The park is located on the grounds of Newton City Hall, a historic Olmstead landscape. Fully accessible passive recreational areas, paths and sitting areas are contained within the one acre park. Sonnets about the City of Newton, composed for the park by U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky are engraved in stone and distributed throughout the park. Specimen Beech and Pin Oaks are visual foci and provide shaded areas for seating, games tables and informal gathering.