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2001 S Westnedge Ave, Kalamazoo 49008 View Map. Tagged as: Parks. Green Space. Crane Park is a beautiful 10-acre garden park on Westnedge Hill that is a popular venue for outdoor weddings. Visitors can walk nearly 700 feet of pathways or meet friends for a picnic or game of tennis or pickleball.
- Early Beginnings
- Additions and Improvements
- The Street in The Park
- Awards and Honors
- Frank Manzullo’s Contribution
- Garden Plans
- The Park Today
From this parcel the city purchased in 1886 the first piece of what became Crane Park, and used it for a gravel pit. Edgar A. Crane, a prominent lawyer whose lovely home still stands on Crane Avenue, above the park, willed ten adjacent acres to the city in 1911. A few years later the city purchased additional acreage from Crane’s estate. Presumably...
In the summer of 1915, the City Council approved a recommendation from the Parks & Boulevard Commission that the first parcel be formally attached to the other two, and thus was born Crane Park. Gradually improvements began to be made. The area was leveled out, grass was seeded, trees and shrubs were planted, and walks and driveways were constructe...
The L-shaped brick road that runs from Westnedge to Grandview, bisecting the park, has a history all its own. For decades it was known as Dingley Road, after Edward Dingley who managed the Kalamazoo Telegraph and lived in the Heydenburk house for a few years. About 1970 James Morren built a home just east of the Heydenburk house, and in 1979 or 198...
In 1942 the Michigan Horticulture Society gave its annual award for landscape gardening to Crane Park. In the 1940’s the park drew hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the country to admire its gorgeous gardens. How did it go from gravel pit to glory?
In 1939 the city hired gardener Frank Manzullo, a man who loved flowers and hated weeds. He was so passionate about his profession that he sometimes gardened through the night in the summertime to avoid the heat. It is not surprising, then, that the Sicilian immigrant, who had tended Chicago’s Lincoln Park and gardened for the Upjohn Company, shoul...
Manzullo, parks superintendent B. LeRoy Gilbert and Gilbert’s assistant Nicholas Kik, designed the gardens using native plants to show how local homeowners might landscape their yards. All the gardens were intended to fit on a normal 60-foot-wide lot occupied by most city homes. The formal west garden with its reflecting pool at the south end and t...
Manzullo left the city’s employ in the 1950’s to garden for several prominent local families. The gardens in the park were maintained at his standards for some years after his departure, but the pressure of shrinking budgets eventually forced the city to shrink the gardens as well. In 1982 the city’s attempt to bulldoze shrubs and perennials create...
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4.5 (2 reviews) Unclaimed. Parks. See all 10 photos. Location & Hours. Suggest an edit. 2001 S Westnedge. Kalamazoo, MI 49008. Get directions. 2 reviews and 10 photos of CRANE PARK "I finally got the chance to re-visit! I kind of love playing tennis here. There are only two courts, and both nets need some tightening, but I felt fancy regardless.
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Westnedge Hill Neighborhood: Crane Park History and Transformation. Natalie Patchell examines of the history and transformation of Crane Park in the Westnedge Hill neighborhood from an 1880s gravel pit to the park it is today with beautifully designed gardens. Presented at Kalamazoo Public Library as part of a series of programs honoring the ...
Address. 2001 North Westnedge Avenue. Kalamazoo , Michigan , 49007. Phone. 269-337-8191. Other Parks Nearby. Bronson Park. South Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, MI - 1.5 miles. Spring Valley Park. Mount Olivet Road, Kalamazoo, MI - 1.7 miles.
