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Alexander Mckenzie at Finsbury Park

Erection date: 7/8/2019

Inscription

{On the top, above a plan of the Park showing the paths and lakes:}
???? Of Finsbury Park 1??0's
{Probably: "Plan Of Finsbury Park 1870's" or "1880's", etc.}

{On the front face:}
Commemorating 150 years of Finsbury Park, 7th August 2019, this stone is to give thanks for the vision of those in our parks who saw the value of creating open, free, public green spaces in the heart of our communities.
Frederick Manable, Superintending Architect to the Metropolitan Board of Works and Alexander McKenzie, the Landscape Designer - 7th August 1869.

{On both ends:}
Celebrating 150 years of Finsbury Park

Erected in 2019 and vandalised by the time we visited in 2023 - probably impossible to repair.

Site: Alexander Mckenzie at Finsbury Park (1 memorial)

N4, Finsbury Park, McKenzie Gardens

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Alexander Mckenzie at Finsbury Park

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Frederick Manable

In the 1860s, as the Superintending Architect to the Metropolitan Board of Wo...

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Alexander McKenzie

Landscape designer to the Metropolitan Board of Works. He wrote 'Parks, Open ...

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Finsbury Park

The land that makes up Finsbury Park was originally part of the Manor of Brow...

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