Gazebo!
BY BEN VERDE
The historic Concert Grove Pavilion
— which has been roped off
since 2014 due to structural issues
— will be restored to its former luster
courtesy of $2 million in Council
funding, which will foot the bill
for repairs to years of water damage,
reconstruct missing historical
details, and repaint the shelter
based on historical images.
“This beautiful structure has
been a beloved community landmark
for generations,” said Sue
Donoghue, president of the Prospect
Park Alliance. “The Concert
Grove Pavilion deserves a thorough
restoration to restore it to its
original grandeur.”
Located in the park’s southeast
corner, the 1874 Calvert Vaux designed
pavilion is supported by
eight cast-iron columns holding
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up a massive metal and wood roof,
which contains Egyptian, Chinese,
and Hindu motifs.
In addition to rehabilitating
the ailing gazebo, Councilman
Brad Lander is looking to rename
the structure, which is also
called the “Oriental Pavilion,”
and which the Park Slope lawmaker
called “racist” in a Jan. 13
Instagram post.
This isn’t the fi rst restoration
the fanciful pavilion has gone
through, and the structure was rehabilitated
in 1988 in the wake of a
fi re that gutted the building more
than a decade earlier.
And it may not be the park’s
only historic structure due for an
upgrade in the coming years — details
on the long-anticipated Rose
Garden restoration are rumored
to be revealed this year.
The area under the grove had been fenced off for years. Prospect Park Alliance
City spending $2 million on
P’Park Pavilion renovation
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