Historic Fourth Ward Park


Historic Fourth Ward Park is a park built on the site of the old Ponce de Leon amusement park, in the Old Fourth Ward of Atlanta, just south of Ponce City Market and just west of the BeltLine trail.
Currently the park covers in two separate sections. It is planned to eventually connect these two parcels and cover a total of.

Pond And Amphitheater

The park includes a pond with a path around it and has an aerator fountain to keep it from stagnating. An amphitheater, cushioned with bermudagrass, surrounds part of the pond.

Skate park

The skate park is located at 830 Willoughby Way, Atlanta, Georgia 30312. It is a facility which offers bowls, curbs, and smooth-rolling concrete mounds. The designated skating facility is Atlanta's first public skate park. The park opened June 2011 with legendary skater Tony Hawk in attendance. Hawk's philanthropic foundation awarded the project $25,000. Hawk stated that the clear vision of BeltLine officials, as well as of Little Five Points' Stratosphere skateboards owner Thomas Taylor, who encouraged city officials to build the park, heavily influenced his foundation's decision to award the money.

Sections

In January 2013 the BeltLine announced that it had acquired a parcel which would connect the BeltLine with the park.
A Phase III is planned which would connect Phase II with the separate skatepark parcel, adding. The property is

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