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Allentown philanthropist Harry C. Trexler sought the best for West Park and hired a famous landscape designer from Philadelphia to help fulfill his vision. J. Franklin Meehan created the park's Planting Plan in 1906, designing it to resemble an English garden with winding pathways. He selected rare and unusual plants for the park, and many of the trees and flowers he chose still remain there today, including Norway maples, Japanese cherry trees, eastern white pines, and oak trees, once planted as saplings and now full-grown.
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Allentown, Pennsylvania · United States
