James Morrison Park is a small triangular shaped park at the corner of Culver Road and Harvard Street. A welcoming gateway to the neighborhood, the park is more than 100 years old, and the ABC Streets Neighborhood Association has long worked with the City to care for it.

The park was not officially dedicated until 1975. More than three decades later our Neighborhood Association partnered with the City Parks Department to redesign the park, which was then in need of attention. The goal was to create a garden that both enhanced the classic aesthetics of the neighborhood and minimized the maintenance costs associated with the park’s ongoing care.

Zaretsky and Associates donated the beautiful design that led to the park you enjoy today. Members of the neighborhood association revitalized the park with new trees, plants and flowers. The traffic box was painted by the late neighborhood artist Dick Lubey, and a “Welcome” sign and stone garden were added. Our Neighborhood Association re-dedicated the park on July 13, 2012.

Today our entire neighborhood is part of the Park Avenue Historic District placed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 2020. Thanks to the William G. Pomeroy Foundation a new historic sign recognizing this achievement was installed in Morrison Park in August 2020.