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Long Hill Green

The Long Hill Green is a triangular parcel in the center of the village of Long Hill at the junction of the Newtown Turnpike, Broadway and Whitney Avenue. References are made to it being "beautified" by its "co-owners" after it was purchased in 1920 with evergreens and red barberry bushes planted in each corner, and other "plants, trees and flowers" donated yearly. However, today it is an open expanse with three mature evergreens and a large shade tree. Additional young trees have recently been planted, primarily toward the southern tip. The focal point is a new gazebo near the northern end. Near it is a picnic table. At the southern end is a flagpole, several benches and a boulder commemorating those who purchased the property to set aside as a green. Parking has recently been added across the street north of the green where an area has recently been graded, seeded and planted with young trees. Additional parking has also been added on the green itself on the eastern side across from a commercial establishment.

The green is well maintained but has a feeling of newness about it despite the fact that it has been a green in its present configuration for over 80 years. This is conveyed by the recently constructed parking spaces, but also by the streetscape. While the neighborhood is primarily residential and there are many well-preserved 19th century houses in the neighborhood, the area immediately around the intersection has undergone changes, many of them recent, that impact the green. To the north is a low-lying area that slopes upward in the distance to a rocky ridge. Buildings have been removed from this site since 1972 (probably when improving Broadway) and the vista from the green is that of an open expanse of raw earth culminating in a rocky ledge. Across the Newtown Turnpike, a busy highway with fast moving traffic, is a new large office building set back from the road with parking in front. On the other side of the green is another new structure, a one-story, flat roofed bakery and restaurant. The 19th century buildings remaining in the immediate area, for the most part, display signs of this transition from residential to commercial in their altered state.

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