Railroad Park is a 19-acre park in

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, United States, that opened in the fall of 2010. It was designed by landscape architect Tom Leader and built by Birmingham-based

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. The park lies immediately south of the

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and

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rail lines through downtown Birmingham. It stretches from 14th Street to 18th Street along First Avenue South.

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and Children's Hospital of Alabama are several blocks south of the park. The park is a public facility owned by the City of Birmingham and managed by the non-profit Railroad Park Foundation. In 2016 Rotary Trail was opened, which connects Railroad Park to Sloss Furnaces through a pedestrian greenway.

References

Railroad Park, downtown Birmingham's new patch of green, has grand opening
- Birmingham News, September 17, 2010

- Birmingham News, September 18, 2010
So far, so good as people enjoy Birmingham's new park
- WBRC Fox 6, October 6, 2010

- Birmingham Business Journal, October 17, 2010
Tom Leader Studio website

External links

* http://www.railroadpark.org Linear parks Parks in Birmingham, Alabama Tourist attractions in Birmingham, Alabama {{Alabama-stub

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