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===Other parks===
===Other parks===
* [[Altamont Park]], purchased 1921, rededicated in 1990s
* [[Altamont Park]], purchased 1921, rededicated in 1990s
* [[Barker Park]], [[Druid Hills]]
* [[Birmingham City Park]]
* [[Birmingham City Park]]
* [[Birmingham City Park #3]]
* [[Birmingham City Park #3]]
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* [[Eldorado Park]] ([[Old Springville Road]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Eldorado Park]] ([[Old Springville Road]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Julius Ellsberry Park]]
* [[Julius Ellsberry Park]]
* [[Jenny Justo Park]], [[Killough Springs]]
* [[Elyton Park]]
* [[Elyton Park]]
* [[Bessie Estell Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Bessie Estell Park]], rededicated in 2000
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* [[Glen Iris Park]]
* [[Glen Iris Park]]
* [[Grasselli Heights Park]], dedicated [[2006]]
* [[Grasselli Heights Park]], dedicated [[2006]]
* [[Grayson Park]]
* [[Claude Grayson Park]], [[Killough Springs]]
* [[Greenwood Park]], opened [[2012]]
* [[Greenwood Park]], opened [[2012]]
* [[Samuel Hairston Baseball Complex]]
* [[Samuel Hairston Baseball Complex]]
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* [[Arthur Shores Park]]
* [[Arthur Shores Park]]
* [[Dorothy Spears Park]] (formerly [[East Thomas Park]]), [[East Thomas]]
* [[Dorothy Spears Park]] (formerly [[East Thomas Park]]), [[East Thomas]]
* [[Spring Water Park]]
* [[Spring Water Park]], [[Sherman Heights]]
* [[Stockham Park]], [[Kingston]]
* [[Tarpley City Park]], dedicated [[2006]]
* [[Tarpley City Park]], dedicated [[2006]]
* [[Triangle Park]]
* [[Triangle Park]]

Latest revision as of 14:41, 23 April 2022

This is a list of Birmingham parks, made up of those dedicated as public parks by the Birmingham City Council. Once a park is dedicated, the land can no longer be sold or the space used for any other purpose unless approved in a voter referendum. Action by the council requires a survey of the proposed park land along with other documentation. Except for some parks which operate under agreement with independent boards or organizations, the parks are managed by the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board and maintained by the Birmingham Department of Public Works.

By 1958 the Department maintained 65 city parks covering more than 1,200 acres. By 1994 there were almost 100 named parks, but only seven had been formally dedicated. A number of others were nominally protected by the terms of sale or a bequest, but the degree of protection depended on how the deeds were worded. A developer's 1990 proposal to build houses on Altamont Park led to a public outcry, which resulted in its formal dedication to the public. Following that controversy, the park board undertook a planning process. Many of Birmingham's parks were rededicated under an amended ordinance in 2000. The new ordinance required property surveys, deeds, and council records to be kept on file in the City Clerk's office.

In 2018 the Trust for Public Land credited Birmingham with having 3,979 acres of dedicated park land in 118 parks.

Public parks

District parks

Special parks

Other parks

Parks owned by the city and managed by other parties

Parks partially owned by the city and managed by other parties

Public parks in the city of Birmingham, owned and managed by other parties

Former parks

References

External links

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