Wheaton Park Bridge, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization committed to returning Wheaton Park and Pelton Mansion to the people of Poughkeepsie; dedicating the park to art, and erecting the Wheaton Park Bridge at 36 North Clover Street, Poughkeepsie, New York.
Wheaton Park Bridge, Inc., is a community organization dedicated to celebrating diversity, inclusivity, equality, and justice, through art and community activism. We are committed to the creation of a public art space that embraces these values, through the involvement and collaboration of the people and children of Poughkeepsie. Through art and programming, we will provide a physical and conceptual bridge of continuous interaction between Poughkeepsie and the world.
We are committed to the revitalization of the City of Poughkeepsie, and embracing a better future for the children, the residents, and the visitors. We recognize that Wheaton Park and Pelton Mansion are "crown jewels" on the banks of the Hudson River; a welcoming home for the visual arts- creating an open space where visitors and residents, children and adults, can stroll, mingle, create, view created work, experience nature- and where our adaptively-imagined, historic-register-listed building and green space, can host diverse opportunities for people to live, work, and play.
Andrés San Millán’s Art Nouveau inspired structure, the Wheaton Park Bridge; a 1000 foot continuous circular promenade, fabricated of local sustainable materials, will anchor a new international art destination in the city of Poughkeepsie, incorporating the revitalized Pelton Art Center and the outdoor green space- as a showplace for art, nature, and children's play. This site will become a gateway to an economically and culturally vibrant Hudson Valley region- benefitting from, and experienced, through Art.