Sonny Bono Memorial Park
Sonny Bono Memorial Park is a park in Northwest Washington, D.C., at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, 20th Street, and O Street near Dupont Circle. It is named for Sonny Bono. The park was established in 1998, after Bono's death, by Bono family friend Geary Simon, a local real estate developer. He approached the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation's Park Partners program and paid $25,000 of his own money to revitalize an unused 800-square-foot (74 m2) triangle of grass on a traffic island. His improvements included installing an underground sprinkler system, planting new Kentucky bluegrass and a Japanese maple, as well as benches and a wrought-iron fence.
| Sonny Bono Memorial Park | |
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 Sonny Bono Memorial Park, January 2005 | |
  Location within Washington, D.C.  Sonny Bono Memorial Park (the United States) | |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°54′30.5″N 77°2′41″W |
| Area | 800 square feet (74 m2) |
| Created | 1998 |
At the entrance, on the ground, is a plaque that reads as follows:
IN MEMORY OF MY FRIEND SONNY BONO 1935-1998; ENTERTAINER - ENTREPRENEUR - STATESMAN - FRIEND.
Beneath the plaque is a vault of Bono memorabilia, including the sheet music for "The Beat Goes On", his official Congressional cufflinks, and a mug from his string of Bono's Restaurants.
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