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Overview

The 21 acre public park was purchased by the City of San Antonio, and was part of the estate of attorney Gilbert J. Denman Jr., grandson of Leroy G. Denman, lawyer and jurist of the

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. Notably, the park contains a "gift from South Korea to the people of San Antonio", in the form of a Korean pavilion similar in design to the ''Gwangju Democracy Bell'', in Gwangju South Korea. The pavilion (which reflects the traditional Korean methods of construction) was designed to "facilitate business and cultural friendships" between the two cities of

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. Architects were Yu Chang Byung and Hong Hee Lee, and the Korean firm Namkwang Construction Co., have been involved with the $1.2 million project, since its inception. The City of Kwangju provided half of those funds, while Namkwang Construction Co. also contributed to the project.

Photogallery

File:Korea-Gwangju 4890-06 Democracy Bell.JPG, Democracy Bell,

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File:Gwangju San Antonio4.jpg, Gwangju Pavilion, San Antonio, Texas

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"PAVILION OF GWANGJU" opens at the new Denman Estate ParkThank You South Korea
Parks in San Antonio {{BexarCountyTX-geo-stub