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Laura Bradley Park, also known as Bradley Park, is a park in Peoria, Illinois, United States. It historically contained a wading pool for children and flower gardens. As of 2022, it offers sports facilities, picnic sites, hiking opportunities on paved tracks, and a Japanese bridge. The 100-acre (40 ha) park was given to the city of Peoria by Lydia Moss Bradley (1816-1908) in memory of her daughter Laura Bradley, who died in 1864 at the age of 14. Japanese Garden A Japanese garden area was constructed by Peoria parks workers under the direction of Chicago Japanese garden builder T.R. Otsuka in Spring 1918, according to that year’s report of the park district board of trustees: “After the general plan had been adopted by the board, Mr. T.R. Otsuka, a Japanese landscape artist, from Chicago, was engaged to supervise the laying out of the walks, placing of stones, and general planning. A Japanese temple, or tea house, was constructed on the highest elevation.” In 2021, a wooden pedestrian bridge from the 1930s that spans Dry Run Creek was replaced with a concrete bridge for $1.3 million dollars. The Japanese bridge also underwent renovations for $30,000. The Peoria Park District reopened both bridges in April 2022. In 2020, the park district board voted to remove a controversial Christopher Columbus statue. A statue of the Greek goddess Hebe had been erected at the Main Street entrance until it was damaged by a car in 1954. References . Discover the Laura Bradley popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Laura Bradley books.
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Kissing Midnight
Laura Bradley RedeDeveraux Renard is the perfect boyfriend: perfectly handsome, perfectly charming… perfectly deadly. He has to be. Dev is immortal, but with a catch: Every year he has to make a new...
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Indurain
Alasdair FotheringhamMiguel Indurain is Spain’s greatest cyclist of all time and one of the best Tour racers in history. He is the only bike rider to have won five successive Tours de France, as well a...
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Better Off Red
Laura Bradley RedeScarlet Church is your typical teenage girl, just kickin' it in the city and helping out with the family business. Of course, when your mama is the best witch in Minneapolis, that'...
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Inside the Peloton
Graeme FifeRacing cyclists all ride the same frail machine and all are equal before the demands of the road. But what is it that makes a winner? What special attributes do winners need to giv...
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More Power
Hugh Matheson & Christopher DoddArguably the greatest coach in British sporting history.SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDSJurgen Grobler’s Olympic coaching career is one of legend, yet the man himse...
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Beast in the Mirror
Laura Bradley RedeOnce upon a time, Bella Ashton was the teenage model to watchuntil her anorexia got the better of her and she passed out on the runway. Now, fresh off a year of eating disorder reh...