Midtown Park (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Midtown Park
Type Public park
Location Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°12′39″N 80°50′11″W / 35.2108°N 80.8363°W / 35.2108; -80.8363Coordinates: 35°12′39″N 80°50′11″W / 35.2108°N 80.8363°W / 35.2108; -80.8363
Area 1 acre
Created 2012
Operated by Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation
Website Midtown Park

Midtown Park is a one acre minipark at South Kings Drive and Pearl Park Way in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] Opened in the spring of 2012, it contains stonework and shade trees surrounding a rectangular lawn and is suitable for weddings as well as performance art and other public events.[2] The park features several sculptures, including a seven foot diameter spherical metallic piece called the Braille Music Box by artists Po Shu Wang and Louise Bertelsen.[3] A unique feature of the sculpture is that it can be enjoyed by the sight-impaired. It contains a mechanism which can translate Braille letters into musical notes, and visitors can move the music box within the sculpture to hear this unique music.[4]

The Little Sugar Creek Greenway runs along the western edge of the park and is connected to it by a formal stairway. According to Gwen Cook of Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation, Midtown Park "... is a showpiece along the greenway."[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation: Sugar Creek Greenway - MidTown Park Location Map
  2. 1 2 The Charlotte Observer: New park to open soon in Midtown, by Karen Sullivan, January 29, 2012
  3. ↑ ASC Public Art: Sight Unseen at Midtown Park on the Little Sugar Creek Greenway, video
  4. ↑ Visual Art for the Visually Impaired

External links

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