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The park first opened in the 1950s and featured athletic fields used by [[Little League]] baseball and Youth League football teams. Its swimming pool was constructed in [[1963]]. Resident [[Homer Shannon]] is credited with helping establish the both the park and its pool. He joined with [[Lawson Corley]], [[Roy Amberson]], [[J. B. McGuire]], [[J. M. Pender]], [[James E. Greene]], [[James David]] and [[James Gustin]] to incorporate the [[Eastside Swim Club]] in July 1963.
The park first opened in the 1950s and featured athletic fields used by [[Little League]] baseball and Youth League football teams. Its swimming pool was constructed in [[1963]]. Resident [[Homer Shannon]] is credited with helping establish the both the park and its pool. He joined with [[Lawson Corley]], [[Roy Amberson]], [[J. B. McGuire]], [[J. M. Pender]], [[James E. Greene]], [[James David]] and [[James Gustin]] to incorporate the [[Eastside Swim Club]] in July 1963.


The park was closed in [[1999]] and the property fell into disrepair and was left abandoned. In [[2013]] [[Katherine Murray]] and [[Matt Smith]] began cultivating vegetables on part of the property as part of their [[Magic City Gardening]] project. The former park was later turned over to Ruffner Mountain, which has undertaken efforts with the neighborhood association to clear it of rubble, waste and overgrowth.
The park was closed in [[1999]] and the property fell into disrepair and was left abandoned. Neighborhood president [[Frank Hamby]] helped lead efforts to restore the park through the "Take Back South Roebuck Park Task Force" and the "Friends of South Roebuck Park." In [[2013]] [[Katherine Murray]] and [[Matt Smith]] began cultivating vegetables on part of the property as part of their [[Magic City Gardening]] project. The former park was later turned over to Ruffner Mountain, which has undertaken efforts with the neighborhood association to clear it of rubble, waste and overgrowth.


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Revision as of 16:04, 23 March 2017

South Roebuck Park (sometimes called East Side Park) is a former public park which is now incorporated into the Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve. The former park is located at the southern terminus of Dogwood Drive and just east of the Shadywood subdivision in the Roebuck Springs-South Roebuck neighborhood. The back of the park is bounded by the roadbed formerly used by the Birmingham Mineral Railroad's Gate City Branch Extension to Trussville.

The park first opened in the 1950s and featured athletic fields used by Little League baseball and Youth League football teams. Its swimming pool was constructed in 1963. Resident Homer Shannon is credited with helping establish the both the park and its pool. He joined with Lawson Corley, Roy Amberson, J. B. McGuire, J. M. Pender, James E. Greene, James David and James Gustin to incorporate the Eastside Swim Club in July 1963.

The park was closed in 1999 and the property fell into disrepair and was left abandoned. Neighborhood president Frank Hamby helped lead efforts to restore the park through the "Take Back South Roebuck Park Task Force" and the "Friends of South Roebuck Park." In 2013 Katherine Murray and Matt Smith began cultivating vegetables on part of the property as part of their Magic City Gardening project. The former park was later turned over to Ruffner Mountain, which has undertaken efforts with the neighborhood association to clear it of rubble, waste and overgrowth.

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