Bryant Park (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Bryant Park
Type Public park
Location Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°13′39″N 80°52′14″W / 35.2275°N 80.8706°W / 35.2275; -80.8706Coordinates: 35°13′39″N 80°52′14″W / 35.2275°N 80.8706°W / 35.2275; -80.8706
Area 8.7 acres
Created 1935
Operated by Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation
Website Bryant Park

Bryant Park is an 8.7 acre urban park at 1701 West Morehead Street in the Wesley Heights neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. It contains a softball field and a multi-purpose public field.[1] In 2003 the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission designated Bryant Park as a historic landmark.[2]

The park was constructed in the 1930s as WPA project and is noted for its unique network of stone walls and stone seating above the softball fields. Built on land donated by prominent Charlotte developer E. C. Griffith, it was one of the first projects of the Charlotte Park and Recreation Commission.[3]

In the 1960s and 1970s, when the Charlotte Parks Commission was underfunded and mostly powerless, intense industrial development on West Morehead Street forced Bryant Park to give up much of its original space. Today the park is less than half its original size. Bryant Park remains the only public green space in Charlotte’s West Morehead Street industrial sector.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation: Bryant Park
  2. ↑ Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission: Annual Report 2003 Archived April 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission: Annual Report 2003
  3. 1 2 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission: Survey and Research Report on Bryant Park Archived March 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.


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