Grant Park

Grant Park is the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Second in size only to Piedmont Park, Grant Park has two major attractions besides the park itself: Zoo Atlanta, established in 1889 and originally known as the Grant Park Zoo; and the Atlanta Cyclorama, a cyclorama featuring the 1864 Battle of Atlanta from the American Civil War. The park serves over two million visitors per year. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... City lights from space. ... An Australian park A park is any of a number of geographic features. ... Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. ... Piedmont Park Piedmont Parks Lake Clara Meer Piedmont Park is the Central Park of Atlanta, Georgia, located in Midtown, north of the city center. ... Zoo Atlanta is an AZA-accredited wildlife park and major attraction in Atlanta, Georgia. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Zoo Atlanta is an AZA-accredited wildlife park and major attraction in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The Atlanta Cyclorama is a circular panoramic painting of the Battle of Atlanta. ... For the album by Styx, see Cyclorama (album). ... Battle of Atlanta Conflict American Civil War Date July 22, 1864 Place Fulton County, Georgia Result Union victory The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864 just northeast of Atlanta, Georgia. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ...

History

Grant Park was established in 1882 when Lemuel P. Grant, a successful engineer and businessman, gave the city of Atlanta 100 acres (40 hectares) in the newly-developed "suburb" where he lived. In 1890, the city acquired another 44 acres (17.6 hectares) for the park and appointed its first park commissioner, Sidney Root. In 1903, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Design (run by the sons of Frederick Law Olmstead) was hired to create a plan for the park. The original park included a lake named Lake Abana to handle storm-water runoff. 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Lemuel Pratt Grant (1817–1893) was an American engineer and businessman. ... An engineer is someone who practices the engineering profession; a professional practitioner of engineering; someone who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems and produce goods for society. ... An acre is an English unit of area. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a metric unit of area. ... It has been suggested that Suburbia be merged into this article or section. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Sidney Root (1824–1897) an American engineer and businessman. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Frederick Law Olmsted (April 27, 1822–August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well known urban parks, including Central Park in New York, New York, the oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in Buffalo, New York, Mount_Royal_Park in Montreal, the Metropolitan Parks... Run-off, composed of a mixture of water and soil along with any other organic or inorganic substances that may exist in the land, is the product of precipitation, snowmelt, over-irrigation, or other water coming in contact with the earth and carrying matter to streams, rivers, lakes, and other...

A failed circus gave birth to the eventual Zoo Atlanta when local lumber merchant George Gress purchased animals from the circus and donated them to the city in 1889. The city decided Grant Park was the best location for the zoo and carved space out for the attraction. Later zoo expansions and parking requirements caused the removal of a portion of the lake. In 1892, the circular painting of the Battle of Atlanta was placed on exhibit in the park. The cyclorama would eventually gain its own dedicated building in the park in 1921. The term circus originates from Latin and can mean several things: A public equipped space for shows and other spectacles of the Classical period (e. ... Lumber is the name used, generally in North America, for wood that has been cut into boards or other shapes for the purpose of woodworking or construction. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A zoo. ... A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ... Exhibition is a word with several meanings. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

After years of neglect and abuse, in 1996 the City of Atlanta Parks Bureau commissioned a new master plan for the park. The consultants working on the plan met with a citizen advisory group that would eventually become the Grant Park Conservancy. The Conservancy works to raise funds to enhance and protect the park for the enjoyment of all its visitors. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A Plan is a proposed or intended method of getting from one set of circumstances to another. ... A consultant is a professional that provides expert advice in a particular domain or area of expertise such as accountancy, information technology, the law, human resources, marketing, medicine, finance or more esoteric areas of knowledge, for example engineering and scientific specialties such as materials science, instrumentation, avionics, and stress analysis. ... Grant Park Grant Park is the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ...

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Neighborhood

Grant Park is also the in-town neighborhood surrounding Grant Park, and is Atlanta's largest historic neighborhood. It includes the 88 acres or 35 hectares of Oakland Cemetery (established 1850), where Margaret Mitchell, Bobby Jones, 25 former mayors of Atlanta, six former governors of Georgia, and many Civil War dead are buried. It also includes the Atlanta Stockade, Fort Walker, and the Grant Mansion for which the area was named. The Grant Park Neighborhood Association represents local residents. Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... History is often used as a generic term for information about the past, such as in geologic history of the Earth. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of human societies. ... An acre is an English unit of area. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a metric unit of area. ... Aerial map of Oakland Cemetery Oakland Cemetery is Atlanta, Georgias oldest and largest cemetery as well as its third largest green space (behind Piedmont Park and Grant Park). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 - August 16, 1949) was the author of the immensely successful novel Gone With the Wind, which was published June 30th 1936. ... Bobby Jones can refer to different people: Bobby Jones: a golf player Bobby J. Jones: a baseball player Bobby M. Jones: a baseball player Bobby Jones: a basketball player Bobby Jones: a gospel singer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the... This is the list of mayors of Atlanta — former mayors of the city of Atlanta. ... This is a list of Governors of the state of Georgia, including governors of the British colony of Georgia. ...

Conserving

The Grant Park Conservancy (GPC) began as a group of concerned Atlanta residents who recognized the need to protect Grant Park, Atlanta's oldest city park, from the demands of growing use and declining maintenance. During an updated master plan process commissioned by the city of Atlanta Bureau of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs this group realized that the impetus to implement the new plan would come only from concerned citizens. The Conservancy was formed and now works to raise funds to carry out its mission and provide an enjoyable greenspace for families, visitors and residents of nearby neighborhoods.

The Master Plan calls for massive renovations and improvements to the park over the next 20 years. However, there are no current plans in the City of Atlanta Bureau of Parks budget to fund these improvements.

Modeled on other conservancy movements in Atlanta and cities across the country the GPC plans to work independently and in partnership with the city to fully implement the Master Plan.

The Grant Park Conservancy recognizes the importance of usable, friendly, clean, safe, well-maintained green space in the urban environment and works to provide a public space in which the city can take great pride.

Information courtesy of http://www.gpconservancy.org

External links

• Grant Park Neighborhood Association
• Grant Park Conservancy
• Historic Oakland Foundation