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I am now at the Japanese Friendship Garden. This is a monument to the various groups that have contributed to it and the River Walk. Pretty nice.
The Japanese Friendship Garden area has been a place where families gathered for generations. Around 1900, local women formed the Village Improvement Society. The best-known VIS activity was city beautification creating “oases of green in the brown desert”. In 1904, they purchased the property on both sides of the river for $1. This was the true beginning of the greenbelt.
Due to the leadership of Mayor Joseph Clark, a larger power plant was built in 1910 resulting in the creation of the island as we know it today. The Sportsmen’s Association built a fishery and continued improving the park area in 1923. By the summer of 1934, hundreds of people were visiting the island each day.
The Japanese Friendship Garden area has been a place where families gathered for generations. Around 1900, local women formed the Village Improvement Society. The best-known VIS activity was city beautification creating “oases of green in the brown desert”. In 1904, they purchased the property on both sides of the river for $1. This was the true beginning of the greenbelt.
Due to the leadership of Mayor Joseph Clark, a larger power plant was built in 1910 resulting in the creation of the island as we know it today. The Sportsmen’s Association built a fishery and continued improving the park area in 1923. By the summer of 1934, hundreds of people were visiting the island each day.