Located at the corner of Cumberland and Alder Streets in the heart of the Village, this park functions as the gateway to the Village. The Guardian Angels mural was designed and painted by Lily Yeh; the cement sculptures were created by Heidi Warren in collaboration with Hartranft Elementary School students and the Village construction crew; the sculptural wall was designed by Yeh and constructed by the Village crew; the mosaic work by James Big man Maxton. Alejandro Lopez, a guest artist and builder from New Mexico, designed the cement bench for the youth construction workshop in the summer of 1992. He called it the Corn Bench because he placed a planter in the center of the bench for corn planting. He decorated the back of the bench with two huge ears of corns. 1992 was the year that marked the discovery of America by Columbus. It was a sad day for the Native Americans. Being a minority group in this continent, we decided to celebrate this day through the remembrance of the Native American cultures like planting corn, built an horno, and constructed a corn bench.

Joseph JoJo Williams helped Lopez in the whole construction process, from digging foundation, recycling stones, bricks and abandoned marbles, and organizing the participation of children, youth and adults in the neighborhood. Over 35 people participated in this exciting effort. In the midst of their building work, a three story building on Germantown Avenue caught on fire. The Fire department sent a huge fire truck with a long ladder to the scene to retrieve a man trapped on his third floor apartment. It was frightening, chaotic and exciting at the same time. The brick walls of the building collapsed. JoJo and Lopez recycled a lot of the bricks of the collapsed building into our corn bench. So a part of that building continued to live on through the corn bench to this day. In 1998 we renovated the abandoned garage that hosted the Guardian Angels mural into an office building. Over the years, the Park evolved to what it looks like today.