A once-vacant lot nestled in the English Avenue neighborhood now has a new life as a City of Atlanta park.
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Sara González Park: Of the community, for the community
The park was named and reinvigorated in memory of Sara J. González, a changemaker in the local Hispanic community.
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Sorry Piedmont, Westside Park is the new top dog
For 117 years, Piedmont Park has been Atlanta’s largest green oasis, offering an escape from the bustle of city life. Now, Westside Park has come to take the crown with nearly 100 more acres than Midtown’s favorite park. Westside boasts views of the skyline, walking and cycling paths and a 35-acre aquatic footprint in the […]
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DeKalb, Blackhall Studios swap land — county promises “innovative” public park
But swap opponents are skeptical of DeKalb.
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Murphey Candler Park construction creates divide in community
By Hannah Jones Murphey Candler Park has been a centerpiece of the Brookhaven community. It has served as a place where people could convene, tying the community together, but now it’s something that is tearing them apart. Murphey Candler Park is a 120-acre park in the City of Brookhaven that includes sports facilities, a series […]
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DeKalb commission OKs park-studio land swap
But there are strings tied to the land that DeKalb can’t untie.
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216-acre southeast Atlanta forest headed for permanent preservation
It’s bigger than Cascade Nature Preserve or Piedmont Park.
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Vine City Peace Park – Much more than a name: A place to study war no more
By Guest Columnist ANDREA L. BOONE, Atlanta City Councilmember and daughter of the late civil rights leader Rev. Joseph E. Boone
In 2008, the city named the north border of Rodney Cook Sr. Peace Park for my late father, the Rev. Joseph E. Boone. The park located on Atlanta’s west side will consist of 16 acres of green space, with a lake, and, of most significance, a Peace Pantheon with a library, 18 sculptures and tributes to civil and human rights leaders from the area. All said, it will be the largest peace park in America.
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South DeKalb public land swap might – or might not – be a good deal.
Plenty of people are happy getting their exercise at what’s called Intrenchment Creek Park in south DeKalb. They said so at a public meeting where the county presented the idea of trading it away for other land.
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Rename Rodney Cook Sr. Park to honor Ivory Lee Young, Jr., civil rights advocate urges
The Rodney Cook Sr. Park in the Vine City neighborhood should be renamed because its namesake helped lay the foundation for a Georgia Republican Party that critics have connected to suppression of black voters, according to Atlanta-based civil rights advocate Joe Beasley
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Planners envision airport-area riverside park
There’s a move afoot to knit the uppermost Flint and its headwater channels into a network of parks and trails, turning areas around the airport into green destinations.
