Hurt Park (Atlanta)
The park contains the "Fountain of Light", which used to light the water in different patterns and colors:
An electric fountain with seventy-eight bulbs from one hundred watts to fifteen hundred. It plays for twenty minutes at a time, giving numerous changes of pattern and color before it repeats its rainbow symphony. It was built at a cost of seventeen hundred dollars, and designed by Atlanta sculptor Julian Harris and presented to the city through the Emily and Ernest Woodruff Foundation.
The original fountain is still present in the park with a new and improved light show, post-renovations by Atlanta landscape architecture firm HGOR and partners. The park is included as one of the stops for the Atlanta Streetcar, which became operational around late 2014.
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Preceding station | ![]() |
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Woodruff Park One-way operation
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Atlanta Streetcar | Sweet Auburn Market toward King Historic District
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The park underwent extensive renovations for two years and reopened August 2022. The revitalization of the park included:
- Fountain cleaning and restoration (new mechanics and electrical systems and new fountain lighting)
- Incorporating required ADA-compliancy features
- Cleaning, repairing and repointing fountain wall and stairs
- Adding necessary safety elements: handrails on stairs and increased lighting
- Integrating concrete stage 30" above front seating and seating area improvements
- Remodeled pedestrian walkways widened for 20' x 30' stage
- Enhanced surrounding greenspaces
- Re-grading central lawn providing stage-like atmosphere and proper drainage components
- Electrical capabilities meeting WiFi data requirements
Gallery
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Around the fountain
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View of fountain
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Streetcar stop
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Memoriam
References
- ^ "tomitronics". tomitronics.com.
- ^ "William C. Pauley (1893-1985)". New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- ^ "The Fountain of Light at Joel Hurt Park". jolomo.net.
- ^ Boylston, Atlanta - Its Lore, Legends and Laughter
- ^ "Ribbon-Cutting Set to Showcase Hurt Park Renovations". 23 August 2022.
- ^ "What the Revitalization of Hurt Park has Delivered to Atlanta & Georgia State University". HGOR. Retrieved 2023-01-25.