Hardy Ivy Park
| Hardy Ivy Park | |
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| Type | Pocket park |
| Location | DowntownAtlanta,Georgia,United States |
| Coordinates | 33°45′47″N84°23′15″W/ 33.7630°N 84.3874°W |
Hardy Ivy Parkis apocket parkindowntownAtlanta,Georgia,United States.
History
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The namesake for the park isHardy Ivy,who is generally considered the first person of European descent to settle in what is nowAtlanta.According toThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution,the name was chosen to appease the Ivy family after Ivy Street was renamedPeachtree CenterAvenue in the late 20th century.[1]The park is located on a small triangular tract of land at the divergence ofPeachtree Streetand West Peachtree Street indowntown.
In May 1896, the city of Atlanta commemorated theErskine Memorial Fountainin honor of JudgeJohn Erskineat the location.[2][3]In order to make room for the fountain, a marblestatue of Benjamin Harvey Hillwas moved from the park to theGeorgia State Capitol.[3]The fountain, designed by sculptorJ. Massey Rhind,was later relocated to Grant Park in 1912.[2][4]
In the later half of the 20th century, the park received another statue. Several years after the closing ofTerminal Station,astatue of Samuel Spencer,which had stood in front of the station since 1910, was moved to the park. The statue has since been moved to a location inmidtown Atlanta.[4]In the late 1990s, theCarnegie Education Pavilionwas moved to the park, where it currently still stands.[4][5]In 2011, the government of Atlanta officially renamed the plaza in the park the Xernona Clayton Plaza in honor of civil rights leaderXernona Clayton.[6]An accompanying plaque honors her career.[7][8]
References
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[edit]- Edwards, Johnny (May 18, 2019)."Five things you may not know about Grant Park's Erskine Memorial Fountain".The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Cox Enterprises.RetrievedMarch 12,2020.
- Kueppers, Courtney (January 17, 2020)."These streets in Atlanta are named for civil rights leaders".The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Cox Enterprises.RetrievedMarch 12,2020.
- Lee, Conor (August 12, 2014)."The Erskine Memorial Fountain".History Atlanta.RetrievedMarch 12,2020.
- McWilliams, Jeremiah (November 3, 2011)."Harris Street renamed for John Portman, capping controversy".The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Cox Enterprises.RetrievedMarch 12,2020.
- Morrison, Jeffrey (2019).Atlanta Underground: History from Below.Rowman & Littlefield.ISBN978-1-4930-4371-2– viaGoogle Books.
- Pousner, Howard (March 26, 2014)."Trio of projects speak to architect Henri Jova's legacy in Atlanta".The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Cox Enterprises.RetrievedMarch 12,2020.
- "Xernona Clayton – A History Maker and a Living Doll".The Atlanta Business Journal.February 13, 2016.RetrievedMarch 12,2020.
- Torpy, Bill (May 22, 2015)."Turner Field is kaput, and all Ted gets is this?".The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Cox Enterprises.RetrievedMarch 12,2020.