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'''Brother Bryan Park''' (formerly '''Magnolia Park''') is a | |name = Brother Bryan Park | ||
|image = [[File:Magnolia Park postcard.jpg|300px]] | |||
|established = 1880s | |||
|address = 2100 [[Magnolia Avenue]] | |||
|map = ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 2100+Magnolia+Avenue | zoom=17 | type=h }}) | |||
|neighborhood = Five Points South | |||
|area = 2.2 | |||
|website =[https://www.birminghamal.gov/parks-and-recreation/parks/ birminghamal.gov] | |||
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'''Brother Bryan Park''' (formerly '''Magnolia Park''') is a 2.2-acre [[List of Birmingham parks|Birmingham city park]] located between [[21st Street South]] and [[22nd Street South]] and between [[Magnolia Avenue]] and [[10th Avenue South]] in the [[Five Points South neighborhood]]. | |||
Around the turn of the 19th century, Magnolia Park hosted a small animal menagerie kept by the firemen working from [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 3]]. The collection, considered a predecessor to the [[Birmingham Zoo]], was removed after neighbors complained of the noise and odor. | Around the turn of the 19th century, Magnolia Park hosted a small animal menagerie kept by the firemen working from [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 3]]. The collection, considered a predecessor to the [[Birmingham Zoo]], was removed after neighbors complained of the noise and odor. | ||
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* "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/MagnoliaPark(7-71).jpg Magnolia Park: A beautiful example of civic pride]" (July 1971) | * "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/MagnoliaPark(7-71).jpg Magnolia Park: A beautiful example of civic pride]" (July 1971) {{BN}} via [[Birmingham Rewound]] | ||
[[Category:Birmingham parks]] | [[Category:Birmingham parks]] | ||
Revision as of 10:06, 7 March 2021
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Birmingham City Parks |
| Years | 1880s–present |
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| Location | 2100 Magnolia Avenue, (map) Five Points South |
| Area | 2.2 acres |
| Website | birminghamal.gov |
Brother Bryan Park (formerly Magnolia Park) is a 2.2-acre Birmingham city park located between 21st Street South and 22nd Street South and between Magnolia Avenue and 10th Avenue South in the Five Points South neighborhood.
Around the turn of the 19th century, Magnolia Park hosted a small animal menagerie kept by the firemen working from Birmingham Fire Station No. 3. The collection, considered a predecessor to the Birmingham Zoo, was removed after neighbors complained of the noise and odor.
Workers employed by the Civil Works Administration trimmed trees at Magnolia Park in 1934.
The unremarkable park was beautified in 1971 with the addition of a fenced playground, decorative pools, lighting, and three A-frame, cedar-clad picnic shelters. A tunnel below 21st Street South gave children a safer route to the park from Five Points South. The improvements were designed by Carl Mattil, horticulturist for the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board.
In 1989 the park was renamed in honor of James Bryan, who was well-known for ministering selflessly to the people of Birmingham from 1889 until his death in 1941.
Brother Bryan Park is often used as a rallying point for public demonstrations and events, such as the annual Magic City AIDS Walk and United for Life Rally and March.
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