Friday, May 28, 2010 - 3:24pm H.B. du Pont Plaza gets facelift
By Amy Cherry
Updated Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 2:40am
WDEL's Amy Cherry checked it out.
The H-B du Pont Plaza in downtown Wilmington gets a $375,000 facelift.
The small triangle oasis at the intersection of West and 11th Streets and Delaware
Avenue is a peaceful palce for people to get away from the hustle and bustle of a busy
work day.
Mayor Jim Baker also has big plans for this plaza.
"People are getting married here. There are lot of weddings coming up here. We hope
that the business community will appreciate it. We also want to use it as a performing
arts place."
Hilde Bachtel's late husband designed this space in 1975, and she says he'd be proud
of its renaissance.
"This is something that my husband would have been very, very pleased to see. It's
the way a park should look."
The plaza has a new centerpiece fountain, benches, and solar-powered trash cans.
