Falls Park on the Reedy is a park adjacent to downtown

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in the historic West End district. Considered the birthplace of Greenville, the park was founded in 1967 when the Carolina Foothills Garden Club reclaimed of land that had been previously used by

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s. Renovation accelerated in the late 1990s under

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Knox H. White, prompting the formation of the Falls Park Endowment, a private charity supporting ongoing development. Each summer the park is home to the Upstate Shakespeare Festival. The park's most striking feature is a unique pedestrian bridge that curves around a waterfall on the

Reedy River The Reedy River is a tributary of the Saluda River, about long, in northwestern South Carolina in the United States. Via the Saluda and Congaree rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. The ...

. Named the

Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy The Liberty Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in Greenville, South Carolina. It is located at Falls Park on the Reedy, where it crosses the Reedy River above the Reedy River Falls. Description Downtown Greenville is bisected by a wooded valley park ...

, the long suspension bridge is supported by cables on only one side, giving an unobstructed view of the falls. It was designed by

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firm Rosales + Partners with German firm

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as structural engineers and completed in the fall of 2004. It was awarded the Arthur G. Hayden medal for innovative design in 2005.International Bridge Conference: Bridge Awards
Near the bridge, the Main Street entrance to the park is graced by

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's . bronze sculpture ''Fall Lake Falls'' and contains a restaurant and other visitor amenities at the new Falls Park Center. The park also features a collection of public gardens and a wall from the original 1776 grist mill built on the site.

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Liberty Bridge engineering detailsPanoramic virtual tour of Falls Park from Liberty Bridge
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