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"This park was made possible by Benjamin L. Harvey who left his estate to the Park District in 1933 and asked that a park be named after his mother, Jane Clark Harvey. In 1936, the Park District bought property bounded by North 39th, Ferdinand and Orchard Streets but real work did not begin on park development until 1948. The second parcel that makes up the park was acquired from Pierce County in 1940.
“Some work was done at the site by WPA crews during depression days, but the present operations retrieved the 8.5 acre field from under a thicket of alders which had grown up during the war years.”
-“Long-Planned North End Playfield is Growing” in the May 28, 1948 Tacoma Labor Advocate
The park was formally dedicated in June of 1953." https://www.metroparkstacoma.org/place/jane-clark-park/