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Rufus King Park: Additional Entrances and Perimeter Fence Reconstruction Located located along Jamaica Avenue between 150th & 153rd Streets, in the Borough of Queens. October 31, 2016 Parks Capital Design Grand Central Parkway Perimeter
Located located along Jamaica Avenue between 150th & 153rd Streets, in the Borough of Queens. October 31, 2016 Parks Capital Design
Neighborhood Location: Queens Site
NTS
0’ 20’ 40’ 100’ N N
LIRR Jamaica Station I 678 Rufus King Park Jamaica Avenue 150th Street 153rd Street Manor House Lawn Grand Central Parkway Perimeter Fence 2
Rufus King Park | Site Location
GOALS:
in the South Lawn TOTAL BUDGET: $1.7 million BUDGET FUNDING: Council Funded Councilman Rory Lancman PROJECT SIZE: 3 acres (Property Acreage is 11.5 acres)
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Rufus King Park | Project Goals
FLOOD HAZARD ZONES
ZONE X - Moderate risk areas within the 0.2% annual-chance fmoodplain. VE - Areas along coasts subject to inundation by the 1% annual-chance fmood event with additional hazards associated with storm- induced velocity wave action. BFE exists. ZONE A - 1% annual-chance fmood event. No Base Flood Elevation (BFE) exists. ZONE AE - 1% annual-chance fmood event. BFE exists. ZONE AO - 1% annual-chance shallow fmooding. FLOODWAY - watercourse reserved to discharge base fmood. LIMIT OF MODERATE WAVE ACTION
SITE
N 0’ 300’ 600’
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Rufus King Park | No Flood Risk
LAND USE CATEGORIES
COMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL MIXED USE INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORTATION / UTILITIES OPEN SPACE AND OUTDOOR RECREATION PARKING VACANT LOTS 1 AND 2 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL N NTS
Rufus King Park
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Rufus King Park | Surrounding Land Use
LAND USE CATEGORIES
COMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL MIXED USE INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORTATION / UTILITIES OPEN SPACE AND OUTDOOR RECREATION PARKING VACANT LOTS 1 AND 2 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL N NTS
Site R u f u s K i n g P a r k
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Rufus King Park | Bus and Subway Map
Howard Von Dohlen Playground
138-02 91st Ave 5 min (1/4 mile) walk radius 10 min (1/2 mile) walk radius
York College (CUNY) Queens High School - Sciences Jamaica Center Business Improvement District Queens Supreme Court Rufus King Manor House Museum Mary Immaculate Hospital Grace Episcopal Church
Currently close for reconstruction
Queens County Civil Court Gazebo Jamaica YMCA Jamaica Center LIRR Air Train to JFK Public School 182
Rufus King Park
Jamaica Avenue
N 0’ 500’ 1000’
Prospect Cemetery
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Rufus King Park | Neighborhood Context - Walking Radius
1891
1989 - 2015 2016
BAND STAND BASKETBALL COURT PLAYGROUND GARDEN COMFORT STATION MUSEUM JAMAICA AVENUE 150th STREET 153rd STREET
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Rufus King Park | Path Layout Development
ARTIFICIAL TURF SOCCER FIELD
SITE Enlargement of 1895 perspective of ‘Jamaica’ by D.L. Hardenbrook
from Grossman & Associates “Archaeological Test and Artifact Analysis Results from Rufus King Park” March 1991.
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Rufus King Park | Historic Drawing - late 1800’s
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Rufus King Park | Historic Photo Perimeter 7’ Steel Picket - 1933
1 - Park Entrance near 153rd Street & Jamaica Ave
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2 - Perimeter Fence
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Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos
2 - Park entrance from Jamaica Ave & 153th St 1 - Park entrance from Jamaica Ave & 150th St
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Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos
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1 - View to back porch of Manor House 2 - Interior park path looking East
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Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos
1 - Fence in front of Manor House 2 - Gate to Manor House
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Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos
1 - Manor House & Lawn - NE
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2 - Manor House & Lawn - N
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Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos
1 - Gate to South Lawn
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2 - Just inside same entrance at South Lawn
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Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos
1 - Jamaica Avenue and South Lawn Fences 2 - Looking east from South Lawn
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Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos
2 - View from same corner towards Manor House 1 - Park corner at 153rd & Jamaica Ave
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Rufus King Park | Existing Site Photos
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Rufus King Park | Critical Root Zone
STRUCTURAL ROOT ZONE STUMP REMOVAL CRITICAL ROOT ZONE CANOPY
LEGEND
JAMAICA AVENUE 90th ROAD 153rd STREET 150th STREET
TREE REMOVAL
90th AVENUE 90th AVENUE 89th AVENUE
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LEGEND
PERIMETER FENCE, 5’-0” TALL STEEL PICKET FENCE, 7’-0” TALL ENCLOSES MANOR HOUSE MUSEUM STEEL PICKET FENCE, 4’-0” TALL INTERNAL PARK GATES PARK ENTRANCES WITH GATES DRIVEWAY PATHWAY CHAIN LINK FENCE, 12’-0” TALL
SOUTH LAWN KING MANOR MUSEUM Jamaica Avenue 153rd Street 150th Street COMFORT STATION
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Rufus King Park | Existing Conditions & Fence Diagram
SOCIAL SEATING SOUTH LAWN KING MANOR MUSEUM
COMFORT STATION
NEW ENTRANCE NEW ENTRANCE w/ ACCENT PLANTING AND SOCIAL SEATING EXISTING PERIMETER FENCE EXISTING 7’ SPF WIDEN STREET CORNER ACCENT PLANTING HISTORIC SIGN DRINKING FOUNTAIN EXISTING LIGHT TYPE B POLE w/ NEW RIVERSIDE LUMINAIRE DRINKING FOUNTAIN & HISTORIC SIGN WIDEN STREET CORNER EXISTING PATHWAY NEW PATHWAY
LEGEND
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Rufus King Park | Schematic Plan with Additional Entrances and Pathways
0’ 25’ 50’ N
NEW LAWN
Current Plan & Existing Entrances Proposed Plan - New Entrances
EXISTING ENTRANCE NEW ENTRANCE
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Rufus King Park | Current and Proposed Plans
SOUTH LAWN EXISTING 7’ SPF KING MANOR MUSEUM
LEGEND
CONTRACT LIMIT LINE EXISTING PATHS PROPOSED PATHS POTENTIAL LOCATIONS OF HISTORIC OUTBUILDINGS (GROSSMAN & ASSOCIATES, 1991; COTZ, 1984) PATHWAY & CARRIAGE DRIVE PRE- 1806 (COTZ, 1984) POTENTIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL BUILDING FEATURE, ADJUSTED (GROSSMAN 1991)
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Rufus King Park | Potential Archaeological Impacts
0’ 25’ 50’ N
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Rufus King Park | Schematic Design Perspective at New Park Entrance
25 TYPE E HI-LO DRINKING FOUNTAIN CENTRAL PARK SETTEE WITH ARM REST DECORATIVE WASTE RECEPTACLE TYPE B LIGHT
Rufus King Park | Site Furnishings
26 PATHWAY PAVING MATERIALS HISTORICAL SIGNAGE EXAMPLE FENCE COLOR TO MATCH THE MANOR HOUSE
Rufus King Park | Site Furnishings and Materials
27 27 CLADRASTIS KENTUKEA / American Yellowwood AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM / Common Horsechestnut LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA / Tuliptree QUERCUS RUBRA / Northern Red Oak QUERCUS PHELLOS / Willow Oak XANTHORHIZA SIMPLICISSIMA / Yellowroot CORNUS MAS / Cornelian Cherry VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM / Black Haw Viburnum AMELANCHIER ARBOREA / Downy Serviceberry SORBARIA SORBIFOLIA / Ural False Spirea ROSA CAROLINIANA / Carolina Rose ILEX GLABRA / Inkberry
Rufus King Park | Plant Selections
SOCIAL SEATING SOUTH LAWN KING MANOR MUSEUM
COMFORT STATION
NEW ENTRANCE NEW ENTRANCE w/ ACCENT PLANTING AND SOCIAL SEATING EXISTING PERIMETER FENCE EXISTING 7’ SPF WIDEN STREET CORNER ACCENT PLANTING HISTORIC SIGN DRINKING FOUNTAIN EXISTING LIGHT TYPE B POLE w/ NEW RIVERSIDE LUMINAIRE DRINKING FOUNTAIN & HISTORIC SIGN WIDEN STREET CORNER EXISTING PATHWAY NEW PATHWAY
LEGEND
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Rufus King Park | Schematic Plan with Additional Entrances and Pathways
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