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Health advisory, plus Summer happenings in Stewart Park and on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail

June 7, 2023 View this email in your browser What’s in Store for Summer? On Tuesday, June 6, Summer Ryan-Dinmore @darkbaysfordays captured the unsettling haze on of smoke in Stewart Park, a result of wildfires in Canada. It’s incredibly rare for us to say this, but please don’t visit Stewart Park or the Cayuga Waterfront Trail today. You may have seen that Tompkins County Whole Health is alerting the community that local Air Quality has now moved to a hazardous level as defined by the Air Quality Index (AQI) scale, and is discouraging any unnecessary outdoor activity until the air quality returns below hazardous levels. Stay safe, and thank you! There will be Free Carousel Rides this weekend — June 10 and 11 — thanks to Carousel Sponsor Purity Ice Cream! The carousel will be operates from 11am to 7pm. Thank you Purity Ice Cream! If you, your business, or organization would like to provide free carousel rides, Visit www.stewartpark.org/carousel-sponsor to learn more! In 2021 and 2022, Carousel Sponsorships provided between 15,000 and 20,000 free rides! Pop over to Stewart Park for an hour or two on Tuesday, June 13 between 4:00 pm and 6:30 pm for a Weekday Work Party! We'll be trimming back invasive vegetation and working the garden beds along the Waterfront Trail. Together we'll improve views of the lake and beautify the park for summer! Wear boots and gloves if you can and bring hand trimming tools (we have some as well). Meet at the DPW garage door of the Wharton Studio Building. *Rain date June 14 Friends of Stewart Park, the City of Ithaca, Wharton Studio Museum and Historic Ithaca are proud to announce that as of May 5, 3023, Stewart Park is now officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This comes on the heels of the park’s placement on New York’s State Register earlier this spring. A listing on the State and National Registers recognizes the importance of the property to the history of our country and, in the case of Stewart Park, provides the park with added protections that preserve the integrity of park buildings, which were built in the late 1800s; and makes the park eligible for state historic preservation matching grants. Thanks to Tompkins Weekly for their article about the park’s new designation! You can read the article on their website here! The last of the guided Spring Bird Walks in Stewart Park will be Saturday, June 17 at 9 am. Join Cayuga Bird Club leaders for a lovely guided Bird Walk in Stewart Park! Dress for the weather, bring your binoculars, and meet at the Cascadilla Boathouse at 9am. As you may have read in recent newsletters, the Cayuga Waterfront Trail is now a Pollinator Pathway and listed on Pollinator-Pathway.org. Pollinator pathways are public and private pesticide-free corridors with native plants that provide nutrition and habitat for pollinating insects and birds. If you have entered the park during the past couple of weeks, we hope you have enjoyed the colorful park entry landscape now featuring Catmint - Nepata ‘Walkers Low’. While Nepeta is not native, it is deer resistant, a durable survivor, and increasingly popular in our area. You will note that we allow Common Milkweed to flourish in the small, northernmost entry planting island, shown above, and in many other planting beds in Stewart Park and along the trail. It’s the course-leaved perennial that is about to flower. Milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) are the required host plants for caterpillars of the monarch butterfly, playing a critical role in the monarch's life cycle as they migrate through Ithaca during the summer months. More Park and Trail News We’re Hiring! Come work with us! Friends of Stewart Park is looking for a Campaign Manager for our upcoming Capital Campaign for the Wharton Studio & Cafe’ project in Stewart Park. The position a part-time hands-on campaign management and fundraising staff position, reporting to WSM’s Executive Director who is also Board President of FSP. Learn More Here. Happy to report we've recently repaired Elayne's Lending Library in Stewart Park and restocked it with great books! In 2022, FSP received a grant from Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library to get more books that amplify voices of Black and brown youth, as well as youth with disabilities. We also found tons of incredible gently used books at their Book Sale! Help fill the library! Bring your gently used books to add to Elayne’s Lending Library whenever you head to Stewart Park! Child Development Council invites you to Playdate in the Park! Save the date, Wednesday, June 14th* for family-friendly activities and tasty snacks from from 4-7pm! Plus free carousel rides all day! *Rain date 6/15/22 To promote bicycling of all types and for all people, Cycle-CNY presents Easy as Riding a Bike on June 14th in Cass Park* from 6pm-8pm. They will have mountain bikes, electric bikes and city bikes for riders to try out! -Free bike maintenance -Bike gear giveaways -Fun bike rodeo for kids -Mountain bike skills practice area -Rider safety information Come fall in love with bikes! Learn more *Please note originally planned for Stewart Park but moved to Cass Park. The 5th Annual Ithaca Reggae Fest comes back to Stewart Park on June 23-24! Learn more about this terrific event and its musical lineup and get your tickets at IthacaReggaeFest.com. The Tompkins Chamber presents Movies in the Park, a family friendly outdoor movie series during July and August. More info to come on their Facebook page. Copyright (C) 2023 Friends of Stewart Park, Inc.. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Want to change how you receive these emails? 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Stewart Park Added to National and State Historic Register

Stewart Park Added to National and State Historic Register

Ithaca, NY — May 17, 2023  Friends of Stewart Park and the City of Ithaca are proud to announce that Stewart Park has been officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of May 5, 2023. This comes on the heels of the park’s placement on New York’s State Register earlier this spring. Listing on the State and National Registers recognizes the importance of the property to the history of our country and provides the park with added protections that preserve the integrity of park buildings, most of which were built in the late 1800s. The National Register listing also means the park will be eligible for state historic preservation matching grants. 

This important designation is the result of a collaboration between Friends of Stewart Park (FSP), Wharton Studio Museum and Historic Ithaca. Since 2011, Friends of Stewart Park and Wharton Studio Museum have led the effort to revitalize Stewart Park, in collaboration with the City of Ithaca, which owns the park. 

In 2021 Friends of Stewart Park received a Preserve New York grant enabling them to hire historic preservation consultant Jessie Ravage to write the nomination application for both the State and National Registers of Historic Places.

FSP’s Executive Director Rick Manning says, “Friends of Stewart Park is thrilled with the park’s listing on the National Register of Historic Places. It recognizes what Ithaca residents and visitors already know, that Stewart Park is not only beautiful, but historically significant. We’re grateful to all our partners for helping us revitalize and enhance the park for its next hundred years.”

Ithaca Mayor Laura Lewis says of the designation, "Stewart Park holds a special place in the hearts of all of the residents and visitors who have had the joy of sitting amongst the willows and enjoying a peaceful view of the lake, strolling along the trails, spending time with family and friends at one of the pavilions or the wonderful accessible playground and carousel. We are so grateful to see our beloved park receive this placement on the National Register of Historic Places, as it will ensure crucial funding and protection of the legacy of pleasure and peace that Stewart Park will bring for many years to come."