Springdale is a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts located to the south of the city center, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from downtown, on the banks of the Connecticut River. The neighborhood features Springdale Park, originally known as Riverside Park, which was designed by the influential Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm, as well as light industry and machine shops, residential housing, and the central supply warehouse of Holyoke Public Schools. The mixed zoning neighborhood was developed as a streetcar suburb by brickmaker John J. Prew, who gave the area its name and devised the first street plans and building lots for the area in 1887 as housing for millworkers of South Holyoke. Since 1984, Springdale Park has hosted the city's annual Western Massachusetts Puerto Rican
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| - Springdale is a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts located to the south of the city center, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from downtown, on the banks of the Connecticut River. The neighborhood features Springdale Park, originally known as Riverside Park, which was designed by the influential Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm, as well as light industry and machine shops, residential housing, and the central supply warehouse of Holyoke Public Schools. The mixed zoning neighborhood was developed as a streetcar suburb by brickmaker John J. Prew, who gave the area its name and devised the first street plans and building lots for the area in 1887 as housing for millworkers of South Holyoke. Since 1984, Springdale Park has hosted the city's annual Western Massachusetts Puerto Rican (en)
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| - Springdale Park today, and the Springdale Driving Park in 1900, developed by Prew and partner William Norris, it was built in 1895 and subsequently redeveloped by the Olmsted Brothers on behalf of the city around 1905 (en)
- Fishing for Shad by Moonlight, at "Jed Day's Landing", by Clifton Johnson, c. 1891; John J. Prew and family pose for a picture on their front porch; while the estate's land has since been subdivided, the ornate Victorian house may still be seen on Main Street today. (en)
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- Fishing for Shad by Moonlight, at "Jed Day's Landing" .jpg (en)
- John J Prew Estate, Springdale, Holyoke, Mass.jpg (en)
- PrewTrack Springdale.jpg (en)
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| - Top to bottom: Main Street streetscape featuring blocks by Oscar Beauchemin, Springdale Park, designed by the Olmsted Brothers (en)
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