Lambertville Approves $410K For New Brick Fence At Ely Park

LAMBERTVILLE, NJ — A brick and wrought iron fence will be completed across the front border of Ely Park, after the Lambertville mayor and city council approved $410,000 to complete the project, The Friends of Ely Park announced this week.

Ely Park’s new feature will be a "key element in the reimagining of the park as an attractive and welcoming center for community life, which is credited to the late Jim Hamilton, a lifelong Lambertville resident and accomplished restaurateur and designer," The Friends of Ely Park said in an announcement.

The Friends of Ely Park call it "the capstone to his 1979 master plan for the redevelopment of Lambertville’s downtown."

The new Ely Park fence will run along North Main Street from just below the Lambertville Public School playground to the end of the city’s football field at Jefferson Street.

"It will enhance the park’s safety and will make it aesthetically more pleasing in keeping with the character of the community, two things prominently mentioned in a recent survey of residents," the organization said in an announcement.

Once the façade is complete, there is one design element left at the park to be funded and completed: The Hamilton Fountain.

The water feature and plaza will have brick and bluestone seating dedicated to Jim Hamilton and his family.

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Contributed Image via Friends of Ely Park