Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report

Submitted To: Jersey City Division of Architecture February 2019 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Honorable Steven M. Fulop, Mayor Department of Administration:

Brian D. Platt, Business Administrator Brian Weller, ASLA, LLA, Division of Architecture, Director Keith Donath, Mayor’s Office Robert Byrne, RMC, CMR, City Clerk

Municipal Council for the City of Jersey City: Department of Housing, Economic Development & Commerce: Rolando R. Lavarro, Jr. Council President Tanya Marione AICP, PP, Division of Planning, Director Joyce Watterman, Councilwoman-At-Large Dan Wrieden, Historic Preservation Officer Daniel Rivera, Councilman-At-Large

Denise Ridley, Councilwoman, Ward A Laura Skolar, Jersey City Parks Coalition, President Mira Prinz-Arey, Councilwoman, Ward B Arthur Williams, Department of Recreation, Director Richard Boggiano, Councilman, Ward C Michael Yun, Councilman, Ward D All of the Jersey City residents that energetically participated James Solomon, Councilman, Ward E in the public meetings and questionnaires providing positive input that was utilized in the Leonard Gordon Park Master plan Jermaine D. Robinson, Councilman, Ward F development and other City Park development projects.

ii City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary ...... 1

Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context ...... 5 Introduction ...... 6 Using this Master Plan ...... 9 Master Plan Process Summary ...... 10 Leonard Gordon Park History ...... 12 Demographics/Trend Analysis ...... 37 Local Parks Supply & Demand Analysis ...... 40

Section 2: The Master Plan ...... 43 Vision Statement ...... 44 Master Plan Layout ...... 46 Rehabilitation and Preservation ...... 48 Re-Thinking the Active Recreation Center ...... 54 Integrating New Features ...... 58 Improving Access, Circulation, and Lighting ...... 62 Incorporating Green Infrastructure ...... 64 Cost Estimate ...... 65 Anticipated Next Phases of Planning & Development ...... 66

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report iii iv City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Executive Summary

INTRODUCTION WHY HAVE A MASTER PLAN? The City of Jersey City has commissioned the Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan to guide the restoration and revitalization of Leonard Gordon Park. Constructed in the 1910’s, this 5.7-acre park in the Jersey City Heights is notable for its large bear and bison statues, dramatic topography, and interesting views to the west. Also known as “Mosquito Park”, this unique public space has reached a point in its existence where it is necessary renovate and re-invest to preserve The park is in need of extensive The park retains a wonderful it for future generations and meet the recreational needs and repairs and upgrades in nearly all of potential, and there is intense expectations of the community. its facilities and infrastructure. community interest in making the park a great place. The Master Plan takes a community-driven, proactive, and holistic approach to sensibly, strongly, and concertedly address Leonard Gordon Park’s problems and plan for the future. By commissioning this Master Plan, Jersey City shows a commitment to responsible The Master Plan Serves to... management and deployment of resources dedicated to Leonard Gordon Park.

PURPOSE The purpose of the Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan is guide renovations and improvements based on community vision and input. With a Master Plan in place, the City can identify a logical sequence (critical path) for park improvements and avoid overspending on ...capture the Community’s ...develop and ...inform City staff haphazard repairs. vision and input and build communicate a holistic for detailed design, consensus. vision for the future of applications for funding the park. assistance, and long-term park management.

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Executive Summary 1 METHODOLOGY & OUTCOMES The Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan was developed through a series of public meetings in 2018 that progressed through the following steps: » Assessment of existing conditions and park history; » Identification and refinement of community vision for park program and features; VISION STATEMENT: » Discussion and assessment of three potential concepts and refinement into a single master plan concept. Leonard Gordon Park will be a The public meeting process produced the following outcomes: beautiful, safe, sustainable, and » Vision Statement for Leonard Gordon Park inclusive public park that emphasizes » Master Plan Layout for Leonard Gordon Park nature, preserves historical features, These outcomes are expanded upon in the Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report, which identifies specific, actionable steps associated with park improvements related to: and integrates a range of passive, » Rehabilitation & Preservation active, and cultural recreational » Re-Thinking the Active Re creation Center opportunities within a holistic design. » Integrating New Features » Improving Access, Circulation, and Lighting As a rare and relieving patch of green » Incorporating Green Infrastructure space within the urban mosaic, the park will implement a sustainable green infrastructure approach to celebrate natural site features as design assets, maximize stormwater mitigation, and support native plants and wildlife.

The Vision Statement is a written statement, agreed upon by public meeting participants, for how the park should look and function. The Vision Statement and will be used as a benchmark against which to assess future detailed design decisions.

2 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Executive Summary UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP.

M A N A G E D M E A D O W

OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUN (BIG DOG)

DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) COURT

HUTTON ST G UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE IN ALK IN G DD W RA LE OK S LO VE ER R OV STORMWATER MITIGATION SE E COMMUNITY R PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER EN D R A G STAGE PLAYGROUND IN RESTORE A R TERRACE R E T A FLEXIBLE SPACE E TH HI AMP

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER MASTER PLAN LAYOUT FOR LEONARD GORDON PARK PLAY BASKETBALL COURT EVENT PLAZA PLAYGROUND

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE

UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA RAIN LIBERTY AVE OPEN INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION GARDEN TERRACE POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP.

RAIN GARDEN M A N A G E D M E A D O W ENTRY OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAZA PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUN (BIG DOG)

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON DOG RUN MULTI-USE VEHICLE ACCESS (SMALL DOG) COURT EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY

BASKETBALL COURT EVENT PLAZA PLAYGROUND

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE

RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE

RAIN GARDEN

ENTRY PLAZA

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Executive Summary 3 ORDER-OF-MAGNITUDE COST ESTIMATE NEXT STEPS The following cost estimate represents a planning level order-of-magnitude Detailed Design Development & Funding prediction of costs associated with improvements identified in the Leonard » Conduct geotechnical studies (hydrological, hydraulic, and Gordon Park Master Plan. The cost estimate will be further developed and stormwater). refined in the detailed design phase that will have to take place before any » Refine Master Plan in light of geotechnical studies to include construction can proceed. further detail and clarification of site improvements such as layout, grading, green infrastructure/stormwater management, landscaping, furnishings, and lighting. Item Summary Description Estimated Cost » Develop phased approach to final design development and 1 SITE & BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS $3,657,034 construction in consideration of available funding sources. » 2 LANDSCAPING $156,447 Develop conceptual and detailed architectural plans for the Community Center and the restoration of the Pavilion. 3 PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT $397,625 » Public input to be included in all phases as appropriate. 4 SPRAYGROUND EQUIPMENT $113,430 » Develop an engineer’s cost estimate. 5 PARK FURNISHINGS $145,580 » Prepare grant funding applications using Master Plan. 6 SITE PROTECTION & REMOVALS $670,517 » Finalize park plans for public bid and construction. Develop construction plans and specifications. 7 SUBTOTAL $5,140,633 8 DESIGN CONTINGENCY (10%) $514,063.34 Construction 9 CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY (15%) $848,204.51 » Phased construction of improvements will likely be required depending upon budget. 10 GENERAL CONDITIONS (8%) $411,250.67 » Prepare and plan for how construction will temporarily impact park 11 TOTAL $6,914,152 operations and programs. » Prepare to capitalize on grand re-opening through volunteer support, public awareness, and fundraising. » Consider use of a time lapse camera during construction to record the process of change. Long-Term Management & Sustainability » Develop a long-term maintenance plan that establishes benchmarks to achieve an acceptable level of quality and safety over time. » Consider formalizing an understanding of maintenance standards and responsibilities through a Memorandum of Understanding between Jersey City and volunteer organization(s).

4 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Executive Summary Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report

Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context

5 INTRODUCTION The land for Leonard Gordon Park was purchased by Jersey City in 1907 and the principal construction was completed over the next decade. Over time, the park has been subject to the effects of weather and erosion, high usage demand, and patchwork repairs over time to keep it in operation.

After more that 110 years, Leonard Gordon Park has reached a crossroads.

Most of its principal infrastructure is in poor condition. Its walkway are largely inaccessible and its program is undefined. It is blamed for large amounts of stormwater run-off. Within the park, there are locations that do not feel secure and where lighting is insufficient. Overall, the park lacks the ability to that attract people to stay for more than a few minutes at a time.

And yet, Leonard Gordon Park retains glimpses of the value that Jersey City residents saw in it from its establishment. From high on a terrace, its views of the industrial Hackensack River to the east are unique. Its topography is dramatic and has attracted sled riders for generations. Its rock outcroppings and sculptures offer a pleasing contrast between geological beauty and artistic production. Despite the wear it has born over the years, the park retains traces of qualities that can pull you in and make you forget that your are in the city. Those traces have been enough to build community interest and support for the park, sparking the impetus for this Master Plan.

6 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context Now, after over 110 years, Leonard Gordon Park is in need of significant reinvestment in infrastructure, landscaping, and facilities. Accessibility needs to be improved, so that people of all ages and abilities are able to be full participants in the park. The program of passive and active uses needs to be reexamined, so that a sense of balance can be achieved between divergent uses and facilities. The general landscaping and the design of paved surfaces and structures in relation to existing topography need to be resolved, so that to the best extent possible, stormwater is able to infiltrate the available soil on site.

It would be unfair to attack the patchwork of repairs that have been made in the park over time -- these are repair efforts that have been made in good faith, with budget restraints, and to ensure the continual operation of the park. But, a continual patchwork repair approach will only serve to further fragment the park’s essence, detract from its qualities, and frustrate residents. And from a fiscal perspective, patchwork repairs and haphazard upgrades will cost more money, effort, and time in the long run.

Responsible management requires a proactive approach to identify a logical sequence (critical path), avoid waste, and deploy available resources for maximum impact and effectiveness.

Thus, the City of Jersey City has commissioned this Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan. The Master Plan takes a community-driven, proactive, and holistic approach to sensibly, strongly, and concertedly address Leonard Gordon Park’s problems and plan for the future. By commissioning this Master Plan, Jersey City shows a commitment to responsible management and deployment of resources dedicated to Leonard Gordon Park.

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 7 Why have a Master Plan for Leonard Gordon Park?

The park is in need of extensive The park retains a wonderful potential, repairs and upgrades in nearly all of its and there is intense community interest facilities and infrastructure. in making the park a great place. The Master Plan serves to...

...capture the Community’s ...develop and communicate a ...inform City staff for detailed design, vision and input and build holistic vision for the future of applications for funding assistance, and consensus. the park. long-term park management.

8 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context USING THIS MASTER PLAN This document is the Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan. It serves as a record of the methodology, background information, history, assessments/analyses of current conditions, as well as the public input process that informed the master plan. It presents the vision statement, master plan, and next steps for implementation that were developed through the planning process.

This document is organized into the following three sections:

Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context This section summarizes the methodology used to create this master plan, the background information that informed discussion and decision-making, and the public input process. It includes the following components: Methodology History of Leonard Gordon Park Existing Conditions Assessment Demographic Trend Analysis Parks/Open Space Supply and Demand Analysis Public Input Process Summary

Section 2: The Master Plan This section presents the vision statement, master plan, and next steps for implementation that were developed through the planning process and includes the following components: Vision Statement Master Plan Order of Magnitude Cost Estimate and Next Steps for Implementation

Section 3: Appendices This section serves as a repository of resources that were developed through the planning process and include the following components:

Appendix A: Public Meeting Minutes Appendix B: Large Format Scale Drawings Appendix C: Draft Concept Assessment Appendix D: Survey Report

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 9 MASTER PLAN PROCESS SUMMARY From the three concepts, participants were asked to identify what This section summarizes the process used to create this Leonard they felt worked best for the park. The project team then analyzed Gordon Park Master Plan. and assessed the input collected on the three draft concepts in order Work on the Master Plan began in January of 2018 with a kick-off to synthesize a single draft concept to capitalize on what participants meeting to discuss the project parameters and schedule. Following valued the most, yet also account for factors such as character the kick-off meeting, the following tasks were conducted to inform the defining facilities, constructibility, cost, and trade-offs. That process upcoming public meeting series: of comparison, assessment, and synthesis is documented in a “Morphological Box” comparing the elements of the three concepts » assessment of existing conditions, and working toward a single, comprehensive solution. » park history review, Following the Morphological Box assessment, a single draft conceptual » review of existing plans and documents. master plan was presented at Meeting #4 for input and discussion. The Master Plan project team and local participants were present at (The three draft concepts and Morphological Box are presented in the annual Easter Egg Hunt held at the park as a “pop-up” event to Appendix C: Draft Concept Assessment). collect initial input and talk about the upcoming public meeting series. The final conceptual master plan was presented at Meeting #5 with a The series of five public meetings began in May and ran through discussion focused on next steps and implementation. October of 2018. The objective of these meetings was to determine the best possible outcome for Leonard Gordon Park in the form of a A statistically valid Needs Assessment Survey was created and conceptual design that suits the needs and desires of the people it distributed by mail to a random sampling of Jersey City residents. This serves. That objective relied upon an overt effort to hear, understand, survey sought input specific to Leonard Gordon Park and relevant to and integrate those desires into the final built product. As such, the the management of City parks in general. The survey was used as a public meeting series constitutes the bulk of the effort expended in “check valve” to ensure that the Master Plan as determined through developing this Master Plan. the public meeting series aligns with general desires and input on a city-wide basis. The survey is informative to City staff regarding As shown in the Master Plan Process Diagram on the next page, the general parks management issues and can be used as a reference public input series builds on contextual background information to item for future grant and funding applications associated with Leonard incrementally identify and form a vision statement and program of Gordon Park and other City parks. The survey report is provided in desired park elements for the future, based on public input. Appendix D: Survey Report.

The vision statement and program informed the development of three Following the Master Plan Process Diagram on the next page is a distinct draft concepts for review and discussion at a public meeting, series of summary graphics to further illustrate the general process of allowing participants to visualize and assess how certain park the public meeting series. Full documentation of the public meetings elements might relate to each other, once applied in a scale drawing of is provided in Appendix A: Meeting Minutes. the park.

10 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context Kick-off Meeting MASTER PLAN PROCESS DIAGRAM

Existing Conditions Assessment

Public Meeting Series

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Review of Park History / Takeaways from Takeaways from Takeaways from Existing Plans & Existing Meeting #2; Takeaways from Meeting #1: Meeting #3; Documents Conditions Synthesis of 3 Meeting #4; Park Program Morphological Assessment; Concepts for Leonard Gordon Input, Draft Box; Single Draft Easter Park History Master Plan; Park Master Plan

Presentation Vision Statement Concept Egg Hunt Vision Statement Event

Park Program Refine Program Preferences Notes for Future, Refine Draft and Vision Input and Draft Among 3 Next Steps, and Concept Needs Assessment Statement Vision Statement Concepts Implementation Survey Input/Discussion

LEONARD GORDON PARK MASTER PLAN

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 11 LEONARD GORDON PARK HISTORY

Jersey City Past and Present: Leonard Gordon Park The 5.7 acre park was designed by the landscape architect John T. The following section shares a wonderful description of the history of Withers who left much of the rocky terrain as he found it. Appointed Leonard Gordon Park from the Jersey City: Past and Present series by Mayor H. Otto Wittpenn as the municipal landscaper, Withers was by Dr. Carmela A. Karnoutsos, PhD, and Patrick Shalhoub, MLS, both also responsible for the Mary Benson Park on Newark Avenue and of New Jersey City University, who have graciously permitted the the Bayside Park in the Greenville section of Jersey City. According to reproduction of their work in this Master Plan. local historian J. Owen Grundy, “Withers had made quite a reputation in Jersey City at the turn of the century by giving illustrated lectures Credit: before various organizations showing how attractive a city could be if New Jersey City University the citizens and public officials cared” (Grundy). Jersey City: Past and Present Website http://www.jerseycitypastandpresent.org The larger-than-life stone statues of the “buffalo and the bears” were Carmela A. Karnoutsos, PhD, Professor Emeritus of History the work of sculptor Solon Hannibal Borglum (1868-1922). As an artist Patrick Shalhoub, MLS, Guarini Library he was influence by the many years he spent on the Western plains of Utah and later Nebraska, where his father owned a ranch. It allowed him to foster an appreciation for the peoples and animals of the land. Leonard J. Gordon Park He visited the Sioux, who revere the buffalo, at their South Dakota Kennedy Boulevard between Manhattan Avenue and Hutton Street; reservation; it resulted in his work Sioux Indian Buffalo Dance (1899). West to Liberty Avenue Art commentator Meredith Bzdak remarks that “Borglum’s Buffalo and Bears are unusual works for their time. The animals are depicted The Dr. Leonard J. Gordon Park at Jersey City Heights is best known in a naturalistic fashion, lying directly on the grass and therefore for the sculptures of Buffalo and Bears (c. 1907) that one sees when completely within the space of the viewer; they are unencumbered passing on Kennedy Boulevard as well as for its nickname “mosquito by a base or pedestal. These works . . . typify his spontaneous style. park” after the pesky New Jersey insect. Forgoing strict anatomical illustration, Borglum preferred to simply Its development took place at the time of the “City Beautiful” suggest an animal’s form and to infuse the work with a sense of movement in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. movement” (Bzdak 57). Among his other works are Lassoing Wild The movement’s purpose was to revitalize industrialized communities Horses (1898) and On the Border of the White Man’s Land (1899); with public spaces for recreational purposes. The Jersey City Charter they represent his theme of frontier life recurrent in his work. Company owned the undeveloped hillside woodland site with stone Borglum’s brother, Gutzon, is the noted sculptor of Mount Rushmore boulders and sold it to Jersey City for $46,000 on September 19, and the statue of Abraham Lincoln in front of the Essex County Court 1907. House in Newark.

12 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context An iron fence that is anchored in concrete piers surrounds the urban of the main library on Jersey Avenue were donated by local residents in park. In the center is a circular gazebo or bandstand. On November February 1907. 9, 1930, the Hudson City Soldiers and Sailors Welfare League, Inc. placed a World War I memorial statue Dough Boy in the park. There is Dr. Gordon’s brick, Queen Anne-style home by the architect William also an American eagle atop a granite shaft that was placed there by Milne Grisnell, built in 1888, was at 485 Jersey Avenue, not far from the Raymond Sipnick Post of the Jewish War Veterans. the library at 472 Jersey Avenue.

According to Grundy the naming of the new park came from the Leonard Gordon Park - References opinion of William H. Richardson. He was a member of the city’s Board of Shade Tree Commission and “believed that all city parks should Bzdak, Meredith A. Public Sculpture in New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ: be named to honor distinguished citizens” (Grundy). Two years prior Rutgers University Press, 1999. to the founding of the park, Dr. Leonard J. Gordon (1844-1905) had “Dr. Leonard J. Gordon.” New York Times 18 January 1905. died, and city leaders agreed that his legacy to the city merited the park naming. Mayor Mark M. Fagan said at a memorial for Dr. Gordon, Grundy, J. Owen. “Gordon Park: Doctor’s Tribute.” Jersey Journal 8 May “No better man or more useful citizen ever lived in this city” (Quoted in 1970. Grundy).

A New York native, Dr. Gordon served in the Union army during the Civil War. After moving to Jersey City, he obtained his medical degree from Bellevue Medical Center in 1875 and completed his internship at the Jersey City Charity Hospital that predated the Jersey City Medical Center. After practicing medicine for two years, he was appointed chemist for the Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Dr. Gordon’s contributions to his adopted city were the placement of the sculpture Soldiers and Sailors Memorial by Philip Martiny in front of City Hall and the advancement of the Jersey City Free Public Library. He championed the founding of a public library for the city, coming up against the vote of a municipal referendum. When the approval and appropriations for the library were finally granted, Dr. Gordon became the president of its board of trustees and then the library’s director. In his honor, a memorial window and a bust of Dr. Gordon at the entrance

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 13 Historical Map Analysis The 5.7-acre site of Leonard Gordon Park is visible on the 1889 Map The 1928 Plat Book of Jersey City shows a revised interpretation of the of Jersey City and Environs, Hudson County, NJ by J.W. Harrison. The walkway configuration, more accurately aligned with what is currently site is bordered to the north by Hutton Street, to east by Nelson Avenue on the site. The concrete double staircase park entrance on JFK (now JFK Boulevard), to the south by Manhattan Avenue, and to the Boulevard opposite Sherman Place is present. Buildings are shown west by Germania Avenue (now Liberty Avenue). on Liberty Avenue opposite the park, suggesting that the grades in the vicinity of Liberty Avenue and Manhattan Avenue had been resolved Germania Avenue (now Liberty Avenue) is shown in the 1889 map to their present configuration. The change in the layout of pathways as incomplete, extending south from Hutton Street, breaking at the between Liberty Avenue and Manhattan Avenue (from multiple approximate location of the park, not reaching Manhattan Avenue, and alignments in 1919 to a single alignment in 1928) suggests that the then reappearing south of Beach Street. This suggests that the steep current retaining wall would have been constructed during this period. grades that characterize the park’s current lowest point at Manhattan Avenue and Liberty Avenue had not yet been resolved in 1889. These findings suggest that the general circulation of the park (especially the principal half-loop), the frontage to JFK Boulevard The Leonard Gordon Park site was sold to Jersey City by the Jersey City (formerly Hudson Boulevard), and the pavilion structure are the Charter Company in 19071 with design and construction commencing principal infrastructural remains of the original construction of the shortly in the years thereafter. By 1919, the Plat Book of Jersey City park. and Bayonne shows a configuration of walkways similar to what is currently existing in the park along with the main entrances at JFK Boulevard (shown in 1919 as Hudson Boulevard), the central pavilion, and the circular paved area where the flag pole is currently located. Two structures, which no longer exist, are shown in the northern portion of the park adjacent to Liberty Avenue. Liberty Avenue is shown as continuous, with parcel lines drawn opposite the park, but no structures yet shown.

1 (Karnoutsos and Shaloub)

14 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP.

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DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) COURT

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY

BASKETBALL COURT EVENT PLAZA PLAYGROUND

UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA Avenue Manhattan GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE LIBERTY AVE ACCESSIBLE PATH INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG STORMWATER MITIGATION POLE POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE

M A N A G E D M E A D O W RAIN GARDEN OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS ENTRY DOG RUN PLAZA (BIG DOG)

DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) COURT

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HUTTON ST HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS G N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDYUPGRADE BLVD ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE IN ALK IN G DD W A E OK R SL O E RLEONARDL GORDON V VE ER O STORMWATER MITIGATION S 1919 Plat Book of Jersey City and Bayonne N.J. by G.M. E COMMUNITY R PARK SITE PLANTING, TYP. P CENTERHopkins Co., Plate 31. Accessed April 2018 through EN D R A G https://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HUDSON_COUNTY/JC_ STAGE PLAYGROUND IN RESTORE A R TERRACE BayonnePlatbook/cover/index.htm. R E T A FLEXIBLE SPACE E TH HI AMP

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY Liberty Avenue BASKETBALL COURT EVENT PLAZA PLAYGROUND

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PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD 1928 Plat Book of Jersey City, Hudson Co. N.J. by G.M. Hopkins Co., Plate 20. Accessed April 2018 through https:// mapmaker.rutgers.edu/JCplat_book/Frontpage/index.htm. 1889 Map of Jersey City and Environs, Hudson County, NJ by J.W. Harrison. Accessed April 2018 through https://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HUDSON_COUNTY/Jersey_City_c1889.jpg

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 15 Design Attribution & Future Research In the article Jersey City Past & Present: Leonard J. Gordon Park by Dr. Carmela A. Karnoutsos, PhD, and Patrick Shalhoub, MLS (http://www. jerseycitypastandpresent.org), landscape architect John T. Withers is identified as the designer of Leonard Gordon Park. According to the article, Withers also worked on two other Jersey City Parks: Mary Benson Park and Bayside Park.

Mr. Withers is not listed in the Pioneers of American Landscape Design database that is maintained by The Cultural Landscape Foundation. There is no published information about his practice that could be located for this Master Plan, and it is unknown whether there are archives of his projects available. The subject of Mr. Withers’ overall practice, its extent in Jersey City and the surrounding area, and its effect on parks like Leonard Gordon Park represent future research efforts that can be conducted if correspondence, drawings, and other records can be located.

John T. Withers is credited as original landscape architect assigned to Leonard J. Gordon Park. The ad on top appeared in the 1914 (Volume 11) edition of The American City. The portrait appeared in the May 14, 1908 edition of The American Florist Magazine.

16 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context EXISTING CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT » The Lower Terrace is a grassy area at the base of the sledding This section provides an assessment of the existing conditions at hill that is versatile for use for passive recreation, programmed Leonard Gordon Park. The assessment was conducted through field activities, informal active recreation, or organized active observation and with the aid of a detailed survey of the park provided recreation. by Jersey City. This assessment covers the following: Following the Site Analysis Diagram, an assessment is provided on the Notable Grades (see graphic): Leonard Gordon Park is notable for following topics relevant to the park: its dramatic topography. The park entrances at Hutton Street & JFK Boulevard has elevation of 133. Moving southwest, the elevation » Structures crests at the high point of elevation 138 the concrete pavilion » Walls & Stairs top of slab. Just southwest of the pavilion, the topography drops » Existing Circulation dramatically, creating a series of slopes and terraces that range from roughly elevation 125 to elevation 87 and 83 in the southwest corner. » Courts

Site Analysis Diagram (see graphic): As shown in the site analysis » Play Areas and Pet Areas diagram, the park’s topography forms three distinct terraces, identified » Sculpture as Upper, Overlook, and Lower. » Landscape Conditions » The Upper Terrace is a relatively flat area of lawn and trees » Site Fences bisected by concrete paths. The Upper Terrace is surrounded by the principal existing features of the park: paved courts, » Park Furnishings playground, pavilion, and walkways among sculptural elements. » Park Lighting The Upper Terrace represents an opportunity for improvement as a central gathering space if the walkways that bisect it can » Green Infrastructure be configured to be more supportive of a coherent space. Subjects within each of these topics are identified and assessed within » The Overlook Terrace is a relatively flat area that extends from the park. The assessment includes Field Observations that were the park entrance at JFK Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue recorded before the Master Plan process began in earnest, along with across the width of the park to paved courts. The Overlook Master Plan Considerations that reflect the general considerations for Terrace offers good views to the southeast, access to the the future that were discussed through the process and align with the sledding hills, and is an excellent opportunity to improve Master Plan. pedestrian circulation throughout the park as a large portion of an ADA-compatible loop.

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 17 18 Notable Grades Diagram Notable Grades

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J F K B O U L E V A R D SHERMAN PLACE Remove scale reference - NTS

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 19 Park Features: Structures

Field Observations LIBERTY AVE. » Overall condition of the pavilion is poor. The pavilion is a painted poured-in-pace concrete structure, octagonal in shape with a peaked roof. The roof and shingles are missing (understood to previously have been clay tiles). Restrooms built below the structure have been closed and the access stairwells have been A filled in with soil. The lower level of the pavilion can be accessed via an existing service door.

» The City has performed a structural assessment

HUTTON ST. ST. ST. ST. ST. ST. ST. ST. ST. HUTTON HUTTON HUTTON HUTTON HUTTON HUTTON HUTTON HUTTON HUTTON

HUTTON ST. HUTTON that should be used as a basis for future decisions regarding preservation of the pavilion.

MANHATTAN AVE. MANHATTAN » No ADA access, finished floor elevation of pavilion is ±4.5’ higher than adjacent flag pole plaza and ±10’ higher than the adjacent dance terrace to the west » Location is prominent within the park and JFK BLVD. N provides good surrounding views Master Plan Considerations A. OCTAGONAL PAVILION (+/- 33’ O.D.) WITH ADJACENT OVERLOOK DECK (+/- 19’X30’) » Preserve/renovate the existing structure based upon findings of the structural assessment » Construct an accessible ramp from the flag pole plaza area in appropriate materials

20 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context Restroom access filled in

Note: For ADA requirements, if providing a ramp, a +/- 53’ length Not ADA Compliant ramp would be necessary for access to the pavilion from the flag pole side.

9% SLOPE

Concrete structure and finishes in need of repair.

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 21 Park Features: Walls and Stairs

Field Observations LIBERTY AVE » Stairs throughout the park limit accessibility and circulation » Deteriorating conditions, cracking, and spalling H E prevalent throughout the park » Hand rail is not in compliance with current building code and ADA regulations » Walls beginning to fail, applied surfaces are D peeling/spalling, masonry can be observed

G behind peeling/spalling surface (item F) HUTTON ST. HUTTON

MANHATTAN AVE. Master Plan Considerations » Provide accessible route within the park and C B eliminate stairs where possible F » Repair and restore existing walls and monuments at entrances along JFK Blvd

JFK BLVD. N » Inspect existing walls to remain, consider restoring to original materials where concrete has been used for repairs B. SHERMAN PL. ACCESS STAIRS/WALL » Provide code compliant hand rail for stairs C. JFK/ MANHATTAN. INTERSECTION STAIRS D. MANHATTAN AVE. ACCESS STAIRS E. LIBERTY AVE. ACCESS STAIRS F. JFK/ HUTTON ST. INTERSECTION WALL & STAIRS G. PAVILION/ MISC STAIRS H. SLOPED STONE WALL

22 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context B. SHERMAN PL. C. JFK/ MANHATTAN ACCESS STAIRS/WALL INTERSECTION STAIRS D./E. MANHATTAN & LIBERTY AVE. ACCESS STAIRS

Examples of deteriorating repairs made to concrete. Railing is missing from stair section and landings. Concrete cheek walls are being undermined by stormwater. F. JFK BLVD./ HUTTON ST. INTERSECTION WALL & STAIRS G. PAVILION/ MISC. STAIRS H. SLOPED STONE WALL

Deteriorating concrete and no railing. Deteriorating concrete, silt buildup, and Steep retaining wall at Manhattan Avenue vegetation growing through cracks. and Liberty Avenue is between parallel fence lines and harbors invasive plants.

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 23 Park Features: Existing Circulation

Field Observations LIBERTY AVE » Circulation is hindered due to the poor condition and narrow width of the concrete walks in the park » Sections are degraded and many contain tripping hazards due to settling » Walkways exceed the maximum allowable slope for ADA accessibility » There is no accessible, internal loop

» Upper level and lower level circulation are HUTTON ST. HUTTON distinctly separate due to topography

MANHATTAN AVE. » Existing curbing along walks encourages concentrated stormwater flows, erosion and flooding at low points

Master Plan Considerations JFK BLVD. N » Provide minimum 10’ wide walks; material decisions to be made in concert with green infrastructure/stormwater management strategy Circulation » Remove curbs to encourage infiltration and Pedestrian Circulation reduce concentrated runoff & erosion

Accessible (paved walks with » Provide internal, accessible loop walkway for < 5% slope & no stairs) park users

24 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context CONCRETE WALK & INTEGRAL CURB PROBLEM AREAS

Example of existing walk through upper terrace with large puddle. Example of trip hazard on existing walk through overlook terrace.

NON-ACCESSIBLE SLOPES (5% MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FOR ADA) GOOD POTENTIAL

Example of non-accessible slope on existing walk adjacent to dog park. Example of degraded pavement conditions on terrace adjacent to Manhattan Avenue.

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 25 Park Features: Courts

Field Observations LIBERTY AVE » Moderate cracking on multi-purpose courts » Perimeter fences and curbs in poor condition J » Steps limit access to multi-purpose court #2 (K.) » Drains need resetting and cleaned » Court striping needs replaced » Basketball court position creates hidden and unsafe area in the northwest corner of the park

K ST. HUTTON Master Plan Considerations

MANHATTAN AVE. » Rotate basketball court in line with multi- L purpose courts to provide visibility and use of northwest corner of park » Resurface and restripe courts, redirect runoff to vegetated areas/ rain gardens if possible for infiltration and recharge JFK BLVD. N » Provide fencing and buffer to adjacent residential property J. BASKETBALL CT. (+/- 47’X119’) » Enlarge courts to accommodate Jersey City K. MULTIPURPOSE CT. #1 (+/- 45’X119’) soccer program requirements, increase fence L. MULTIPURPOSE CT. #2 (+/- 45’X119’) height » Maintain one court specifically for basketball » Provide accessible entrances to all courts

26 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context J. BASKETBALL COURT K. MULTI-PURPOSE COURT #1

Retaining wall and fence in poor condition. Court was recently re- Court was recently re-surfaced but is not striped for play. surfaced but is not striped for play. L. MULTI-PURPOSE COURT #2

9% SLOPE

Court surface in moderate condition. Steps into court are not ADA accessible. Receptacles should not be stored in court. Inlet needs to be cleaned out.

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 27 Park Features: Play Areas and Pet Areas

Field Observations LIBERTY AVE » Two formal playground areas exist in the park. Area one (M.) contains a composite play structure for 2-12yr. aged children, poured- in-place rubber safety surfacing and a 4’ht. N perimeter fence. Area two (N.) contains a swing structure with two tot bucket and two belt P swings » Swings and composite playground are not in the same vicinity

O HUTTON ST. HUTTON » Informal, octagonal play area (O.) with timber

MANHATTAN AVE. curbing and grass surfacing lacks definition and is not ADA accessible » Gravel dog run (P.) is too small for large dogs M and contains a 4’ht. perimeter fence

Master Plan Considerations JFK BLVD. N » Provide two age separated playground areas (2-5yr. & 5-12yr.) and swings adjacent to each other M. PLAYGROUND (+/- 40’X41’, 2-12YR. AGE) » N. PLAYGROUND SWINGS (+/- 28’X37’) Size playground areas to accommodate existing school use O. OCTAGON PLAY AREA (+/- 1700S.F.) » P. DOG RUN AREA (+/- 34’X39’) Incorporate sprayground » Provide separate dog run areas for small and large dogs

28 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context M. PLAYGROUND N. SWINGS

Composite structure for ages 2-12 does not provide age separation. Swings are separated from playground. Hardware connectors to be Separate playground spaces for ages 2-5 and 5-12 are advised. replaced.

O. OCTAGON PLAY AREA P. DOG RUN

9% SLOPE

Use for octagonal area is unclear. Does not appear to be maintained as Dog run does not provide size separation among dogs and is not large a play area, yet may attract children; potential trip and fall hazards. enough for dogs to run. Crushed stone surfacing is not ideal for dogs.

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 29 Park Features: Sculpture

Field Observations LIBERTY AVE » All statues are in need of restoration » Memorial text difficult to read due to painting W » Bison and bear statues paint deteriorating X » Cracks apparent in bison and bear concrete » Lion metal coating cracked and damaged

Master Plan Considerations » Professionally assess, clean, repair cracks, patch and restore bison and bear statues to

HUTTON ST. HUTTON original condition

MANHATTAN AVE. » Clean, repair and restore statue bases, and V U T S R plaques for ‘Buddy’ Doughboy (WWI) and Q Raymond Sipnick (WWII) Memorials » Replace Raymond Sipnick eagle statue N (currently missing from base) JFK BLVD. » Repair/restore cracked Lion sculpture Q. BISON (Borglum, C. 1907) » Relocate Totem R. BEAR (Borglum, C. 1907) » Consider additional sculptural elements within S. ‘BUDDY’ DOUGHBOY WW I MEMORIAL (1930) the park as appropriate T. RAYMOND SIPNICK WW II MEMORIAL (1951) U. BEAR (Borglum, C. 1907) V. BISON (Borglum, C. 1907) W. LION (Origin and date unknown) X. TOTEM (Rafael Torres, C. 2017)

30 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context Q. BISON (NORTH) R. BEAR (NORTH) S. DOUGHBOY WWI MEMORIAL

T. RAYMOND SIPNICK WWII MEMORIAL U. BEAR (SOUTH) V. BISON (SOUTH)

Missing eagle statue

W. LION X. TOTEM

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 31 General Assessment of Landscape Conditions Field Observations ROCK OUTCROPPING TREES » Natural rock outcropping is visible throughout the park, especially at the perimeter » Erosion is prevalent throughout the park » Existing trees are predominantly mature and provide good shade for park users » Several trees show decline and/or have roots at the surface affecting adjacent walkways » Managed landscape beds have been installed along JFK Blvd by volunteers » Landscaping at the southwest corner of park is haphazard and overgrowing the wall and fences Master Plan Considerations STEEP SLOPES/ EROSION » Perform borings to confirm depth to bedrock for stormwater, landscape and future construction implications » Remove curbing from walkways and regrade to prevent concentrated runoff and isolated flooding » Promote green infrastructure / rain gardens » Promote native landscaping » Inspect trees and hazard prune » Reposition walks where possible to alleviate conflict with roots of established trees » Develop turf management program for active use areas

32 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context General Assessment of Site Furnishings

BENCHES BIKE RACKS Field Observations » Benches vary in style and condition » Most benches are in poor condition; newer benches around dog park are in good condition » Bicycle racks vary in style and offer low capacity for bicycle parking » Trash receptacles vary in style and condition » Original drinking fountain near JFK Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue is no longer operable » Signage varies in condition and visual presentation TRASH RECEPTACLES DRINKING FOUNTAIN Master Plan Considerations » Select coherent, appropriate furnishings palette for future phases of detail design » Strategically plan for park signage, drinking fountains, receptacles, dog litter receptacles, and benches at entries and key points within the park SIGNAGE

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 33 General Assessment of Park Fences Field Observations » Original perimeter fence/curb, piers, and stairs need repair PERIMETER FENCE, CURB & PIERS and restoration » Interior park fencing in need of repairs to fabric, posts, and hardware » Duplicate fencing (parallel fences) should be removed » Several colors and finishes present throughout the park » ADA compliant railing is needed for all stairs Master Plan Considerations » Restore original perimeter fence, curbing, and piers » Salvage interior park fencing material in good condition during park renovation or replace with new and recycle old fencing » New construction materials and fencing should complement existing historic piers, steps, walls and perimeter fence within the park » Provide design consistency with new fencing

ATHLETIC COURT CORRUGATED METAL DOG RUN PLAYGROUND/SWING FENCING SCREEN FENCE FENCING FENCING

34 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context General Assessment of Park Lighting Field Observations » Fixtures tend to be isolated and do not provide sufficient lighting to park FLAG POLE GENERAL PARK AREA TWIN COBRA GENERAL PARK AREA MANHATTAN AVENUE AREA LIGHT HEAD LIGHT FIXTURES & POLE POST W/ (3) LIGHTS LIGHT FIXTURE/ POLE » Cobra head style lights intended for roadway lighting are not appealing in park » Posts vary in style and condition » Overheard wiring can be subject to tree damage or vandalism Master Plan Considerations » Provide pedestrian scale lighting at entrances, along pathways, and MULTI-PURPOSE COURT TWIN COBRA LOWER FIELD COBRA HEAD JFK BLVD. LIGHT HEAD LIGHT FIXTURES & POLE LIGHT FIXTURE & POLE FIXTURE & POLE concentrated at key locations throughout the park, such as the playground, pavilion, community center, and courts » Consider burying future wiring in trenches to reduce maintenance concerns (use of conduit is advisable as there is community interest in gardening 9% SLOPE in the park)

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 35 Green Infrastructure Assessment

68 GENERAL STRATEGY S STORMWATER INLET, TYP.

EXISTING SAN MH RIM: 68.52 SUBSURFACE GRAVEL TRENCH WITH FOR GREEN

69 STORMWATER TIE IN, TYP. (SEE COMBINEDX SANITARY/STORMWATER LINE, TYP. INFRASTRUCTURE AT 12" TILE PIPE X X X X

UP 73060 UP 68233 UP 68233 OLD UP 5957 UP 73045 UP 44037 C.O.C.O.

12" TILE PIPE UP 68234

EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET GRT: 69.15 EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET GRAPHIC AT BOTTOM OF PAGE) INV. OUT (12"): 66.1 GRT: 70.06

EXISTING MH LEONARD GORDON RIM: 88.40 S UP 5956 70

EXISTING SAN MH

RIM: 99.16 EXISTING SAN MH

(UNABLE TO OPEN) RIM: 114.00 S

S S S

S S S S S 88 89 90 91 S PARK 74 86 87 92 97 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 93 94 95 96 S S S S S S 68 S S S S S S S 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 GENERAL STRATEGY S 12" TILE PIPE

EXISTING SAN MH 99

98 RIM: 107.93

103 101

102 (UNABLE TO OPEN) EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET 100

71EXISTING SAN MH GRT: 70.98 EXISTING SAN MH EXISTING SAN MH RIM: 71.63 (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) RIM: 89.76 114 RIM: 114.76 (UNABLE TO OPEN)

EXISTING BOLLARD (TYP.)

EXISTING SAN MH RIM: 68.52

EXISTING MH 12" PVC PIPE RIM: 71.75 8" TILE PIPE FOR GREEN (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) EXISTING TYPE "A" INLET UP 7305 GRT: 85.04 (FILLED W/ DEBRIS)

S UP UP 7304 UP LT 7301 UP 7302 3305 Kennedy Blvd X D UP UP 8887 115 69 12" PVC PIPE

EXISTING STORM MH EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET INFRASTRUCTURERIM: 114.76 EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET AT GRT: 71.25 GRT: 114.73 Jersey City, NJ 07307 12" TILE PIPE X XD X (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) X

UP 73060 UP 68233 UP 68233 OLD UP 5957 72 UP 73045 X X X UP 44037 X X C.O. X C.O. X X X X S56°58'W 22.49' (DEED) X N56°58'E 28.61' (DEED) S N56°58'00"W 29.10' (DEED) N57°00'E 22.00' (DEED) N57°00'00"W 32.20' (DEED) N56°58'E 25.55' (DEED) UP 68234 X 12" TILE PIPE X D X X X X X X X X X X X EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET X

X X X GRT: 69.15 EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET GRT: 71.62 INV. OUT (12"): 66.1 GRT: 70.06

INV. OUT (12"): 68.6 X X 12" PVC PIPE 116 BLOCK 935, LOT 30

EXISTING MH X X LEONARD GORDON

RIM: 88.40 X EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET

12" PVC PIPE GRT: 88.88

X X INV. IN (12"): 85.9 X

INV. OUT (12"): 85.3 S EXISTING STORM MH X X UP 5956 RIM: 71.45

X EXISTING TYPE "A" INLET INV. IN (12"): 68.1 (NE) X GRT: 89.72

INV. IN (12"): 67.1 (SW) X (FILLED W/ DEBRIS)

INV. OUT (12"): 66.1 X EXISTING STORM MH

RIM: 84.54 100 X INV. IN (6"): 81.9 12" TILE PIPE 70 X X INV. IN (12"): 81.3

EXISTING MH X INV. OUT (8"): 80.8

73 RIM: 72.66 X X

EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET EXISTING SAN MH

GRT: 70.35 RIM: 99.16 EXISTING SAN MH

INV. OUT (12"): 68.0 (UNABLE TO OPEN) RIM: 114.00 S S X S S

S S S S 88 89 90 91 S 6" TILE PIPE PARK 74 86 87 92 97 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 93 94 95 96 S S S S X 83 S 105 S S S S 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 117 S S S S X X PREPARED FOR:

12" TILE PIPE

EXISTING SAN MH 99

98 RIM: 107.93

103

101 102 (UNABLE TO OPEN) 100

EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET 74 X

71EXISTING SAN MH GRT: 70.98 EXISTING SAN MH EXISTING SAN MH RIM: 71.63 (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) RIM: 89.76 114 RIM: 114.76 (UNABLE TO OPEN)

X 110 EXISTING BOLLARD (TYP.)

EXISTING MH 12" PVC PIPE RIM: 71.75 8" TILE PIPE (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) EXISTING TYPE "A" INLET UP 7305 GRT: 85.04 (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) UP UP 7304 S X UP LT 7301 UP 7302 D 3305118 Kennedy Blvd UP UP 8887 X 115 115 X

12" PVC PIPE 75 84 S

EXISTING STORM MH EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET RIM: 114.76 EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET GRT: 71.25 GRT: 114.73 Jersey City, NJ 07307 D (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) General Strategy S X 120 CITY OF JERSEY CITY 72 X X X X X X X X X X S56°58'W 22.49' (DEED) X N56°58'E 28.61' (DEED) S N56°58'00"W 29.10' (DEED) N57°00'E 22.00' (DEED) EXISTING SAN MH 101 X N57°00'00"W 32.20' (DEED) N56°58'E 25.55' (DEED) RIM: 75.67 X

X X (DEED) 90.34' N42°34'W X X X X X X X (DEED) 90.33' S42°47'36"E D X X X X

X X X EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET GRT: 71.62 76 INV. OUT (12"): 68.6 102 X

X 12" PVC PIPE BLOCK 935, LOT 30

X X 116

X X

X EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET

12" PVC PIPE GRT: 88.88

X X DIVISION OF INV. IN (12"): 85.9 X

INV. OUT (12"): 85.3

EXISTING STORM MH X X 103 RIM: 71.45 (DEED) 104.70' N45°00'W

X EXISTING TYPE "A" INLET INV. IN (12"): 68.1 (NE) X GRT: 89.72 (DEED)

INV. IN (12"): 67.1 (SW) X (FILLED W/ DEBRIS)

INV. OUT (12"): 66.1 X EXISTING STORM MH RIM: 84.54

100 109.36' 00'E

X INV. IN (6"): 81.9 (DEED) 109.36' S45°E 12" TILE PIPE S45° X X INV. IN (12"): 81.3

EXISTING MH X INV. OUT (8"): 80.8

73 RIM: 72.66 X X X 104 EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET GRT: 70.35

INV. OUT (12"): 68.0

N45°W 115.30' (DEED) 115.30' N45°W X 125 (DEED) 115.30' S44°47'E for Stormwater 77 6" TILE PIPE UP 105 85 ARCHITECTURE X

X 83 105

X S45°W 125.89' (DEED) 125.89' S45°W

106 117 (DEED) 125.89' N45°00'00"W

(DEED) X

X 131.20' N45°W PREPARED FOR: S44°47'00"E 131.20' (DEED) 131.20' S44°47'00"E

N54°33'00"W 139.83' (DEED) 139.83' N54°33'00"W GENERAL ACTIVITY AREA WITH PAVED AND COMPACTED 74 X

X X 78 110 107 102 EXISTING STORM MH RIM: 109.85 INV. IN (4"): 106.5 UP UP 14263 126 S

X X

X SURFACES: Management 108 118 101 13-15 Linden Ave East

X 115 X

75 84 X X X X

100 4" TILE PIPE S D 99 X

79 X S X 86 CITY OF JERSEY CITY Jersey City, NJ 07305 98 120 1. USE POROUS PAVEMENTS 97 EXISTING SAN MH 101 X X

RIM: 75.67

N42°34'W 90.34' (DEED) 90.34' N42°34'W S42°47'36"E 90.33' (DEED) 90.33' S42°47'36"E

X 76 X 96

102 X

X X X and Green 95 X X DIVISION OF 103

80 103 (DEED) 104.70' N45°00'W S45°E 109.36' (DEED) 109.36' S45°E 94 (DEED) 109.36' S45°00'E X 2. DIRECT RUNOFF TO BIORETENTION BASINS (RAIN GARDENS)

X 104 X N45°W 115.30' (DEED) 115.30' N45°W NEW INLET 125 (DEED) 115.30' S44°47'E X UP 105 93

77 (DEED) 29.60' N44°47'W N45°00'E 22.01' (DEED) 104 (DEED) 29.60' S45°00'00"E

85 X ARCHITECTURE X X

87 X

S45°W 125.89' (DEED) 125.89' S45°W

92 (DEED) 125.89' N45°00'00"W X X X X 106 X

81 (DEED) N45°W 131.20' 131.20' N45°W EXISTING POLE REMAINS S45°W 28.00' (DEED) 91 (DEED) 131.20' S44°47'00"E N54°33'00"W 139.83' (DEED) 139.83' N54°33'00"W X 3. BUILD STORMWATER CARRYING CAPACITY INTO STRUCTURES WITH TIE IN, 105 S 90

Infrastructure at X

X (DEED) 25'

107 S45°01'20"W 25.00' (DEED)

78 X X 132.8' (DEED) X X X 102 EXISTING STORM MH 89 X RIM: 109.85 INV. IN (4"): 106.5 UP UP 14263 126 S

X X /SURFACES (PROPRIETARY CELLS, AGGREGATE BEDS, DRY S45°00'00"W 25.00' (DEED)

T YP. X

82 108 88 X X 101 X 13-15 Linden Ave East X EXISTING B-BALL POLE

106 X

100 4" TILE PIPE S45°W 25.00' (DEED)

D X X X X X

X X 99 X X

X 107 7.80' (D) S45°01'20"W WELLS) 79 X 86 X Jersey City, NJ 07305

Leonard Gordon 98

83 108 126 X X X X 97 X X X

EXISTING SAN MH

X RIM: 84.19 96 109

PE X

P X X X X 95 110 X X ILE

6"6 TILE PIPE 8" TILE PIPE 128.5' (DEED) S60°00'00"E 25.00' (DEED) 25.00' S60°00'00"E

X UP 14262 N30°00'00"E 128.50' (DEED)

X X X X X EXISTING TYPE "A" INLET X GRT: 128.06

80 S 103 111 (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) (DEED) 25'

94 UP 14264 X X X X X X 84 X X 112 X 93 UP LT

N44°47'W 29.60' (DEED) 29.60' N44°47'W N45°00'E 22.01' (DEED) 104 (DEED) 29.60' S45°00'00"E

X 8" TILE PIPE Park: S X

87 92 113 D X

81 EXISTING STORM MH

X RIM: 124.16

EXISTING POLE REMAINS

INV. IN (4"): 122.8 S45°W 28.00' (DEED) X X X X

91 X 114 INV. OUT (8"): 122.3 X X X X

X 8" PVC PIPE X EXISTING STORM MH

105 RIM: 118.67

85 INV. IN (6"): 113.2

INV. IN (8"): 114.8 S X X INV. OUT (6"): 113.1 X X X 90 INV. OUT (8"): 113.0

X 115 25' (DEED) 25'

INFILL SOIL, BOULDERS, S45°01'20"W 25.00' (DEED) 87 PREPARED BY:

88 X X 132.8' (DEED)

89 6" TILE PIPE X

C.O. 4"4" PPVCVC PIPE X X X 116 X D X

S30°00'00"W 124.20' (DEED)

X N30°15'E 124.19' (DEED) (DEED) 25.00' S59°45'E

S45°00'00"W 25.00' (DEED)

82 X

88 117 (DEED) 25.37' N69°45'34"W

EXISTING B-BALL POLE X

X X X

86 10689 GRASS PLANTINGS TO SLOW X S45°W 25.00' (DEED)

X 118 X

UP 14268 X

X X 129 X 107 X 90 7.80' (D) S45°01'20"W 128

X 123

83 108 91 126 X 1. Maximize infiltration of STORMWATER FLOW AND DIRECT X

EXISTING SAN MH RIM: 84.19

109 92 124 EXISTING POLE REMAINS (TYP.)

X X X 87 X

110 X 125

6" TILE PIPE 8" TILE PIPE 128.5' (DEED) S60°00'00"E 25.00' (DEED) 25.00' S60°00'00"E 93 X X

UP 14262 N30°00'00"E 128.50' (DEED) X EXISTING TYPE "A" INLET 120 X X GRT: 128.06

S 111 AWAY FROM STRUCTURES (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) (DEED) 25' S

UP 14264 X S30°15'W 119.89' (DEED) 94 X N30°E 119.90' (DEED) 84 X 126 stormwater on site 112 121 (DEED) 25.36' N69°31'W UP LT 95 122 8" TILE PIPE S 113 D

88 96 123 127 EXISTING STORM MH

X RIM: 124.16 X X

INV. IN (4"): 122.8

114 INV. OUT (8"): 122.3 X X

97 8" PVC PIPE X EXISTING STORM MH RIM: 118.67

85 INV. IN (6"): 113.2 124 (DEED) 50' S60°E INV. IN (8"): 114.8

INV. OUT (6"): 113.1 X X 127

INV. OUT (8"): 113.0 X

EXISTING BOLLARD X X 89 115 X UP 61237 98 87 PREPARED BY:

125 X

X X X X

88 X

6" TILE PIPE C.O. 4" PVC PIPE 116 X 99 D X 128

S30°00'00"W 124.20' (DEED)

126 (DEED) 25.00' S59°45'E N30°15'E 124.19' (DEED) UP 4265 7 Campus Drive, Suite 300 117 (DEED) 25.37' N69°45'34"W X

86 100 127 X 89 129 90 118 X X UP 14268 X Parsippany, NJ 07054-4495 101 129 X 90 128

2. Slow movement of 129 X 123 X UP LT 14261 91 102 X 128 130 Phone / 973.946.5600 124 EXISTING POLE REMAINS (TYP.) S

92 103 X (DEED) 50.69' N50°14'20"W 87 X 91 125 131 X Fax / 973.898.9472 93 X X 104 120 X stormwater across the X S X S30°15 'W 119.89' (DEED) 94 126 N30°E 119.90' (DEED) X

105 121 128 (DEED) 25.36' N69°31'W 129 X EXISTING SAN MH RIM: 92.43 95 S30°W 114.30' (DEED)

EXISTING TYPE "A" INLET 122 132 GRT: 91.69 X

INV. OUT (UNK.): 87.9

UP 14269 X X X X 106 X 88 92 X 96 123 127 130 site through strategic use X X X

97 S X 12" TILE PIPE (DEED) 50' S60°E X X X X 124 X

107 127 X

EXISTING BOLLARD X 89 X UP 61237 98

125 X X

X POROUS PAVEMENTS (NJ BMP GUIDE) REVISIONS

X X X 99 108 128 X 93 126 X of plantings, boulder/rock UP 4265 130 X 7 Campus Drive, Suite 300 EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET GRT: 91.83 100 INV. OUT (12"): 87.8 127 125 126 127 128 X 109 NO. DATE COMMENTS 129 129 X EXISTING CATCH BASIN 90 GRT: 132.13 131 (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) Parsippany, NJ 07054-4495 101 124 X S 130

129 X 110 X 102 94 131 UP LT 14261 130 UP F.F.: 129.55 132 terracing at slopes, and 130 X Phone / 973.946.5600 128 X S

111 (DEED) 50.69' N50°14'20"W 103 X

91 131 X

138 133 X Fax / 973.898.9472 104 X 112 X 133 X 95 123 F.F.: 138.04 X

105 128 protection of stairway 129 X EXISTING SAN MH RIM: 92.43 X S30°W 114.30' (DEED) 122 X C.O. 134 EXISTING TYPE "A" INLET 132 GRT: 91.69 X 133

INV. OUT (UNK.): 87.9

UP 14269 113 X 131 N29°15'00"E 102.50' (DEED) 106 X 92 X 121 130 X 135 X (DEED) 25.00' S60°45'00"E

S 12" TILE PIPE 96 X X structures107 114 120

X X REVISIONS 108 X 93 134 X 130 119 X

S X EXISTING TYPE "B" INLET EXISTING POLE REMAINS (TYP.) GRT: 91.83 115 136 X INV. OUT (12"): 87.8 125 126 127 128 109 97 NO. DATE COMMENTS 129 118 X EXISTING CATCH BASIN GRT: 132.13 131 (FILLED W/ DEBRIS) 124 132 S

130 UPPER TERRACE: (DEED) 25.35' N70°17'12"W X S29°15'00"W 98.3' (DEED) 94 110 131 117 130 X UP F.F.: 129.55 132 X X 111 98 X

116 UP 66850 137

138 133 X 133 STRATEGICALLY LOCATE X 3. Tie112 in to the existing 95 123 F.F.: 138.04 X X

X UP LT 14260 X 122 X 99 C.O. 134 133 113 BIORETENTION131 BASINS X X

N29°15'00"E 102.50' (DEED) 121 X 133 (DEED) 25.00' S60°45'00"E X stormwater system 135 N30°15'E 94.10' (DEED) 96 X X 114 UP (RAIN GARDENS) THATUP 66848 X X 120 S 100 X UP X 134 EXISTING FLAG POLE 119 X BIORETENTION BASIN, OR RAIN GARDEN (NJ BMP GUIDE)

S X 136 EXISTING POLE REMAINS (TYP.) X X 97 115 S VISUALLY ENHANCE/ 118 (DEED) 50' S59°45'E 132 X X

EXISTING SAN MH RIM: 100.65

101 X (DEED) 25.35' N70°17'12"W

S29°15'00"W 98.3' (DEED)

X X 117 X 138 X

109 SUPPORT PARK FUNCTIONS X X

X X 98 X X

116 UP 66850 137 110 134

X 4. Delay the entry of X 102 AND PROCESS STORMWATER

138 X N69°31'W 50.72' (DEED) 50.72' N69°31'W X X 111 UP LT 14260 X 99 X X X

stormwater collected on 135 25' (DEED)

136 136 136

136 X X 112 133 X 103 N30°15'E 94.10' (DEED) 138 X 136 X 25.00' (DEED) UP 131 S30°15'W 85.50' (DEED) UP 66848 X X X S

137 D)

100 113 (DEE 25' UP 135 135 135

135 X X

35.43' (DEED) site such that, for any EXISTING FLAG POLE X

104 (DEED) 25' S X

S59°45'E 50' (DEED) 50' S59°45'E X

134 134 134 114 134 UP 130 X X X EXISTING SAN MH 129

101 RIM: 100.65

X X X 25' (DEED)

stormwater that is unable 138 25' (DEED)

109

133 133 133

105 133 X

128 128 128

128 X

127 127 127

127 X X 138 115 126

110 134

137 137 137 137 132 132 132 102 132 to infiltrate on site, it is 138 D) 106 (DEE 50.72' N69°31'W X X UP 26691 S

111

125 125 125

125 X UP 14259

131 131 131 131

135 25' (DEED)

S 136

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113 36 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1:Aerial Master Image Date: 04.09.2017 Plan Process and Context

S 123 DEMOGRAPHICS/TREND ANALYSIS to help better meet the needs of the service area. In order to do this, a Leonard Gordon Park is a 5.81-acre municipally owned park located in 0.75 mile radius was established as the primary service area and all north central Jersey City. The park primarily serves the neighborhoods US Census Block Groups (30 in total) located at least 50% within the of Jersey City Heights and Journal Square and, similar to Jersey City as radius were selected and utilized as the study area. These data were a whole, these areas are home to a diverse mix of user types. In order then compared to city, county, and state data to help identify additional to analyze the community makeup of the surrounding neighborhoods, demographic trends and characteristics. U.S. Census data are utilized to develop the following community profile

Population & Households

Study Area Population Population Trends Study Area (2010-2016) Persons Per 47,159 47,159 ACS 2016 5-Year Estimates Household 46,527 46,236 Study Area Households 2.74 45,801 45,697

Jersey City 2.60 17,013 Hudson Co. 2.63 ACS 2016 5-Year Estimates New Jersey 2.73

2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 70.7% Renter Occupied $317,767 2010 Census and ACS 2016 5-Year Estimates Median Home Value 29.3% Owner Occupied Population Growth 2010-2016 20.4% Year Study Jersey Hudson New Households with one or Area City County Jersey more person over 65* 2010 45,801 247,637 634,277 8,791,909 Jersey City 2013 45,697 251,717 644,605 8,832,406 2045 Projected Population 2014 46,236 255,861 654,878 8,874,374 36.8% 2015 46,527 259,651 662,619 8,904,413 NJTPA Households with one or Demographic 2016 47,159 261,666 668,526 8,915,456 369,381 forecasts more person under 18* 2010 Census and ACS 2016 5-Year Estimates

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 37 Diversity

25.8% 40.4% Other 42.1% White Hispanic or 57.9% Race Ethnicity Latino Non Hispanic or Latino (2016) 28.2% (2016) Asian 5.7% Black

Hispanic Non Hispanic Location White Black Asian Other Location or Latino or Latino Study Area 40.4% 5.7% 28.2% 25.8% Study Area 42.1% 57.9% Jersey City 35.3% 24.8% 25.1% 15.5% Jersey City 28.1% 71.9% Hudson County 55.5% 12.7% 14.9% 17.8% Hudson Co. 43.1% 56.9% New Jersey 68.2% 13.5% 9.2% 9.5% New Jersey 19.3% 80.7%

Language spoken at home

Location English Spanish Study Area 32.1% 33.7% Jersey City 46.3% 22.5% Hudson Co. 41.1% 36.4% New Jersey 68.3% 15.3%

38 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context Age and Income Age (2016) Median Household Income Jersey City $60,703 Hudson Co. $60,894 Under 5 7.6% New Jersey $73,702 5 to 17 14.2% Study Area $56,009 Households Below Poverty Level 18 to 65 68.2%

Jersey City 18.1% 17.0% Hudson Co. 16.5% 34.5 Study Area New Jersey 10.6% Median Age 65 and over 9.9% Study Area

Transportation

Means of Travel to Work (2016) Car, Truck or Van 47.4% 39% Jersey City 38.1% Study Area Hudson Co. 32.2% Public Transit 40.9% New Jersey 11.6% Walked 6.2% Households with No Car Available Bicycle 0.5% Other 2.3%

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 39 LOCAL PARKS SUPPLY & DEMAND ANALYSIS Lincoln Park

West Side Ward B NJMC

D Pavonia Marion Park A Ward D Boyd McGuiness Park La Point Park Terrace Avenue Edward Crincoli Park Brett Triangle

Leonard Gordon Park 10th Street Park

Apple Tree House

Journal Square McGinley Square Park

Heights

Ward C Reservoir 3 Pershing Field H G B

Washington Park 11th Street Playground 17th Street Playground E F C Sargeant Anthony Park Ward F Janet Moore Park Firemans Memorial Park Yardley Park Mary Benson Park Tumulty Park Riverview Fisk Park Bright Street Gateway Park Roberto Clemente Sports Complex Weehawkin Union City Reservoir

Pizzuta Park Church Park ¯ Downtown - North Ward E 0 0.125 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 Jackson Street ParkCommunity Garden First Street Park Miles Cliff Face Downtown - South Madison Street Park 19th Street Playground 1600 Park Columbus Park Sixteenth Street Park Hoboken Cove Park Hamilton Park Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, TomTom, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © Jefferson Recreation Center OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community Legion Park Hoboken Cove

Analysis » At 5.7 acres, Leonard Gordon Park » The open lawn areas at Leonard » Leonard Gordon Park is a relieving occupies a somewhat unique niche Gordon Park tend to be unprogrammed patch of green space in the midst of the among parks in Jersey City: it is too most of the time. This is unique among densely-built urban matrix of the Jersey smalled (and limited by topography) to the other parks in the general area, City Heights. The park may feel larger host a battery of athletic facilities (as which tend to be filled more intensively than it is, due to its westerly views, which at Pershing Field), yet it is larger than with highly organized spaces and is a quality that can be preserved or the typical neighborhood park (such as facilities. capitalized upon in the Master Plan. Croncoli/Terrace Ave. Park)

40 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context A Crincoli / Terrace Ave Parks C Riverview - Capt. Fisk Park F Janet Moore / Tumulty Parks

Size: 0.8 acres Size: 5.5 acres Playground, Natural Area Size: 0.6 acres Basketball Court, Open Play Field, Sitting/ Tennis Courts, Sprayground, Playground, Picnic Area, Community Garden, Park Walkways, G Pershing Field Monuments, Landscaping, Sitting Area, Pavilion Shelter, Monuments, Playground Natural Area

B Washington Park D Pavonia Marion Park (Hudson County)

Size: 13.5 acres (2) Ballfields, Playground, Parking, Community Center, Indoor Rink, Indoor Pool, (2) Basketball Courts, (4) Tennis Courts, Track, Monument Garden Size: 3.4 acres Open Play Field, (2) Basketball Courts, H Reservoir 3 Playground, Outdoor Pool

E Sgt. Anthony Park

Size: 20.5 acres (3) Ballfields, Volleyball Court, (3) Basketball Courts, (9) Tennis Courts, Playground, Parking, (2) Garden Plazas. (2) Rectangular Fields, (2) Buildings, Walking Paths Size: 0.6 acres Basketball Court, Playground Size: 13.1 acres Amenities: Natural Area, Walking Trails

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context 41 42 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 1: Master Plan Process and Context Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report

Section 2: The Master Plan

43 VISION STATEMENT The Vision Statement for the Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan was developed through public input, participation, and collaboration. Ideas for the Vision Statement were generated at Public Meeting #1 and refined through subsequent meetings.

The resulting Vision Statement, as presented on the next page, is representative of the expressed desires and judgement of local residents for the future of the park.

Why have a Vision Statement? A Vision Statement is a valuable tool for further development of park facilities as phases of design development become more detailed. It serves as a written statement for how the park should look and function and will be used as a benchmark against which to assess future detailed design decisions.

Both City staff and local volunteers should assess future design and maintenance decisions against the Vision Statement to ensure compliance with the collaborative community milestone that has been achieved with the Master Plan.

44 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan LEONARD GORDON PARK VISION STATEMENT Leonard Gordon Park will be a beautiful, safe, sustainable, and inclusive public park that emphasizes nature, preserves historical features, and integrates a range of passive, active, and cultural recreational opportunities within a holistic design. As a rare and relieving patch of green space within the urban mosaic, the park will implement a sustainable green infrastructure approach to celebrate natural site features as design assets, maximize stormwater mitigation, and support native plants and wildlife.

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan 45 MASTER PLAN LAYOUT The Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan is provided as a plan graphic on the next page.

This plan serves as a milestone of public input and consensus to inform the future of Leonard Gordon Park as determined through an open process of public meetings conducted in May through October of 2018.

Following the Master Plan graphic, detailed write-ups of significant park considerations are provided along with action items intended as logical next steps in the park development process. These considerations include:

» Rehabilitation & Preservation » Sculpture » Concrete piers, entrances, and iron fence along JFK Boulevard » Pavilion » Lower Terrace and Sledding Hill » Open Terrace at JFK Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue » Re-Thinking the Active Recreation Center » Playground » Courts Dog Run » Integrating New Features » Community Center » Amphitheater » Great Lawn » Improving Access, Circulation, and Lighting » Incorporating Green Infrastructure

46 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP.

M A N A G E D M E A D O W

OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUN (BIG DOG)

DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) COURT

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY

LEONARD GORDON PARK MASTER PLAN LAYOUT BASKETBALL COURT EVENT PLAZA PLAYGROUND

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE RAIN INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION OPEN POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE GARDEN TERRACE PLANTING, TYP.

RAIN GARDEN M A N A G E D M E A D O W ENTRY OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAZA PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUN (BIG DOG)

MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, DOG RUN HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON MULTI-USE VEHICLE ACCESS (SMALL DOG) COURT EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY

BASKETBALL COURT EVENT PLAZA PLAYGROUND

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE

RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE

RAIN GARDEN

ENTRY PLAZA

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan 47 Rehabilitation and Preservation It is clear from community participation that several existing elements of the park are valued by the community and important to retain moving forward. Furthermore, from a sustainability perspective, it is

UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA often moreLIBERTY efficient AVE to preserve and re-use constructed elements and INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. their embodied energy, when possible. LOWER TERRACE As of the compilation of this Master Plan, Leonard Gordon Park is not M A N A G E D M E A D OlistedW on federal, state, or local registers of historic places, nor is it

OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS within a historic district. Therefore, the consensus to preserve park DOG RUN (BIG DOG)elements for historic preservation, as determined through the Master Plan process, is an investment in the future while honoring the past.

DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) The followingCOURT elements have been identified as worthy of preservation: SLEDDING HUTTON ST HILL G UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE IN ALK IN G » Sculpture DD W RA LE OK S LO VE ER R OV STORMWATER MITIGATION SE » Concrete piers, entrances, and iron fence along JFK Boulevard E COMMUNITY R PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER EN D » Pavilion R A G STAGE PLAYGROUND IN RESTORE A » Lower Terrace and Sledding Hill R TERRACE R E T A FLEXIBLE SPACE PAVILION E TH » Open Terrace at JFK Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue HI AMP

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY

BASKETBALL OPEN COURT EVENT PLAZA PLAYGROUND TERRACE

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE

RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE

RAIN GARDEN SCULPTURE & ENTRY PLAZA CONSTRUCTED EDGE

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

48 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. Sculpture Action:

UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE A N A G E D M E D O W Leonard Gordon Park contains eightINVESTIGATE notable HYDROLOGY sculpture FOR elements:STORMWATER two MITIGATION » Professionally assess the repair/restoration of the sculptures M A POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE bear and two bison by Solon Borglum, the Raymond Sipnick Memorial,PLANTING, TYP. OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD and memorials, which may entail removal of paint (lead PLAY / EVENTS the Doughboy Memorial, the carved totem by Rafael Torres, and a metal DOG RUN paint hazard possible), concrete repairs, repair/replacement (BIG DOG) cast lion. These elements contribute to the character and interest of the M A N A G E D ofM E A bronzeD O W elements, and protective measures to ensure park and should be restored and preserved. DOG RUN MULTI-USE OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD preservation. (SMALL DOG) COURT PLAY / EVENTS » RestoreDOG RUN the missing eagle to the Raymond Sipnick Memorial. HUTTON ST The Master Plan calls for all sculpture elements to remain in their current (BIG DOG) G UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE » FOR ADA HI ITH N Relocate the totem to location near entrance at JFK Boulevard G W ARDE locations, except for the totem. The totem is carved from a tree trunk; it IN ALK IN G DD W RA LE OK DOG RUN MULTI-USE S LO (SMALL DOG)and Hutton Street, and construct a durable foundation. VE ER should be carefully removed from the stump and installed on a durable COURT R OV STORMWATER MITIGATION SE E COMMUNITY R PLANTING, TYP. HUTTON ST P foundation. This affords the opportunity to move the totem to a more CENTER N G E UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN D LL SE R FOR ADA HI TH N A welcoming location in the park, as identified in theG Master WPlan.I RDE G PLAYGROUND IN LK N GA N STAGE D WA AI I RESTORE ED K R A L OO R TERRACE S RL R VE E E R V T E O A FLEXIBLE SPACE STORMWATER MITIGATION S E E COMMUNITY H PLANTING, TYP. R IT P H CENTER AMP EN D

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN R RESTORE A PAVILION G STAGE PLAYGROUND WATER 1 2 3 IN 4 RESTORE 5 6 7 8 PLAY A R TERRACE R E T A FLEXIBLE SPACE BASKETBALL E TH COURT HI EVENT AMP PLAZA PLAYGROUND MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE PLAY ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE BASKETBALL COURT RAIN EVENT GARDEN Bison Bear Sipnick Mem. Doughboy Mem. Bear Bison Totem Lion OPEN PLAZA PLAYGROUND TERRACE

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG RAIN POLE GARDEN 7 RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE ENTRY PLAZA 8 Lion is located midway up RAIN GARDEN staircase from 4 5 1 2 6 Liberty Avenue MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY 3 ENTRY PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, PLAZA HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan 49 UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. Concrete piers, entrances, and iron fence along JFK Boulevard These elements form a distinct frontage along the busiest road UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA bordering the park.LIBERTY They AVE are inviting from the street level and can The edge treatment along JFK BoulevardINVESTIGATE from HYDROLOGY the FOR Manhattan AvenueSTORMWATER MITIGATION M A N A G E D M E A D O W POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE entrance to the entrance near Hutton Street includes: PLANTING, TYP. attract pedestrians to enter the park. Each of these elements is need OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS » concrete staircases, of restoration and/or relocation to ensure their preservation. DOG RUN (BIG DOG) » concrete piers, M A N A G E D M E A D O W Action: DOG RUN OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD MULTI-USE » concrete curbing and retainingPLAY walls,/ EVENTS (SMALL DOG) COURT » Repair concrete stair, pier, and wall elements with appropriate » DOG RUN HUTTON ST bronze park identification signs, (BIG DOG) G exposed quartz aggregate concrete. UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE » exposed bedrock, and IN ALK IN G DD W A DOG RUN» Restore bronzeMULTI-USE park identification signs. E OK R SL O (SMALL DOG) E RL COURT V VE » cast and wrought iron fencing. ER O STORMWATER MITIGATION S » E COMMUNITY Restore the cast and wrought iron fencing. R HUTTON ST PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER N ING E UPGRADE ENTRY EAT GARDEN D ILL H S R FOR ADA H WIT DEN A NG K GAR G DI AL IN N STAGE PLAYGROUND D W RA I RESTORE LE OK A S LO R TERRACE VE ER R R V E E O T STORMWATER MITIGATION S A FLEXIBLE SPACE E COMMUNITY E PLANTING, TYP. R H P IT CENTER H 1 2 N3 4 5 AMP E D R

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN A RESTORE G PAVILION STAGE PLAYGROUND IN RESTORE WATER A PLAY R TERRACE R E T A FLEXIBLE SPACE E H BASKETBALL IT COURT PH EVENT AM

PLAZA PLAYGROUND AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE BASKETBALL COURT RAIN Entrance (south) Typical Iron Fence Grand EntranceEVENT (central) Exposed Bedrock Entrance (north) OPEN GARDEN PLAZA PLAYGROUND TERRACE

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE RAIN GARDEN RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE ENTRY PLAZA

RAIN GARDEN

3 ENTRY PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY 1 4 5 PLAZA HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. 2 EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

50 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan Pavilion The large pavilion structure occupies the central and highest elevation point of Leonard Gordon Park. On axis with the ornate park JFK Boulevard and Sherman Place, the concrete structure dates back

UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA to the originalLIBERTY AVE construction of the park and was once used as a INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. LIBERTY AVE bandstand with restrooms accessible beneath in the basement. An INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE architectural assessment of the pavilion has been conducted by PLANTING, TYP. the City, and despite the aged appearance and problems with the A N A G E D M E A D O W M structure, it has been deemed structurally sound and can be restored. OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS M A N A G E D M E A D O W DOG RUN (BIG DOG)Action: OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS

DOG RUN » RestoreMULTI-USE the pavilion. Use the structural assessment that was DOG RUN (SMALL DOG) COURT (BIG DOG) completed by Jersey City to prepare an architectural plan for the

HUTTON ST G UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE restoration of the pavilion structure, including considerations FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE DOG RUN MULTI-USE IN ALK IN G DD W RA (SMALL DOG) COURT LE OK for the roof, re-use of former restrooms as storage space, and S LO VE ER R OV STORMWATER MITIGATION E S HUTTON ST E ADA access.COMMUNITY R PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER ING EN UPGRADE ENTRY AT GARDEN D LL SE R » Restore the terrace to the west. FOR ADA I TH N A H WI RDE G NG K GA N STAGE PLAYGROUND I AL IN I RESTORE D W A A ED K R R TERRACE » Re-construct the event plaza to the east and integrate ramps to L OO R S L E E R T FLEXIBLE SPACE V VE A R O E STORMWATER MITIGATION SE TH achieve ADA access to the pavilion. E COMMUNITY HI R AMP PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE N » E PAVILION The pavilion finished floor elevation is 5-6 feet above D WATER R A PLAY G STAGE PLAYGROUND surrounding grades; IN RESTORE A BASKETBALL R TERRACE R » COURT E EVENT Design the event plaza to an elevation 2-3 higher than T A FLEXIBLE SPACE PLAZA PLAYGROUND E TH existing grade of surrounding turf areas; HI AMP RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH GREAT LAWN FLAG DURABLE FOUNDATION AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. » POLE Design the walkways leading to the event plaza to gradually PAVILION + 138’ WATER ramp up to the eventRAIN plaza; PLAY OPEN GARDEN TERRACE » Provide a ramp around the southern edge of the event plaza BASKETBALL COURT Ramp area EVENT to reachRAIN the finished floor elevation of the pavilion. PLAZA+ 133’ (exiting) PLAYGROUND GARDEN 135.5’ (proposed) GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ENTRY ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION PLAZA 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE

RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD Denotes proposed ADA accessible paths RAIN GARDEN City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan 51 ENTRY PLAZA

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP.

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OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUN (BIG DOG)

DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) COURT

HUTTON ST G UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN Lower TerraceGARDEN and Sledding Hill LL SE FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE IN ALK IN G DD W A E OK R The lower terrace is valued for its versatility: as a relatively flat, UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE SL O E RL INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR V VE STORMWATER MITIGATION ER O POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE STORMWATER MITIGATION S open lawn, it has the dynamic ability to work for passive recreation, PLANTING, TYP. E COMMUNITY R PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER EN D informal active recreation (pick-up games), and organized active R A G STAGE PLAYGROUND IN RESTORE recreation (children’s soccer league, tee ball). With the sledding A R TERRACE R E M A N A G E D M E A D O W T FLEXIBLE SPACE hill asA a backdrop and an established vegetated buffer to adjacent E TH HI AMP OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD streets, the lower terrace has a good sense of enclosure/definition, PLAY / EVENTS

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION yet is accessible to twoWATER park entrance and two stairway routes up the DOG RUN PLAY (BIG DOG) sledding hill. BASKETBALL COURT EVENT DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) PLAZA The sledding hill is a veryPLAYGROUND popular winter destination and the only good COURT

HUTTON ST RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH GREAT LAWN G FLAG sledding facility in the area. It is highly valuedDURABLE by visitors FOUNDATION throughout UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. LL SE POLE FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE IN ALK IN G DD W RA Jersey City. RAIN LE OK S LO OPEN GARDEN VE ER R OV TERRACE STORMWATER MITIGATION SE E COMMUNITY R PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER EN Action: D R A RAIN G STAGE PLAYGROUND GARDEN IN RESTORE » Maintain the Lower Terrace and Sledding Hill as open turfgrass A R TERRACE R E T A FLEXIBLE SPACE lawn. ENTRY E PLAZA TH HI AMP

» Preserve the Sledding Hill as free of obstructions that would AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER create hazard for sled riding. PLAY

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY BASKETBALL » Investigate hydrology near Liberty Avenue entranceVEHICLE ACCESS for potential COURT HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON N.T.S. EVENT FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD to feed a water feature in that location. PLAZA PLAYGROUND

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE » ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION Upgrade park entrance from Manhattan Avenue and Liberty 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE

Avenue for ADA accessibility. RAIN OPEN GARDEN » Repair erosion on the Sledding Hill. TERRACE » Assess functionality/benefits of stormwater/green infrastructure RAIN trenches walkway between Lower Terrace and Sledding Hill and GARDEN ENTRY along the retaining wall that separates the Lower Terrace from PLAZA Manhattan Avenue and Liberty Avenue. » Consider new fencing along and removal of invasive plants from

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY the retaining wall at Manhattan Avenue and Liberty Avenue. HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

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OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUN (BIG DOG) M A N A G E D M E A D O W

OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) COURT DOG RUN (BIG DOG)

HUTTON ST G UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE DOG RUN IN ALK IN G MULTI-USE DD W RA (SMALL DOG) COURT LE OK S LO VE ER R OV STORMWATER MITIGATION SE HUTTON ST E COMMUNITY PLANTING, TYP. R P TING CENTER UPGRADE ENTRY L EA GARDEN N IL S E FOR ADA H ITH EN D G W ARD R IN LK N G A D WA AI G ED K R PLAYGROUND L OO IN STAGE S L RESTORE VE ER A R V R TERRACE E O R STORMWATER MITIGATION S Open TerraceE at JFK Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue E COMMUNITY T PLANTING, TYP. R A FLEXIBLE SPACE P E CENTER H N IT E H D The OpenAMP Terrace does not receive much attention, but it is beneficial R A G MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE STAGE PLAYGROUND IN RESTORE PAVILION to the park to maintain unstructured space. With its southern A WATER R TERRACE R PLAY E T A FLEXIBLE SPACE exposure and intermediate elevation, the Open Terrace can be an E TH HI BASKETBALL AMP attractive extension of the entrance at ManhattanCOURT Avenue and JFK

EVENT AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PLAZA PAVILION PLAYGROUND WATER Boulevard, inviting visors deeper into the park. PLAY GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG BASKETBALL POLE COURT EVENT Action: RAIN PLAZA PLAYGROUND OPEN GARDEN TERRACE » Re-construct the existing walkway along the northern edge of GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG the Open Terrace. POLE RAIN RAIN GARDEN OPEN GARDEN » Construct a new walkway along the southern edge of the TERRACE

ENTRY Open Terrace from the Manhattan Avenue andPLAZA JFK Boulevard RAIN entrance connecting to the main park circulation loop. GARDEN

» Preserve the Open Terrance as open and sun-filled; consider ENTRY PLAZA PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY providing stationary benches on perimeter. VEHICLE ACCESS HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON N.T.S. FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS JOHN F.» KENNEDY Assess BLVD functionality/benefits of stormwater/green infrastructure

trenches along walkways. PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan 53 Re-Thinking the Active Recreation Center The northern edge of the park borders the backyards of residential properties on Hutton Street. Within the park, northern edge is the primary location of active recreation facilities, including multi-purpose

UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION paved/fenced courts, swings, and a playground. Also within this POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE COURT PLANTING, TYP. general concentration is a dog park.

The current playground consists of a single composite structure M A N A G E D M E A D O Wdesignated for ages 2-12. Swings are also available in the park, OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS but are located 225 feet away from the composite structure, with a DOG RUN SWINGS (BIG DOG)crushed gravel surfaced area in between intended as a dog park. There are three multi-purpose courts in varying condition with asphalt DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) surfacingCOURT and chain link fences. COURT

HUTTON ST G UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE IN ALK IN G DD W RA LE OK DOG PARK S LO VE ER R OV STORMWATER MITIGATION SE E COMMUNITY R PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER EN D R A G STAGE PLAYGROUND IN RESTORE A R TERRACE R E T A FLEXIBLE SPACE E TH HI AMP

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY COURT

BASKETBALL COURT EVENT PLAZA PLAYGROUND

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE

RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE

RAIN GARDEN 2-12 ENTRY PLAZA PLAYGROUND WITH COMPOSITE STRUCTURE

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

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OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVEPLAY / EVENTS INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. DOG RUN (BIG DOG)

A G E D M A N M E A D O W DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) COURT OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD Playground PLAY / EVENTS

HUTTON ST The existingDOG RUN configuration of composite structure, swings, and dog

(BIG DOG) ING UPGRADE ENTRY EAT GARDEN park was constructed in response to an incidentILL of vandalism:H S a FOR ADA H WIT DEN NG K GAR DI AL IN previousDOG RUN playground occupied the locationD of the dog W park, but wasRA set MULTI-USE LE OK (SMALL DOG) COURT S LO VE ER on fire. While this configuration hasR sufficedOV as an interim solution, STORMWATER MITIGATION E S HUTTON ST E COMMUNITY R G PLANTING, TYP. P UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN it is not advisableGARDEN to for the long term. In general, safety guidelines LL SE CENTER FOR ADA HI ITH N N G W ARDE E IN ALK IN G D DD W A E OK R (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission PublicR Playground Safety SL O A E RL G V VE PLAYGROUND ER O N STAGE STORMWATER MITIGATION S Handbook) advise that playgrounds should I be age-separatedRESTORE for E COMMUNITY A R PLANTING, TYP. P R TERRACE CENTER R EN E D children age 2-5 and 5-12. This is due not only to developmental T FLEXIBLE SPACE R A A E G H STAGE PLAYGROUND T IN RESTORE differences, but also the pace of play and exuberance exhibited by I A PH R TERRACE AM R E T FLEXIBLE SPACE childrenA AVE MANHATTAN of different ages. Considering the size of the populationRESTORE that E TH PAVILION HI AMP WATER Leonard Gordon Park serves, an age-separated playground with a PLAY MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION variety of features andWATER convenient access is a basic expectation. PLAY BASKETBALL COURT BASKETBALL EVENT COURT EVENT Action: PLAZA PLAYGROUND PLAZA PLAYGROUND

» Remove existing 2-12 playground, swings,RELOCATE andTOTEM & PROVIDEdog park. RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH ACCESSIBLE PATHGREAT LAWN GREAT LAWN FLAG DURABLE FOUNDATION FLAG DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. POLE » Provide age-separated playground facilities for children POLE2-5 and RAIN OPEN GARDEN RAIN TERRACE 5-12. OPEN GARDEN » Provide water play/sprayTERRACE court feature to provide water play RAIN opportunities in summerGARDEN months, but be visually unobtrusive in colder months . RAIN ENTRY GARDEN » Provide access control (fencing) andPLAZA seating within playground ENTRY areas. PLAZA » PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, Location of existing 2-12 playground is an opportunityMAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY to HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD create a rain garden that is welcoming from the JFK Boulevard entrance. PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

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INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE OPEN TERRACE FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION PLAY / EVENTS PLANTING, TYP.

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OPEN TERRACE FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION PLAY / EVENTSUPGRADE ENTRY PLANTING, TYP.

FOR ADA UPGRADE ENTRY STORMWATER MITIGATION LIBERTY AVE FOR ADA STORMWATER MITIGATION LIBERTY AVE M A PLANTING, TYP. N M A G A N E PLANTING, TYP. A G D E D ORCHARD ORCHARD M M E E A D A D O W O W

HILL DDING DOG RUN E SLE ERV Courts (BIG DOG) RES P ING HILL DOG RUN OK WALK WITH SEAT DOG RUN EDD OVERLO The multi-purposeING courts(SMALL DOG)are in needE SL of renovation. Of primary concern, ERV (BIG DOG) MANHATTAN AVE ES the westernmost court is PlaidR out in a north-south orientation, creating a N RAIN GAR DOG RUN RDE DEN K WALK WITH SEAT GA ERLOO ING (SMALL DOG) IN visual and physical blockage of the westernMULTI-USEOV portion of the park. This creates RA MANHATTAN AVE COURT an isolated pocket in the northwestGARDEN corner, which has been identified as a ACCESSIBLE PATH RESTORE 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. TERRACEpersonal security concern through public input.N RAIN GAR RDE DEN GA STAGE IN MULTI-USE The court surfaces exhibit crackingRA and the curbing and fencing are in poor RESTORE COURT PAVILION GARDEN R condition. DrainageTE grates are located within the courts, but it is unclear EA AMPHITH ACCESSIBLE PATH PLAYGROUND COMMUNITY RESTORE 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. where the drainage system directs stormwater.CENTER TheTERRACE northern edge of the OPEN ST HUTTON TERRACE EVENT PLAZA courts is separated from adjacent backyards by two layers of chain-link fence STAGE with corrugated metal panels sandwiched between.

FLAG RESTORE POLE WATER FLEXIBLE SPACE Through public input, the courtsPLAY are described beingPAVILION in high demand, yet R TE they suffer from ambiguity of design and tend to be dominated by soccer EA EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS GREAT LAWN AMPHITH activities at the expense of basketball activities. Public input also directed PLAYGROUND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND CENTER BASKETBALL

OPENthat the benefits including a Community COURTCenter in the park outweigh the ST HUTTON TERRACE EVENT PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, need for three courts, eliminating one courtPLAZA from the Master Plan. HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS Action: RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE RAIN FLAG DURABLE FOUNDATION » Remove the center court to create GARDENspace for a community center. POLE WATER RAIN FLEXIBLE SPACE GARDEN PLAY JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD » Reconstruct the westernmost court in an east-west orientation to eliminate personal security concerns and create space for a garden. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS GREAT LAWN » Develop a long-term solution for the northern edge separation from ENTRY PLAYGROUND adjacent backyards that is attractivePLAZA and durable. BASKETBALL » Provide design distinction and appropriate facilities and surfacing to COURT PRESERVE/RESTORE ALLsupport SCULPTURES, one basketball court and one multi-purpose court. HISTORICAL CONCRETE» Consider WORK, IRON sound attenuation in detailed design to mitigate sound FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY travel into quieter portions of the park andVEHICLE adjacentACCESS backyards. » Consider an interim use for the space where the community center is planned that is consistent with its long-term use as a community RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE RAIN DURABLE FOUNDATION gathering point (for example, consider an outdoor gathering plaza GARDEN with seating). RAIN GARDEN JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD N.T.S.

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ENTRY PLAZA

MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS Dog Run The existing dog run is too small for dogs to actually run, is inappropriately located next to children’s swings, lacks separation UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION of small and large dogs, and has a crushed gravel surface that is POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. displeasing to many dogs and dog owners.

UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR M A N A G E D MAction:E A D O W STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD » Relocate dog run to general location of former westernmost PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUNcourt. (BIG DOG) » Provide sufficient fencing.

DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) » Provide separateCOURT play areas based on dog size (small or large). M A N A G E D M E A D O W » Provide double-gated fenced entry areas thatHUTTON ST allow owners to G UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE enter and de-leash their dogsOPEN TERRACE prior to FOR entering the greater dog IN ALK IN G ORCHARD DD W RA LE OK PLAY / EVENTS S LO VE ER R OV run areas. STORMWATER MITIGATION SE E COMMUNITY R DOG RUN PLANTING, TYP. P » Consider turfgrassCENTER surface or investigate surface alternatives (BIG DOG) EN D R A G STAGE that arePLAYGROUND satisfactory for maintenance purposes and to dog IN RESTORE A R TERRACE R E owners. T A FLEXIBLE SPACE E H IT DOG RUN PH MULTI-USE AM » Provide dog waste stations with receptacles and bags. (SMALL DOG) COURT

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION » WATER Provide dog-onlyPLAY water fountains. HUTTON ST BASKETBALL G COURT TIN EVENT UPGRADE ENTRY EA GARDEN ILL H S PLAZA FOR ADA PLAYGROUND H WIT RDEN NG LK GA DI A AIN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE D W R ACCESSIBLE PATH GREAT LAWN E OK FLAG DURABLE FOUNDATION L O 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. S L POLE VE ER R OV STORMWATER MITIGATION RAIN SE E COMMUNITY OPEN GARDEN R TERRACE PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER EN D R RAIN A GARDEN G STAGE PLAYGROUND IN RESTORE A ENTRY R TERRACE PLAZA R E T A FLEXIBLE SPACE E TH HI AMP MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE VEHICLE ACCESS HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON N.T.S.PAVILION EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD WATER PLAY

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GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE

RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE

RAIN GARDEN

ENTRY PLAZA

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD Integrating New Features As valued as some of the locations and features within Leonard Gordon Park are, there is also a desire revitalize underutilized spaces by providing new design elements, as determined through the public

UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION input process. POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. The primary new features that will be added to Leonard Gordon Park are: M A N A G E D M E A D O W

OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD » PLAY / EVENTS Community Center DOG RUN (BIG DOG) » Amphitheater » Great Lawn COMMUNITY DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) COURT CENTER

HUTTON ST G UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE IN ALK IN G DD W RA LE OK S LO VE ER AMPHITHEATER R OV STORMWATER MITIGATION SE E COMMUNITY R PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER EN D R A G STAGE PLAYGROUND IN RESTORE A R TERRACE R E T A FLEXIBLE SPACE E TH HI AMP

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY

BASKETBALL COURT EVENT GREAT LAWN PLAZA PLAYGROUND

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE

RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE

RAIN GARDEN

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PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

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UPGRADE ENTRY OPEN ST HUTTON TERRACE EVENT PLAZA FOR ADA STORMWATER MITIGATION LIBERTY AVE FLAG POLE WATER M FLEXIBLE SPACE A NPLAY PLANTING, TYP. A G E D EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS GREAT LAWN ORCHARD M E A D PLAYGROUND O BASKETBALLW COURT Community CenterPRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS HILL Leonard Gordon Park currently lacksD DsomeING of the amenities enjoyed at other DOG RUN E SLE ERV (BIG DOG) parks in Jersey City, includingRES restrooms, storage space, and community P RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE DOG RUN DURABLE FOUNDATION meeting space. Through the public input process,K W itA wasLK W ITdeterminedH SEAT that a RAIN OVERLOO ING (SMALL DOG) GARDEN RAIN MANHATTAN AVE community center should be constructed within the park to provide the desired GARDEN amenities. JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD N RAIN GAR RDE DEN GA IN MULTI-USE Considering its size and variety ofRA features in relation to the context of COURT ENTRY Jersey City, Leonard Gordon Park straddles classification between being a GARDEN PLAZA ACCESSIBLE PATH neighborhood park and a destination park. As a neighborhoodRESTORE park, visits of 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. a short duration of 1-2 hours can be expected. As TERRACEa destination park, visits of 3-4 hours, such as an afternoon or a summer evening can be expected.STAGE The

park is also host to a number of program events, such as the Easter Egg Hunt, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY RESTORE VEHICLE ACCESS the Halloween Bash, and the Heights Live musicPAVILION series. There is also a desire R TE to connect with nearby schools and offer the park as an opportunity outdoorEA AMPHITH classrooms and ecological education. The park has two community groups PLAYGROUND COMMUNITY

CENTER

OPENthat support park programming and organize community gardening and ST HUTTON TERRACE EVENT maintenance activities. PLAZA N.T.S.

A community center has the potential to support and improve each of these

activities and desires. Accessible restroomsFLAG will invite people to visit the park POLE WATER and stay longer and be a useful feature at park events. A meeting space FLEXIBLE SPACE PLAY will enable classroom activities and encourage participation and harmony

EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS among community groups. Storage space will help the logistics of communityGREAT LAWN gardening and events. PLAYGROUND BASKETBALL Action: COURT PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL» Conduct SCULPTURES, an architectural plan to determine the program and design of HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON FENCING, AND FRONTAGEa community GARDENS center (consider appropriate materials and scale when developing design plan/drawings). » Provide a community-managed garden space west of the playground. RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE » Consider an interim use for the space where the community center RAIN DURABLE FOUNDATION GARDEN is planned that is consistent with its long-term use as a community RAIN gathering point (for example, consider an outdoor gathering plaza with GARDEN seating). JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

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M A N A G E D M E A D O W

OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE PLAY / EVENTS INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. DOG RUN Great Lawn (BIG DOG) Opportunities for passive recreation and space for outdoor community M A N A G E D M E A D O W DOG RUN MULTI-USE events were identified in public input as desires for Leonard Gordon (SMALL DOG) COURT OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS Park. The existing park as has the capacity, in terms of size, to host

HUTTON ST DOG RUN G (BIGcommunity DOG) events, but itUPGRADE lacks ENTRYan organized and coherent gathering ATIN GARDEN LL SE FOR ADA HI TH N G WI RDE space. IN LK N GA D WA AI ED K R DOG RUN MULTI-USE L OO (SMALL DOG) S L COURT VE ER R OV The large grass-coveredSTORMWATER area MITIGATION referred to as the Upper Terrace S(northE HUTTON ST E COMMUNITY PLANTING, TYP. R G P UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN CENTER LL SE of the pavilion axis and opposite of JFK Boulevard) has the potential FOR ADA HI TH N N G WI RDE E IN LK N GA D D WA AI R ED K R A L OO to serve as an event space and connect among the other features of G S RL VE E N STAGE PLAYGROUND R OV I RESTORE STORMWATER MITIGATION SE A E the park (pavilion, playgrounds,COMMUNITY courts, proposed amphitheater). In PLANTING, TYP. R R TERRACE P R CENTER N E E T FLEXIBLE SPACE D its current state, the Upper Terrace bisected by a pathway between A R A E G H STAGE PLAYGROUND IT IN RESTORE H A the playground and the pavilion. The unfortunate effect of the original AMP R TERRACE R E T AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE A FLEXIBLE SPACE E pathway alignment is that it fragments a potentially cohesive space H PAVILION IT PH WATER AM into smaller spaces that do not support events. PLAY

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY BASKETBALL By removing the bisecting pathway, re-grading some of the lawn area, COURT EVENT BASKETBALL COURT PLAZA EVENT and providing perimeter trees, a Great Lawn space can be achieved PLAYGROUND PLAZA that is supportivePLAYGROUND of passive recreation and outdoor community GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE GREAT LAWN ACCESSIBLE PATH RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION FLAG DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG events. 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. POLE POLE

RAIN OPEN GARDEN RAIN TERRACE The event plaza south adjacent to the pavilion can supportOPEN GARDEN programming to take place in the Great Lawn, thus servingTERRACE a dual

RAIN purpose of providingGARDEN pavilion access and event or performance space. RAIN ENTRY GARDEN Action: PLAZA ENTRY » Remove pathway between playground and pavilion PLAZA » Re-grade lawn area PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD » Plant perimeter trees » Provide benches and lighting PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY » Consider turf requirements and maintenance HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

60 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP.

M A N A G E D M E A D O W

OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUN (BIG DOG)

DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) COURT Amphitheater When it was originally constructed, the pavilion served as a UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE HUTTON ST INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP. performance space. Perched above the surrounding park, brass bands ING UPGRADE ENTRY EAT GARDEN would play afternoon concerts for park-goers on the weekends.ILL Since H S FOR ADA H WIT DEN a band playing from the elevated pavilion would have beenNG difficult K GAR DI AL IN M A N A G E D M E A D O W D W A to see from the ground, it is likely that the music inE the park was OK R SL LO OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD E R PLAY / EVENTS intended more for ambiance or dancing than observation.V MusicalE R V DOG RUN E O STORMWATER MITIGATION performances(BIG DOG) have changed since the earlyS days of Leonard Gordon E COMMUNITY R PLANTING, TYP. Park. P CENTER DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) N COURT E Conversations around musical performances in the Master Plan D HUTTON ST R G A UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN processGARDEN indicated that a more interactive experience is expected. LL SE G FOR ADA HI ITH N G W ARDE PLAYGROUND IN ALK IN G N STAGE DD W A I E OK R There is a preference to see and interact with the performers, rather RESTORE SL O E RL A V VE ER O STORMWATER MITIGATION S than isolate the performers on an elevated stage. R TERRACE E COMMUNITY R R PLANTING, TYP. P CENTER E EN D T R FLEXIBLE SPACE A A G For these reasons, an amphitheater is planned as a new facility to be STAGE PLAYGROUND E IN RESTORE A H R TERRACE T R developed as part of the Master Plan. An amphitheater will support I E T FLEXIBLE SPACE H A P E AM TH HI the live musical performances that are currently hosted in the park AMP

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION and attract other types of performance. When it is not being used for WATER PLAY PAVILION events, an amphitheater can serve as an outdoor classroom, a place WATER BASKETBALL COURT PLAY EVENT for open-ended or theatrical play, a meeting place, a gathering place, PLAZA or simply a placePLAYGROUND to come to rest.

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE BASKETBALL

Action: RAIN COURT OPEN GARDEN EVENT TERRACE » Provide an amphitheater on the north side of the pavilion. PLAZA PLAYGROUND » Assess current performance programming and desires for future RAIN performance programmingGARDEN to “right size” the amphitheater for RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE its intended use. ENTRY GREAT LAWN ACCESSIBLE PATH PLAZA DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG » Consider materials for walls/seating, stage, and backdrop POLE that are appropriate, but visually unobtrusive, such that the PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, amphitheater blends cohesively into theMAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY park when it is not in RAIN HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD OPEN GARDEN use. TERRACE

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ENTRY PLAZA

M A N A G E D M E A D O W

OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUN (BIG DOG)

DOG RUN ImprovingMULTI-USE Access, Circulation, and Lighting (SMALL DOG) COURT

Access and circulation demand careful considerationHUTTON ST at any park and G UPGRADE ENTRY ATIN GARDEN LL SE FOR ADA HI ITH N are complicated by the unique topography of Leonard Gordon Park. At G W ARDE IN ALK IN G LIBERTY AVE DD W RA LE OK S LO Leonard Gordon Park, less than a third of the existing walkways are VE ER R OV STORMWATER MITIGATION SE E COMMUNITY R PLANTING, TYP. P ADA-compliant in terms of slope (less than 5%), and of those few, poor CENTER EN D R A pavement conditions further reduce accessibility throughout the park. G STAGE PLAYGROUND IN RESTORE A R TERRACE R E T A The Master Plan is an opportunityFLEXIBLE SPACE to re-envision access and circulation E TH HI AMP throughout Leonard Gordon Park: to invite and welcome with equality

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION people of allWATER abilities, to provide a circulation system that supports a PLAY sense of cohesion and destination, and to enable vehicular access for BASKETBALL COURT EVENT service and emergency vehicles. PLAZA PLAYGROUND

RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH GREAT LAWN FLAG A circulation diagram of the MasterDURABLE Plan FOUNDATION is provided on the next page.

10-12’ WIDE, TYP. MANHATTAN AVE. POLE

RAIN OPEN Park lighting is an additionalGARDEN consideration that will contribute to the TERRACE general appeal, improve access and safety, as well as enhance events

held at Leonard RAINGordon Park. Pedestrian scale lighting should be GARDEN provided along walkways, staircases, and at key locations such as ENTRY entrances, the pavilion, playground,PLAZA community center, and courts.

Action: JFK BLVD. N PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON » Provide ADA-accessible routes to allVEHICLE park ACCESS assets N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD » Provide vehicular access on paved pathways to the community Existing accessible walkways center and upper terrace for emergency and service vehicles (No stairs or slopes <5%) » Improve park circulation by providing a general circulation loop internal to the park that links significant park assets » Provide pedestrian scale park lighting with buried cable (consider use of conduit due to community interest in gardening)

62 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Circulation Diagram UPGRADE ENTRY FOR ADA LIBERTY AVE INVESTIGATE HYDROLOGY FOR STORMWATER MITIGATION POTENTIAL WATER FEATURE PLANTING, TYP.

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OPEN TERRACE FOR ORCHARD PLAY / EVENTS DOG RUN (BIG DOG)

DOG RUN MULTI-USE (SMALL DOG) COURT

MANHATTAN AVE MANHATTAN RESTORE PAVILION WATER PLAY

BASKETBALL COURT EVENT PLAZA PLAYGROUND

GREAT LAWN RELOCATE TOTEM & PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PATH DURABLE FOUNDATION 10-12’ WIDE, TYP. FLAG POLE

RAIN OPEN GARDEN TERRACE

RAIN GARDEN

ENTRY PLAZA

PRESERVE/RESTORE ALL SCULPTURES, MAINTENANCE/EMERGENCY HISTORICAL CONCRETE WORK, IRON VEHICLE ACCESS N.T.S. EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS FENCING, AND FRONTAGE GARDENS JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan 63 Incorporating Green Infrastructure Within the urban surrounds of the Jersey City Heights, dominated by impervious surfaces, Leonard Gordon Park is an isolated patch of green space. However, the park suffers from issues with stormwater management and is blamed for large amounts of runoff that pour across sidewalks and city streets. Ideally, a park space with trees, vegetation, and soil should be a site that absorbs runoff and percolates stormwater on site. Factors that contribute to Leonard Gordon Park’s poor stormwater performance include:

» The topography slopes severely to the southwest, concentrating stormwater flows toward the southwest corner of the park. In certain areas there is significant erosion as repeated flows have carved ruts over time. » Landscape plants consist primarily of mature trees (in varying states of health) and turfgrass on compacted earth. This produces heavy sheet flows toward sloped areas. » Walkways throughout the park are concrete-paved, at grades slightly lower than surrounding areas, and have raised curbs. The effect is that walkways become like river basins when it rains, collecting stormwater from surrounding areas and funneling it at high speed in concentration. » Exposed bedrock in the park indicates that the water holding rates of existing soils) to inform a comprehensive stormwater capacity of the soil may be limited by a shallow soil profile. management plan aligned with this Master Plan. » Employ best management practices such as pervious Action: pavements, bioswales, basins, and rain gardens to catch and » The goal for Leonard Gordon Park should be to eliminate retain stormwater on site. stormwater runoff from leaving the site, or, at a minimum, catch » Incorporate inundation- and salt-tolerant plants, meadow and delay stormwater from entering the combined sewer system grasses, and strategic terracing adjacent to walkways and during peak flow times, so that stormwater from the park does stairway structures to slow sheet flows and encourage not contribute to combined sewer overflows. infiltration and transpiration. » Conduct hydrological, hydraulic, and stormwater analyses » Provide a managed meadow planting in the northwest corner of of the site (determining depth to bedrock and percolation the park.

64 City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan COST ESTIMATE PROJECT: LEONARD GORDON PARK ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ESTIMATE OF CONSTRUCTION COST LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT/ENGINEER: NV5 SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Item Summary Description Estimated Cost 1 SITE & BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS $3,657,034 2 LANDSCAPING $156,447 3 PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT $397,625 4 SPRAYGROUND EQUIPMENT $113,430 5 PARK FURNISHINGS $145,580 6 SITE PROTECTION & REMOVALS $670,517 7 SUBTOTAL $5,140,633 8 DESIGN CONTINGENCY (10%) $514,063.34 9 CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY (15%) $848,204.51 10 GENERAL CONDITIONS (8%) $411,250.67 11 TOTAL $6,914,152

City of Jersey City | Leonard Gordon Park Master Plan Report | Section 2: The Master Plan 65 ANTICIPATED NEXT PHASES OF PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

Detailed Design Development & Funding

» Conduct geotechnical studies (hydrological, hydraulic, and stormwater). » Refine Master Plan in light of geotechnical studies to include further detail and clarification of site improvements such as layout, grading, green infrastructure/stormwater management, landscaping, furnishings, and lighting. » Develop phased approach to final design development and construction in consideration of available funding sources and cycles. » Develop conceptual and detailed architectural plans for the Community Center and the restoration of the Pavilion. » Public input to be included in all phases as appropriate. » Develop an engineer’s cost estimate. » Prepare grant funding applications using Master Plan as a basis. » Finalize park plans for public bid and construction. Develop construction plans and specifications.

Construction

» Phased construction of improvements will likely be required depending upon budget. » Prepare and plan for how construction will temporarily impact park operations and programs. » Prepare to capitalize on grand re-opening through volunteer support, public awareness, and fundraising. » Consider use of a time lapse camera during construction to record the process of change.

Long-term Management & Sustainability

» Develop a long-term maintenance plan that establishes benchmarks to achieve an acceptable level of quality and safety over time. » Consider formalizing an understanding of maintenance standards and responsibilities through a Memorandum of Understanding between Jersey City and volunteer organization(s).

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