Hartford city officials took off wraps Monday morning on the $1.7 million in renovations to the city’s Pope Park Recreation Center shell. Later in the day, $1 million in first-phase improvements to the Old North Cemetery will be unveiled.
Mayor Pedro E. Segarra, along with officials from the Department of Families, Children, Youth & Recreation and construction authorities, unveiled the revamped facility at 30 Pope Drive, in the Frog Hollow neighborhood.
Work included masonry replacement and repairs, new exterior cladding, glazing and painting, re-grading of planter areas for improved drainage, new interior finish improvements, interior pool painting, new acoustical ceiling and new toilet partitions.
The recreation facility annually serves more than 100,000 youngsters aged 8 to 18.
At 2:30, Segarra and Department of Veterans’ Affairs Commissioner Linda Schwartz will tour Phase I improvements to the city’s historic cemetery on North Main Street, in the Clay-Arsenal neighborhood.
That work covered demolition, new driveways, new asphalt pavers, restoration of historic fencing, new tree planting and pruning, new benches and installation of a new water line.
The $250,000 second phase will include restoration of 52 historic monuments.
