Parks & Gardens
Parks & GardensCollect Pond Park
Civic Center
Collect Pond Park is a quiet green escape surrounded by Chinatown's bustle, built atop a freshwater pond that once supplied the entire city's drinking water. Read the interpretive signs and imagine the lake that existed here in 1788.
Serene urban oasis
Historic city landmark
Chinatown hidden gem
Lunch break escape
Tips
⏳"Few places will have undergone such a transformation over the centuries"
🪑ample seating for lunch break escapes
🗺️look for bronze insets nearby showing the original pond
Collect Pond Park
Civic CenterOpen
Parks & GardensParks & GardensCollect Pond Park is a quiet green escape surrounded by Chinatown's bustle, built atop a freshwater pond that once supplied the entire city's drinking water. Read the interpretive signs and imagine the lake that existed here in 1788.
Serene urban oasis
Historic city landmark
Chinatown hidden gem
Lunch break escape
Tips
⏳"Few places will have undergone such a transformation over the centuries"
🪑ample seating for lunch break escapes
🗺️look for bronze insets nearby showing the original pond