Renaissance Park (Atlanta)

Renaissance Park is a 5.4 acres (2.2 ha) park in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.^[1] The land was originally part of the Buttermilk Bottom slum which was razed in the 1960s.

In a 2007 study, many area residents stated that the park is unusable due to aggressive panhandling, drug sales and use including crack cocaine, public urination, and the threat of being mugged, tying these threats and crimes to individuals using the nearby Peachtree Pine shelter.^[2]

As of November 2013, a new dog park occupies the upper portion of this park. The Renaissance Park Dog Park is a great amenity for the residents living in the Fourth Ward West neighborhood of the Old Fourth Ward and the surrounding Downtown and Midtown neighborhoods. Since the opening of the dog park, the loitering, panhandling, etc. once prevalent in the park have decreased.

References

Parks and trails in Atlanta

Regional parks	Centennial Olympic Park Chastain Park Freedom Park Grant Park Piedmont Park Southside Park Westside Reservoir Park (proposed) Woodruff Park

Community parks	Adams Park Atlanta Memorial Park Ben Hill Park Bessie Branham Park Brownwood Park Candler Park Central Park Georgia International Plaza Goldsboro Park Historic Fourth Ward Park Hurt Park John A. White Park John Howell Memorial Park Maddox Park New Highland Park Orme Park Perkerson Park Renaissance Park South Bend Park Tanyard Creek Park Wesley Coan Park

Nature preserves	Cascade Springs Nature Preserve Fernbank Forest Morningside Nature Preserve

Parkways	Lanier Boulevard Parkway

Trails	BeltLine Cheshire Farm Trail Maiden Trail PATH trails PATH400

Former	Mims Park

City of Atlanta Office of Parks

Old Fourth Ward and Sweet Auburn, Atlanta

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site and Preservation District	APEX Museum Atlanta Daily World building Atlanta Life Insurance Company building Auburn Ave. Research Library Big Bethel AME Church Herndon Building (demolished) Gandhi Promenade International Civil Rights Walk of Fame King Birth Home King Center Ebenezer Baptist Church MLK National Historic Site Odd Fellows Bldg. Sweet Auburn Curb Market Wheat Street Baptist Church

Other buildings	Atlanta Civic Center Atlanta Medical Center Edward C. Peters House Egleston Children's Hospital (1928-1959) Homage to King Morris Brown College (1885-1932) National NuGrape Company Lofts Ponce City Market Rio Shopping Center (demolished) Sister Louisa's Church WSB-TV tower

Neighborhoods	Buttermilk Bottom Sweet Auburn U-Rescue Villa

Parks	Central Park Freedom Park Historic Fourth Ward Park Ponce de Leon amusement park Ponce de Leon Springs Renaissance Park

People	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Edward C. Peters

Roads	Boulevard Edgewood Avenue Freedom Parkway Freeway revolt (1970s-1980s) Highland Avenue I-485 Ponce de Leon Avenue

Transportation	Atlanta Streetcar King Memorial (MARTA station) Nine-Mile Circle Streetcar Line

Druid Hills Inman Park Midtown Morningside-Lenox Park Poncey-Highland Virginia-Highland All neighborhoods of Atlanta

Coordinates: 33°46′05″N 84°22′52″W / 33.768°N 84.381°W / 33.768; -84.381

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