By Michael Capozzi Edgewood Park is located on the western border of Westville, and occupies over 120 acres. In 1889, the City of New Haven seized over sixty acres of land and gave it to the Park Commission.  Prominent citizens of the area also donated additional land. This included the famed literary figure Donald Grant Mitchell. Also know by his pen name, Ik Marvel, he had authored two prominent works titled  The Reveries of a Bachelor  and  My Farm on Edgewood.  Edgewood Park gains its name from Mitchell’s farm estate titled the same name, Edgewood. Mitchell praised Edgewood as a place away from the urban life and a retreat to nature. It was but two miles from the New Haven Green, however, so Mitchell would be surrounded by nature while still being close to the city.  Being heavily invested in the design of the park, among others in New Haven, he drew a map in 1888 titled “Suggestions for Edgewood Park”.   Mitchell propo...