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Greene Square Park Through Time in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids park once known as Parson s Grounds and later Franklin Park or Franklin Square is undergoing a multimillion dollar renovation. Donated by Judge George Greene in 1849 the space has remained open green space despite proposals to build or pave over it. The 1911 Evening Gazette describes the old square as a sand hill now blanketed by weeds cockle burrs and trees.
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Old Square
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Evening Gazette
Greene Square
Cedar Rapids
George Greene
Parsons
Parsons’ Grounds
Greene
Nicholas Brown
Addison Daniels
Julius Sanford
Hosea Gray
Depot
William
Sugar Street
Fourth Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Franklin Park
Franklin Square