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Lincoln's oldest park, at the center of renewed attention
- Peter Salter
- Mar 7, 2018
- Mar 7, 2018 Updated Jul 12, 2021
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Stone walls and steps lead into Cooper Park on its west side.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Lincoln Journal Star

Cooper Park is Lincoln’s first park, and appeared in the city’s original plat.
- COURTESY PHOTO
For an aerial drawing in the late 1880s, an artist depicted rows of trees filling the park. In reality, the city failed at its early attempts to grow trees, and neighbors grazed their cows in the field.
- COURTESY PHOTO
- Shelly Kulhanek | Lincoln Journal Star
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The dozen acres of green just south of the Haymarket is Lincoln’s oldest park, with both a proud history and a pattern of problems.
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Park’s future discussed
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department will share its draft master plan for Cooper Park -- and ask for input -- at a meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday at the F Street Recreation Center, 1225 F St.
The meeting will be hosted by the South of Downtown Community Development Organization, and is the inaugural event of its Reclaim Your Neighborhood series of community forums.
For more info, search South of Downtown Community Development Organization on Facebook and click “Events.”
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Stone walls and steps lead into Cooper Park on its west side.
- GWYNETH ROBERTS, Lincoln Journal Star
Cooper Park is Lincoln’s first park, and appeared in the city’s original plat.
- COURTESY PHOTO
For an aerial drawing in the late 1880s, an artist depicted rows of trees filling the park. In reality, the city failed at its early attempts to grow trees, and neighbors grazed their cows in the field.
- COURTESY PHOTO
- Shelly Kulhanek | Lincoln Journal Star
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