Oak Grove Linear Park - Atlanta/Druid Hills, GA
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N 33° 46.504 W 084° 20.487
16S E 746190 N 3740392
Oak Grove park is a wonderful 50-acre urban park that runs along Ponce de Leon Avenue and connects downtown Atlanta with Druid Hills.
Waymark Code: WM2K1N
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2007
Views: 26
Oak Grove Park, once known as Brightwood Park, is one of six segments comprising the Olmsted Linear Park in Atlanta. The other five segments are Deepdene, Dellwood, Shadyside, Springdale, and Virgilee.
As Atlanta’s grid spread outward from downtown in the 19th century, Atlantan Joel Hurt purchased the 1,500 acre area that was to become Ponce de Leon Parkway. Hurt invited renowned landscape architect Fredrick Law Olmsted, Sr. to travel from Tennessee to Atlanta to survey the 1,500 acre area in order to plan its landscape. After submitting an initial plan for the green space to Hurt, Olmsted Sr. passed away and his sons continued with the project. In 1908, the park was acquired by the Druid Hills Corporation, a group of investors that included Atlanta’s and Coca-Cola’s own Asa G. Candler (who lived in Callanwolde just around the corner on Briarcliff).
There are six parks along Ponce de Leon Avenue and they are being restored by the Olmsted Linear Park Alliance.
Name: Oak Grove park
Street Location: Ponce de Leon Ave.
Local Municipality: Atlanta
State/Province, etc.: GA
Country: USA
Web Site: [Web Link]
Recreational Facilities: Paved walking path and benches.
Memorial/Commemoration: Not listed
Date Established: Not listed
Picnic Facilities: Not listed
Monuments/Statues: Not listed
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed
Fountains: Not listed
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Not listed
Special Events: Not listed
Traditional Geocaches: Not listed
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