After months of anticipation, we finally went on our Trenton tour! We started at South Riverwalk Park (above the Route 29 tunnel), where we got the best tour possible from David Byars, the landscape architect who oversaw the park’s design when he worked for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The award-winning park relates Trenton’s history and its connection to the Delaware River in a context-specific way; we especially liked the plaza in the northern section with five sculptural arches of different materials representing various eras (e.g., lashed branches for the pre-Revolutionary era) and a timeline laid out in granite markers. There is so much information about Trenton to learn at this park!
Next we drove up Route 29 to Cadwalader Park, which was green and beautiful. We drove through Mill Hill on our way to another great meal at Trenton Social, where we celebrated Jamie’s birthday.