1988 Restoration Trexler Memorial Park

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Andropogon Associates) Ltd. Ec% ,{! i((ll PIC/ llllill.'! & Desigll

374 S""" Lalle

P"i/adelphia PA 19 128

TREXLER MEMORIAL PARK

Allentown. Pennsylvania LOWER PARK WOODLAND AND PATH RESTORATION

Prepared for the City of Allentown BureDU of PDrks 2700 PDrkWDY BoulevDrd Allentown, PA 18104 8 July 1988

Prepared by Andropogon Associates Ltd, Ecological Planning & Consultants, Architects, Landscape Architects and P ,m"pN: 374Shurs Lane, Philadelphia PA 19128, phone (21

Arc" it('(ts, Lalldscape Ar("itects & PIa/111m

(215) 487-0700

Fax: (2 15) 483-7520

TREXLER PARK PLANTING DESIGN PRINCIPLES, This first phase of the new planting plan for Trexler Park, whlle replacing diseased and senescent trees, is principally intended to reinforce and enhance the original design. In addition, where opportunities for enrichment of the visual experience exist, the vegetation patterns are used to accentuate certain types of views and Vistas, reinforce spatial definition, and buffer parts of the park from adjacent incompatible uses.

To illustrate some of these ideas, different types of views are shown on the plan, and further explained in a series of annotated perspective diagrams.

The planting plan is shown as a series of generic planting areas, indicated by different symbols. Each planting area is intended to perform a specific function, for example, reinforce and close the edge of an existing woodland, or infill an area with new woodland. Instead of a specific planting plan that shows tree positions, typical 'menus' are offered for each generiC area. The menus offer alternative planting pallettes and typical planting patterns. Each menu can be applied in the area shown by the appropriate symbol. An integral part of the plan are grading and minor path changes. The system wlll allow for an installation that is flexible and repeatable, and gives considerable discretion to the Park Director and his staff in the choice of plants and the actual configurations of planting.

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VIEW TYPE 1:

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ANTICIPATORY VIEW:

Heightened sense of anticipation by alternately conceDJing and reveDJing views along the path

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Trees In middle distance frame distant view

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'FRAMED'VIEW:

Interest is heightened by directing the view to a distant focus with a 'fmme' of trees in the middle distance

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VIEW TYPE 3:

Enclosure of woods creates large 'room'

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'SPATIAL' VIEW:

Vegetation used to heighten sense of space, scale and distance

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VIEW TYPE 4:

View beyond first space.

Space beyond screen

Screen of I imbed-up trees

'MYSTERY' VIEW:

Partially screened view into space off the path creates a sense of mystery - spaces beyond the normal route

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TYPICAL PLANT LISTS

PECIDUOUS SHRUBS;

Type 'A' (2-10 ft. h1gh)

Sunny Locations: - Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry) - Cornus racemosa (Gray Dogwood) - Hypericum prolificum (Shrubby st. Johnswort) - Potentilla fruticosa (Bush Cinquefoil) - Malus sargentil (Sargent Crabapple) - Prunus tomentosa (Nanking Cherry) - Sorbaria sorbifolia (Ural False-Spirea) - Spirea prunifolium (Bridal wreath Spirea) - Spirea x. vanhouttei (Vanhouttei Spirea) - Syringa chinensis (Chinese lilac) - Syringa meyeril (Meyer Lilac) - Syringa pekinensis (Pekin Lilac) - Syringa villosa (Summer Lilac) - Virburnum carlesi! (Koreanspice Viburnum) Partially-shaded Locations: - Aesculus parvifolia (Bottlebrush Buckeye) - Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf Hydrangea) Type '8' (10-20 ft. h1gh)

Sunny locations: - Cotinus coggygria (Smokebush) - Rhus copa11ina (Shining Sumac) - Vi.burnum dentatum (Arrowwood) Partially-shaded locations: - Viburnum prunifolium (Blackhaw) - Viburnum lentago (Nannyberry)

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EVERGREEN SHRUBS; Broadleaf: - Euonymus fortunei (Wlntercreeper euonymus) - Myrica pennsylvanica (Bayberry) - Viburnum rhytidophyllum (leatherleaf viburnum) Conj[er: - Pinus mugo (Mugo pine) - Taxus baccata 'rependens' (English yew) - Taxus cuspldata (Japanese yew)

HERBACEOUS PLANTING NEAR STREAM: Meadow grass; - Panicum vlrgatum (Switchgrass) Ferns; - Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive fern) - Thelypteris palustris (Marsh Fern) Other Species; - Eupatorladelphus purpureus (Purple Joe-Pye weed) -liatris pycnostachya -lobelia cardinalls (Red cardinal) - Mertensia vlrginica (Virginia bluebell) - Spirea tomentosa (Hardhack) - Solidago uliginosa (Marsh goldenrod) - Solidago graminifolia (Grass-leaf goldenrod) - Verbena hastata (Blue vervain) - Vernonia noveboracensis (Ironweed)

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EVERGREEN GROVES: -

Picea abies (Norway Spruce) Picea oriental is (Oriental Spruce) Pinus strobus (White pine) Pinus wallichiana (Himalayan Pine

FLOWERING TREE GROVES: -

Cercis canadensis (Eastem Redbud) Comus kousa (Kousa Dogwood) Comus mas (Comeliancherry Dogwood) Magnolia kobus (Kobus Magnolia) Magnolia x. loebnerii (Loebner Magnolia) Prunus sargentii (Sargent Cherry) Prunus subhirtella (Higan Cherry) Prunus yedoensis (Yoshino Cherry)

DECIDUOUS TREE CANOPY INFILL: -

Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsuratree) Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip poplar) Quercus robur (English Oak) Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak) Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak) Tilia americana (Basswood)

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SITEWORK

Asphalt carrafgeway removal: Excess width at existing entrances Remnant roadway Path intersection

6,620 SQ. ft.

3,760 sQ. ft.

4,320 sQ. ft.

New asphalt path: Re-alignment of path at intersection

2,100 sQ. ft.

Regradfng: Creation of flood-plain bowl Knolls & screening berms

83CYfill 1,563 CY cut 3,720 CY fill

Returf: New seeding in regraded areas

44,945 sQ. ft.

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