of town (east and west of Central Avenue) were laid out before the dune was removed so they were given different names. Later, when the sand dune was removed the streets were joined up but kept their different names east and west. Boswell Park was created on a remnant of the sand dune while the rest was cleared away.
Why /how was Boswell Park built up ? It is ~ 2 to 3 feet above street level . Old trees in this park . One story is that it was dirt from digging to make basement for nursing home(Epworth Manor) that used to be adjacent to Boswell park .
Today I was scrolling through Blogfinger and the picture of Greenleaf Park caught my eye, leading me to the earlier post on Ocean Grove parks.
I thought that it might interest some people to know that Boswell Park, which was formally called Park Heights, was named for a past OGCMA president, Dr. Charles M. Boswell, who served for nine years. The name was changed in 1935 to Boswell Memorial Park. Also, it was stated in the same post that at one time Founders Park was called Memorial Park, which to my knowledge is incorrect. It was called Thompson Park in the very beginning on the earliest maps.
There was a park called Memorial Park, which in the Ocean Grove Record on 3/30/1878 stated, “Memorial Square is the name given to the plot corner of Pilgrim’s Pathway and Main Avenue, where the Association Office stands.” Memorial Square was also referred to as Memorial Park. This is in reference to the old OGCMA office which stood at Main Ave. and Pilgrim Pathway before the present 1881 building which stands there today. This was before our Memorial Park at the Broadway entrance which honors our veterans.