Rockefeller Park is a city park named in honor of oil magnate

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, located in

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. Part of the Cleveland Public Parks District, Rockefeller Park is immediately adjacent

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to the southeast, and across Euclid Ave on its northwest border. Besides the distinction of being the largest park located completely within city limits, Rockefeller Park is a link in a chain of parkland that connects the heights region of the eastern suburbs to the city's lakefront. Following the path of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and spanning a large section of Cleveland's East Sides, the park runs in a northwesterly path between suburban

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, bisecting the

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neighborhood and terminating at

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on the city's lakefront, opened to the public in 1897. The park was dramatically expanded during the 1930s with labor provided by the

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. Landmarks found in Rockefeller Park include two separate entries on the

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: one for its architecturally historic bridges, and one for its Cultural Gardens.

Points of interest

* Cultural Gardens - one of park's two registrants found on the National Register of Historic Places, the Cultural Gardens serve to commemorate many of the ethnic groups who have enriched the city of Cleveland, as well as that of the

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. * Doan Brook - A seven-mile long stream that runs from suburban Shaker Lakes to Lake Erie, the brook was an essential feature in the establishment of the routing of the park. * Rockefeller Park Greenhouse - located at the northeastern edge of the park between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and E.88th St, the greenhouse and its gardens occupy four acres and opened in 1905.Rockefeller Park Greenhous

2010). "Info", Accessed: July 7, 2011.

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{{Cleveland Parks in Cleveland Urban public parks National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland, Ohio Historic districts in Cleveland Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Protected areas established in 1897