union park gardens: New Price on Union Park Gardens Gem Plus an Open House Sept. 12, 2010
- 09/09/10 07:47 AM
Here's great news for fans of Wilmington, Delaware's historic Union Park Gardens neighborhood. The home at 442 South Bancroft Parkway is hosting an open house Sunday, September 12 from 1 to 4 PM to introduce a price reduction to $209,900. So this made a best buy even better! Mint condition, great location on the parkway, and walk to restaurants and pubs in Little Italy. What more could you want? Come see us Sunday and visit the website for this house at www.psre.com/9505.
… (0 comments)
|
union park gardens: "All You Ever Wanted to Know about Union Park Gardens Day" Coming Up
- 08/29/10 04:36 PM
Union Park Gardens Event-A John Nolen historic neighborhood which was built for Wilmington's shipworkers is to be celebrated Friday September 17, 2010 5:30 - 8:30 pm at Zion Lutheran Church, 2101 Lancaster Ave, Wilmington, Delaware 19805.
Please stop by to view over 30 displays and learn about the fascinating history of Union Park Gardens and much more - A brief history of the Wilmington's shipbuilding industry, WW I posters and memorabilia, what things cost in 1918 - 1919, the property ‘before' the Union Park Gardens homes were built - baseball fields, fairgrounds and trolleys. Ties to Letchworth, England, the First ‘Garden City',and the architect John Nolen's work and … (0 comments)
|
union park gardens: Sunday Open House in Union Park Gardens
- 07/29/10 01:16 PM
If you are not familiar with Union Park Gardens in Wilmington, Delaware--here is your chance to not only become familiar with this great City location where you can walk to all kinds of restaurants and pubs in Little Italy, but to see a great, affordable 3 bedroom home priced at $215,000.
This community, built in 1918 for shipyard workers on Wilmington's waterfront, is known for its friendly affability, front porches, and the Parkway, which this home at 442 South Bancroft Parkway faces. For more information and photos, see www.psre.com/9505. The open house is from 1-3 August 1, 2010.
… (4 comments)
|
union park gardens: Open House Saturday in Union Park Gardens
- 07/22/10 07:01 AM
So you say you have never visited any of the restaurants or pubs in Wilmington Delaware's Little Italy?
Never tried the water ice at Yatz's on Union Street?
And never been to Union Park Gardens?
Well, it's time to change all that! You are invited to an Open House Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 442 South Bancroft Parkway in Union Park Gardens from 1-3 PM. If you need directions, call Carolyn at 302-593-5111. Or just cruise south on Union St. from Pennsylvania Avenue, and when you cross over Lancaster Avenue, Union Park Gardens will be on your right. Make a right … (4 comments)
|
union park gardens: Union Park Gardens, Part II--All the Comforts of Home Are Here!
- 07/14/10 07:20 AM
Union Park Gardens, a community established in 1918 for shipyard workers on the nearby waterfront in Wilmington, Delaware, is still a great place to live.(see Part I of Union Park at CarolynRolandsBlog.com)
As a matter of fact, this list was put together by my client, Betsy, who is selling her home in Union Park Gardens, and it is so comprehensive, I just had to share it!
Great Food and Drink in the Area
Little Italy (within walking distance) Attilio's - Casual Italian Mrs. Robino's - Casual Italian Bangkok House - Thai Eclipse - American Bistro Walters - Upscale Steak House Union … (1 comments)
|
union park gardens: Union Park Gardens Home for Sale
- 07/13/10 01:12 PM
This is the little row house that could...impress you, charm you, look out on historic South Bancroft Parkway, be within walking distance of restaurants and pubs, and provide you with 3 bedrooms, a bath, dining room, and an office or playroom in the basement. The floors, as was common at the time, are the more expensive oak on the first floor, and pine on the second floor.
These 1918 built homes were originally built for shipyard workers (see my blog on this neighborhood at http://carolynrolandsblog.com/ ) during WWI, and then auctioned off to private owners in 1933. There is parkland, winding … (2 comments)
|
union park gardens: Union Park Gardens, Part of the Garden Suburb Movement in America
- 07/13/10 12:18 PM
Union Park Gardens, in Wilmington, Delaware, is an insiders "secret" hidden in plain sight, but within walking distance of numerous restaurants and pubs in "Little Italy" and minutes from sophisticated restaurants and fun places on the Riverfront.
Not many realize that it is one of a number of turn of the 20th Century versions of the English Garden Suburb movement built in this country. Rather than building standard rigid row houses, it was designed to be reminiscent of a village. Houses were built of slightly different sizes, styles, and materials. Architects Ballinger and Perrot and town planner John Nolen … (0 comments)
|
|
|
|
View Carolyn Roland's profile;)
;)
;)
