Branch Brook Park is currently in the midst of a $25 million, ten-year historical restoration project. Created in 1895, the Branch Brook Park Commission hired the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted to redesign the park in 1900. The result was the park’s current naturalistic look and feel, with acres of meadows and forests. Maglin was contacted by Landscape Architecture Firm Rhodeside & Harwell to recreate the original historic benches. Using one of the only remaining iron castings and the sepia images of times gone by, Maglin was able to reproduce these benches using modern materials. Cast aluminum and Ipe wood were used to ensure durability for the generations of park enthusiasts to come. more... |