Our star researcher, Sarah Gleason, continues to turn up fascinating information about Swan Point and the Boulevard in archives, and others are starting to interview local residents about memories of both Blackstone parks. If you have any letters or diaries relating to the parks or the trolley, please contact us.
Meanwhile, the new Conservancy education committee is collecting historical information that will help us more fully appreciate the parks that have been entrusted to our care as citizens of Providence. They are also developing curriculum materials and signs to make the woodland and ponds more “readable” to people of all ages but especially to the middle school students to whom we are reaching out.
Jane Peterson
