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'''Dorothy Spears Park''' (formerly '''East Thomas Park''' and '''Duke Park''') is a 23.72-acre [[List of Birmingham parks|public park]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[East Thomas]] neighborhood. It occupies the area east of [[Arkadelphia Road]], south of [[Village Creek]], west of [[4th Street West]], and north of the former [[Enon Ridge Railway]] (route of the old [[No. 6 Pratt-Ensley streetcar line]]) and [[12th Avenue West]]. Its official address is 700 [[13th Avenue West]], but the main entrance to the park is located on [[3rd Street West]].
'''Dorothy Spears Park''' (formerly '''East Thomas Park''' and '''Duke Park''') is a 23.72-acre [[List of Birmingham parks|public park]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[East Thomas]] neighborhood. It occupies the area east of [[Arkadelphia Road]], south of [[Village Creek]], west of [[4th Street West]], and north of the former [[Enon Ridge Railway]] (route of the old [[No. 6 Pratt-Ensley streetcar line]]) and [[12th Avenue West]]. Its official address is 700 [[13th Avenue West]], but the main entrance to the park is located on [[3rd Street West]].


The park houses a public swimming pool, two paved basketball courts, a baseball diamond, a soccer field and a playground. The former railroad bed has been repurposed as a walking/cycling trail, the '''Dorothy Spears Greenway at Village Creek''' or ''Enon Ridge Trail''' which forms a portion of the "Village Creek Greenway" in the [[Red Rock Ridge & Valley Trail System]]. The greenway continues eastward through the East Thomas neighborhood and curves south alongside the [[Knesseth Israel and Beth-El Cemetery]] and under {{I-59/20}} to [[Parker High School]] in [[Smithfield]], where it connects to the "Civil Rights Trail".
The park houses a public swimming pool, two paved basketball courts, a baseball diamond, a soccer field and a playground. The former railroad bed was repurposed in [[2013]] as a walking/cycling trail, the '''Dorothy Spears Greenway at Village Creek''' or ''Enon Ridge Trail''' which forms a portion of the "Village Creek Greenway" in the [[Red Rock Ridge & Valley Trail System]]. The greenway continues eastward through the East Thomas neighborhood and curves south alongside the [[Knesseth Israel and Beth-El Cemetery]] and under {{I-59/20}} to [[Parker High School]] in [[Smithfield]], where it connects to the "Civil Rights Trail".


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Revision as of 14:19, 16 March 2017

Dorothy Spears Park (formerly East Thomas Park and Duke Park) is a 23.72-acre public park in Birmingham's East Thomas neighborhood. It occupies the area east of Arkadelphia Road, south of Village Creek, west of 4th Street West, and north of the former Enon Ridge Railway (route of the old No. 6 Pratt-Ensley streetcar line) and 12th Avenue West. Its official address is 700 13th Avenue West, but the main entrance to the park is located on 3rd Street West.

The park houses a public swimming pool, two paved basketball courts, a baseball diamond, a soccer field and a playground. The former railroad bed was repurposed in 2013 as a walking/cycling trail, the Dorothy Spears Greenway at Village Creek' or Enon Ridge Trail which forms a portion of the "Village Creek Greenway" in the Red Rock Ridge & Valley Trail System. The greenway continues eastward through the East Thomas neighborhood and curves south alongside the Knesseth Israel and Beth-El Cemetery and under I-59/20 to Parker High School in Smithfield, where it connects to the "Civil Rights Trail".

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