Frazier Park is a urban park at 1201 West 4th Street Ext in the
Third Ward of
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 United ...
, United States. It contains fields for
soccer
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and
American football
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, courts for
tennis
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and
basketball
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, creek-side trails, a playground for small children, and a dog park. Part of Charlotte's
Irwin Creek Greenway, a paved and gravel
greenway, runs through Frazier Park.
Because they are directly adjacent to
downtown Charlotte, Frazier Park and
Marshall Park are occasionally used as city-approved staging grounds for demonstrations and protest marches.
Children's Memorial Walkway
A special feature of Frazier Park is the Children's Memorial Walkway, a park within a park. Many of the bricks on this walk are engraved and honor the memory of children from Charlotte who have died for any reason — but especially those who have been
murder
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ed. Each January the families of homicide victims gather in Frazier Park for a ceremony of remembrance. The associated garden contains
cherry tree
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Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The name ...
s, benches, sculptures of children at play, and an inscribed monument.
Our Children's Memorial Walkway
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References
External links
Map of Frazier Park
Parks in Charlotte, North Carolina
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