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| - Highland Park is a neighborhood in West Seattle.
- The ground floor of the facility appears to be a regular warehouse complex, primarily housing inactive 80-X Boxguard bots. The facility shows a distinct lack of maintenance and general dilapidation due to several years of abandonment, which serves as a perfect cover for the internment camp located on the lower levels.
- At over 110 years old Highland Park is one of Rochester's oldest parks. In fact the initial gift of 20 acres from Mount Hope Nurseries in 1888 caused Rochester to form a Parks Department, which hadn't yet existed. Almost immediately people started gathering at the park when the lilacs would bloom and in 1898, Rochester held it's first official Lilac Festival for a crowd of around 3,000. Today over half of a million people visit the 1,200 specimens that make up about 500 different varieties of lilacs covering about 20 of the parks now 155 acres.
- The Highland Park neighborhood is listed, as of September 2007, on the National Register of Historic Places as the [ Highland Park Residential Historic District]. National Register designation is a big honor for our neighborhood. It also increases the financial incentives for some private property owners to maintain the historic character of the Highland park neighborhood. Highland Park residents David Hance, Charlie Uhl, and Mike Eversmeyer played a big role in getting the listing. No doubt big thanks should go to others as well. the neighborhood.
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| - The ground floor of the facility appears to be a regular warehouse complex, primarily housing inactive 80-X Boxguard bots. The facility shows a distinct lack of maintenance and general dilapidation due to several years of abandonment, which serves as a perfect cover for the internment camp located on the lower levels. In contrast to the ground floor's decaying state, the lower levels of the facility appear to be well-maintained and in good condition. These areas appear to be large and warehouse-like, with open spaces, catwalks and walled-off detention areas. One such area leads further into interrogation rooms - several office-sized rooms with no roofs and catwalk system above them. Further inside the facility are the locker rooms and a break room.
- Highland Park is a neighborhood in West Seattle.
- The Highland Park neighborhood is listed, as of September 2007, on the National Register of Historic Places as the [ Highland Park Residential Historic District]. National Register designation is a big honor for our neighborhood. It also increases the financial incentives for some private property owners to maintain the historic character of the Highland park neighborhood. The Highland Park Community Development Corporation began the nomination process back in 1995 with surveys of more than 1,300 structures, documentation of their historic qualities (both social and architectural), and an evaluation of significance by local, state, and federal preservation professionals. Highland Park residents David Hance, Charlie Uhl, and Mike Eversmeyer played a big role in getting the listing. No doubt big thanks should go to others as well. the neighborhood.
* Under Federal law, private property owners can do anything they wish with their National Register-listed property, provided that no Federal license, permit, or funding is involved.
* Owners have no obligation to open their properties to the public, to restore them, or even to maintain them, if they choose not to do so.
* Federal agencies whose projects affect a listed property must give the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation an opportunity to comment on the project and its effects on the property.
* Owners of listed properties may be able to obtain Federal historic preservation funding, when funds are available. In addition, Federal investment tax credits for rehabilitation and other provisions may apply.
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- At over 110 years old Highland Park is one of Rochester's oldest parks. In fact the initial gift of 20 acres from Mount Hope Nurseries in 1888 caused Rochester to form a Parks Department, which hadn't yet existed. A little pre-history: Started in 1840, Mount Hope Nurseries quickly grew into the area's largest nursery and ultimately the worlds when it peaked in 1888 at over 650 acres on the city's south side. During that same year the owners George Ellwanger and Patrick Barry decided to donate a small parcel of their land set on the side of a foothill to the city to create a public area to view all of what the duo could offer. Beginning with a pair of everything they carried and handfuls of hardwoods the parks landscape was started. In 1892 under direction of the new superintendent of parks Calvin C. Laney, horticulturist John Dunbar began the park's Lilac collection with 20 varieties, some of which were descendants of native plants brought over by early settlers. Overseeing the parks design was Frederick Law Olmsted (of Central Park fame), his goal to give the park a random and natural feel. Almost immediately people started gathering at the park when the lilacs would bloom and in 1898, Rochester held it's first official Lilac Festival for a crowd of around 3,000. Today over half of a million people visit the 1,200 specimens that make up about 500 different varieties of lilacs covering about 20 of the parks now 155 acres. Of course Highland Park is not just about Lilacs. There are many other reasons to visit including other plants like Azaleas, Cherry Blossoms, Forsythias, Rhododendrons and more! In fact there are over 35 varieties of Magnolias alone. Visit in spring for the thousands of bulbs and wildflowers and in the fall for the large number of trees. Don't forget to check out the big rock garden with little evergreens, the Lilac Arches, Lamberton Conservatory and the Sunken Garden.
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