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Our Focus

Increase awareness of African American history in Candler Park, Atlanta. Research this history with others, including descendant families. Place interpretative Legacy Markers at key African American sites in the neighborhood.

Our Mission:

Our mission supports community-based education & restorative justice work in the Early Edgewood-Candler Park neighborhood. Our mission is to respectfully reconnect historic stakeholders and today's citizens by listening, learning, and documenting the African American community in Early Edgewood-Candler Park.

In today's Candler Park, we are working together to reclaim the little-remembered African American history of the neighborhood. Centered in respect, fellowship and education, the History Project's community partners stand together with research, personal narratives, and cultural programs to bring this inclusive information into public awareness.

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Located at 586 Candler Park Dr., Mary Lin Elementary School was built around 1927 (shown on the 1930 Walking Tour map as ‘Edgewood School’). When Lin School opened in 1929, it was an Atlanta Public School for White children only. Today's African American Elders who were Candler Park residents as children, recall challenges they faced to attend the Negro school across the tracks. They made the daily, too often-unfriendly, 2 mile walk - through Candler Park, crossing over the railroad and into the Barnesville Community in Edgewood to attend their Wesley Ave. Elementary School

The Sanborn Fire Insurance map from 1924, Vol. 7 (1911-1925) shows nine homes that were removed soon after 1924 to make way for the Edgewood/Lin School construction. According to our sources, these nine homes housed Black residents. Atlanta City Directories indicate and oral history accounts tell us that in the 1920’s all residences on Candler Park Drive, north of the Old Stone Church, were African American owned and/or occupied.

Lin Elementary School was desegregated in 1965, when all grades in the Atlanta Public Schools were ordered integrated by a new school board policy. Lin’s post-segregation principals may be best represented by the bold 1990s leadership of Dr. Adelia Hall, who wrote in 1994, “Our strength has come from the spirit of diverse families and a talented, committed staff combining their energies to build a great learning environment. Let it always be so.”

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Located off Oakdale Rd., Hooper Ave. was the most enduring, entirely Black residential area in Candler Park. From the 1880s into the 1980s, it was a thriving African American neighborhood. Many Antioch East Baptist Church Elders and current members were born and lived on this street, and remember it well.

Two homes built in 1900 and a few from the 1920s are still recognizable. Most have had extensive makeovers or been torn down and replaced by larger 21st century houses.

Today, there are no African American residents on Hooper.

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In 1877\nAntioch’s founding pastor, the Rev. A.L. Bryant, bought more than 5 acres of\nland in the early Edgewood-Candler Park neighborhood, along what is today\nOakdale Road in Candler Park. Rev. Bryant made a parcel of that land available\nfor Antioch to build a “brush arbor” there for the growing congregation’s place\nof worship.

By 1883, Antioch had\nbuilt their first church building of wood there on the 40-foot x 60-foot site.\nThat year, Rev. Bryan(t) officially sold and deeded the land to Antioch for $1.

Antioch’s official\nhistory tells that the congregation continued to grow and worship in that First\nChurch Sanctuary until 1916, when the church was burned.

We have not found a\nwritten account of the details of the fire that burned the wooden church to the\nground; but the March 1917 Antioch Deacons' hand-written conference minutes\nconfirm the church burning in July 1916.

To acknowledge and pay\nrespects to Antioch’s First Church site, the BiRacial History Project and a\nsmall group of Candler Park neighbors created this tribute with the\nCommemorative Bench and the Legacy Marker at 420 Oakdale Road.

Antioch sold the\nburned-out property to Mrs. Sallie Miller in 1917. Kelly Jordan purchased the\ncurrent red brick house and property in 1983. The oldest existing foundation stones\nmay have been supports for the original wooden church.

The Edgewood\ncommunity’s first Negro school may have been located for a time in the church\nbasement. The 1883 deed of sale to Antioch allowed “for church and school\npurposes only.” 1898-1908 City of Edgewood Council Minutes document the\nexistence of a separate school for Negro children on the north side of the RR\ntracks in a basement.

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They are working together with the BiRacial History Project to document Antioch’s ancestral neighborhood (photo courtesy of Allie Goolrick).","15918082981.jpeg",{"_150":274,"_152":275,"_154":276,"_156":277,"_158":278},276,"https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/3xfqhoaf4qwmuoc4x0vrmm34702z","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/3xfqhoaf4qwmuoc4x0vrmm34702z?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/3xfqhoaf4qwmuoc4x0vrmm34702z?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/3xfqhoaf4qwmuoc4x0vrmm34702z?variant=desktop","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/3xfqhoaf4qwmuoc4x0vrmm34702z?variant=lqip",235,"embers of several Antioch East Baptist Church families surround the Commemorative Bench at Site #4 Legacy Marker. Their families belonged to the first wooden church during Antioch’s early years at this site, 1877-1916 (photo courtesy of Edith Kelman).","15918081094.jpeg",{"_150":284,"_152":285,"_154":286,"_156":287,"_158":288},275,"https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/po6cwiftswditrh34542b1uedxch","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/po6cwiftswditrh34542b1uedxch?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/po6cwiftswditrh34542b1uedxch?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/po6cwiftswditrh34542b1uedxch?variant=desktop","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/po6cwiftswditrh34542b1uedxch?variant=lqip",234,"Welcome! As you enjoy the stone bench and greenspace here, imagine a sunny Sunday morning long ago. In the late 1870s, a small lot, 50 feet to the left of this exhibit, held the first sanctuary of the Antioch (East) Baptist Church, an early congregation of freed African Americans in Georgia after the Civil War. Antioch members met here under a “brush arbor” on property owned by their first pastor, the Reverend Alexander L. Bryant.","15918078754.jpeg",{"_150":294,"_152":295,"_154":296,"_156":297,"_158":298},274,"https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/sy6zi8snx0g2mky7hnrw6krhw3te","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/sy6zi8snx0g2mky7hnrw6krhw3te?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/sy6zi8snx0g2mky7hnrw6krhw3te?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/sy6zi8snx0g2mky7hnrw6krhw3te?variant=desktop","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/sy6zi8snx0g2mky7hnrw6krhw3te?variant=lqip","15918089213.jpeg",{"_150":302,"_152":303,"_154":304,"_156":264,"_158":305},278,"https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/7mj3mr4xs49hx1ch42nt64lu21kg","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/7mj3mr4xs49hx1ch42nt64lu21kg?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/7mj3mr4xs49hx1ch42nt64lu21kg?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/7mj3mr4xs49hx1ch42nt64lu21kg?variant=lqip",17,"evening-star-lodge","Evening Star Lodge",{"_35":249,"_65":250,"_74":251},{"_35":342,"_65":343,"_74":344},"312 Candler Park Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA","

Once located at the intersection of today’s Candler Park Dr. and Miller Ave., the Edgewood Evening Star Lodge No. 1 was chartered in DeKalb County in 1892 as an association approved “for social and moral improvement, as well as for charity” and “the erection of a Lodge building.” An African American neighborhood institution within the Rose Hill/Mayson Ave. Subdivision, the Lodge was built on land sold to it in 1893 for $1.00 by Subdivision residents Dan McNeal and Rev. Charles Weldon.

After Antioch East’s wooden church burned in 1916, the congregation met at the Evening Star Lodge until 1922, while building their Stone Church across the street. The Lodge had electricity, and as Elders recall, it was a two-story wooden structure where Lodge members and Boy Scouts would hold their meetings. Documents show the Lodge remained at this location in the Subdivision until 1941.

As self-governing bodies, African American Lodges served as outlets for Black leadership, where members could speak freely and find support for their ideas. Set up like a corporation, a lodge provided insurance, sick and death benefits to its members through subscriptions. During times of public resistance to the formation of Black businesses, the Lodge was one of the few platforms for Black entrepreneurs.

",33.76603667,-84.33931475,[322,323],"Once located at the intersection of today’s Candler Park Dr. and Miller Ave., the Edgewood Evening Star Lodge No. 1 was chartered in DeKalb County in 1892 as an association approved “for social and moral improvement, as well as for charity” and “the erection of a Lodge building.” An African American neighborhood institution within the Rose Hill/Mayson Ave. Subdivision, the Lodge was built on land sold to it in 1893 for $1.00 by Subdivision residents Dan McNeal and Rev. Charles Weldon. After Antioch East’s wooden church burned in 1916, the congregation met at the Evening Star Lodge until 1922, while building their Stone Church across the street. The Lodge had electricity, and as Elders recall, it was a two-story wooden structure where Lodge members and Boy Scouts would hold their meetings. Documents show the Lodge remained at this location in the Subdivision until 1941.As self-governing bodies, African American Lodges served as outlets for Black leadership, where members could speak freely and find support for their ideas. Set up like a corporation, a lodge provided insurance, sick and death benefits to its members through subscriptions. During times of public resistance to the formation of Black businesses, the Lodge was one of the few platforms for Black entrepreneurs.",[126,307],{"_74":110,"_123":320,"_124":321},[],"The Edgewood Evening Star Lodge","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/d4hf6pmyainqbvqgxngqs62e4uay?variant=desktop",{"_95":334,"_92":24,"_123":320,"_132":133,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":335,"_138":336,"_35":337,"_141":-5,"_142":143,"_144":335,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_74":110,"_149":-5},{"_95":324,"_92":222,"_123":325,"_132":133,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":326,"_138":327,"_35":328,"_141":-5,"_142":143,"_144":326,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_74":110,"_149":-5},228,"Mother Phoebe Luckie Crockett is featured on Site #3 Legacy Marker. She was an early neighborhood resident who sponsored children’s activities at the Edgewood Evening Star Lodge. This photo represents five descendent generations of M. Crockett’s family (photo courtesy of Dwayne Holmes).","15916176727.jpeg",{"_150":329,"_152":330,"_154":331,"_156":332,"_158":333},268,"https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/5knss7fnq8bt13m2ty8iyzgkktsr","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/5knss7fnq8bt13m2ty8iyzgkktsr?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/5knss7fnq8bt13m2ty8iyzgkktsr?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/5knss7fnq8bt13m2ty8iyzgkktsr?variant=desktop","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/5knss7fnq8bt13m2ty8iyzgkktsr?variant=lqip",220,"15916151318.jpeg",{"_150":338,"_152":339,"_154":340,"_156":321,"_158":341},259,"https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/d4hf6pmyainqbvqgxngqs62e4uay","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/d4hf6pmyainqbvqgxngqs62e4uay?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/d4hf6pmyainqbvqgxngqs62e4uay?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/d4hf6pmyainqbvqgxngqs62e4uay?variant=lqip",16,"rose-hill","Rose Hill",{"_35":306,"_65":307,"_74":308},{"_35":402,"_65":403,"_74":404},"1475 McLendon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA","

9.5 acres at the southwest corner of today’s Candler Park (at Candler Park Dr. and McLendon Ave.) were purchased from John Goldsmith in 1880 by Mrs. Frances (Fannie) Mayson, a Caucasian Georgia matron. Over the next two decades she boldly sold lots to African American families. Plat and county maps from 1893, 1915, 1941 name the African American property owners in the Mayson Subdivision. Antioch East members, property deeds, US Census and Atlanta City Directories offer details about these Black residents. Remembered as Rose Hill in the Black community, the subdivision was home to Antioch East founders, a Black Lodge - Edgewood Evening Star Lodge - and possibly a Black school.

With the creation of the city-owned, Caucasian-only Candler Park Golf Course in the mid 1920s, pressures on Black residents here increased. Atlanta City Council passed the 1942 Slum Clearance Ordinance, facilitating citywide removal of selected homes lacking plumbing and needing repair. This paved the way for the City’s acquisition and demolition of all\nthe Black-owned residences and properties in the Mayson Ave subdivision in the 1940's. The land was incorporated into the segregated public park, Candler Park, and much of the Rose Hill site was leveled into the ball fields.

",33.76493568,-84.3392208,[358,359,360,361],"9.5 acres at the southwest corner of today’s Candler Park (at Candler Park Dr. and McLendon Ave.) were purchased from John Goldsmith in 1880 by Mrs. Frances (Fannie) Mayson, a Caucasian Georgia matron. Over the next two decades she boldly sold lots to African American families. Plat and county maps from 1893, 1915, 1941 name the African American property owners in the Mayson Subdivision. Antioch East members, property deeds, US Census and Atlanta City Directories offer details about these Black residents. Remembered as Rose Hill in the Black community, the subdivision was home to Antioch East founders, a Black Lodge - Edgewood Evening Star Lodge - and possibly a Black school. With the creation of the city-owned, Caucasian-only Candler Park Golf Course in the mid 1920s, pressures on Black residents here increased. Atlanta City Council passed the 1942 Slum Clearance Ordinance, facilitating citywide removal of selected homes lacking plumbing and needing repair. This paved the way for the City’s acquisition and demolition of all\nthe Black-owned residences and properties in the Mayson Ave subdivision in the 1940's. The land was incorporated into the segregated public park, Candler Park, and much of the Rose Hill site was leveled into the ball fields. 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Latimore","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/ifjanpao1srq0r6r387xl66oqu6x","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/ifjanpao1srq0r6r387xl66oqu6x?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/ifjanpao1srq0r6r387xl66oqu6x?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/ifjanpao1srq0r6r387xl66oqu6x?variant=desktop","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/ifjanpao1srq0r6r387xl66oqu6x?variant=lqip",227,"Latimore Family Siblings recall growing up in Edgewood/Candler Park in an interview with Emory University/Transforming Community students, at the Old Stone Church, 2010 (photo courtesy of George Nikas).","15916175910.jpeg",{"_150":379,"_152":380,"_154":381,"_156":382,"_158":383},267,"https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/c84u2pt0zff0z5knbtqas0e5jry4","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/c84u2pt0zff0z5knbtqas0e5jry4?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/c84u2pt0zff0z5knbtqas0e5jry4?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/c84u2pt0zff0z5knbtqas0e5jry4?variant=desktop","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/c84u2pt0zff0z5knbtqas0e5jry4?variant=lqip",226,"The Latimore family is featured on Site #2 Legacy Marker. In 1893, they were pioneers in the African American Community on Rose Hill in the Mayson Ave. Subdivision of early Edgewood-Candler Park. This photo represents six generations of the Latimore family (photo courtesy of William Read & George Nikas).","15916175496.jpeg",{"_150":389,"_152":390,"_154":391,"_156":392,"_158":393},266,"https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/q894xj3l0wgnasj3u5gcmigl9yku","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/q894xj3l0wgnasj3u5gcmigl9yku?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/q894xj3l0wgnasj3u5gcmigl9yku?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/q894xj3l0wgnasj3u5gcmigl9yku?variant=desktop","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/q894xj3l0wgnasj3u5gcmigl9yku?variant=lqip",224,"15916164667.jpeg",{"_150":398,"_152":399,"_154":400,"_156":357,"_158":401},263,"https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/5uht6muk83iqgglye7jhiejoi0fa","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/5uht6muk83iqgglye7jhiejoi0fa?variant=mobile","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/5uht6muk83iqgglye7jhiejoi0fa?variant=tablet","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/5uht6muk83iqgglye7jhiejoi0fa?variant=lqip",15,"old-stone-church","Old Stone Church",{"_35":342,"_65":343,"_74":344},"470 Candler Park Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA","

Located at 470 Candler Park Dr. N.E., the original 50-ft. x 110-ft. lot was purchased by Antioch East Baptist Church Trustees in 1918 from member Joe A. Hill; the street was then called Mayson Ave. North. The Antioch East Congregation hand-built the Stone Church with granite from Stone Mountain between 1918 and 1922, after their first wooden church on old Whitefoord Ave. North (today’s Oakdale Rd.) burned to the ground in 1916.

Antioch East was a vital presence in the Old Stone Church until 1950, when Antioch sold the sanctuary on its single land lot and moved south of the railroad tracks to today’s Edgewood Community.

A private, Caucasian-only corporation, called both the Candler Park Improvement Corporation and the Candler Park (Men’s) Civic Club, bought the building and made it their official clubhouse. During its time in the building, the corporation removed the bell housing, baptismal pool, and the stained glass windows. It also acquired four adjacent land lots that were included with the sale of the Old Stone Church in 1977 to Phoenix Unitarian Fellowship.

In 1980, the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta secured the mortgage from Phoenix Unitarian. Today, First E maintains its commitment to human liberation, diversity, and responsible stewardship of the Old Stone Church.

www.FirstExistentialist.org

In 2019, Antioch East Baptist Church relocated from Edgewood to Ellenwood Georgia. In 2020, Antioch is thriving in the 146th year since its founding in early Edgewood-Candler Park.

www.AntiochEast.org

","Stone Marker located on front stair next to sidewalk",33.7670003,-84.3396652,[419,420,421,422,423,424,425,426,427,428],"Located at 470 Candler Park Dr. N. E., the original 50-ft. x 110-ft. lot was purchased by Antioch East Baptist Church Trustees in 1918 from member Joe A. Hill; the street was then called Mayson Ave. North. The Antioch East Congregation hand-built the Stone Church with granite from Stone Mountain between 1918 and 1922, after their first wooden church on old Whitefoord Ave. North (today’s Oakdale Rd.) burned to the ground in 1916.Antioch East was a vital presence in the Old Stone Church until 1950, when Antioch sold the sanctuary on its single land lot and moved south of the railroad tracks to today’s Edgewood Community. A private, Caucasian-only corporation, called both the Candler Park Improvement Corporation and the Candler Park (Men’s) Civic Club, bought the building and made it their official clubhouse. During its time in the building, the corporation removed the bell housing, baptismal pool, and the stained glass windows. It also acquired four adjacent land lots that were included with the sale of the Old Stone Church in 1977 to Phoenix Unitarian Fellowship. In 1980, the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta secured the mortgage from Phoenix Unitarian. Today, First E maintains its commitment to human liberation, diversity, and responsible stewardship of the Old Stone Church. www. FirstExistentialist. org In 2019, Antioch East Baptist Church relocated from Edgewood to Ellenwood Georgia. In 2020, Antioch is thriving in the 146th year since its founding in early Edgewood-Candler Park. www. AntiochEast. org",[126,403],{"_74":416,"_123":417,"_124":418},[],"AEC Congregation","Antioch East Baptist Church members on the steps of their hand-built sanctuary – the Old Stone Church – in Candler Park, 1948. Notice holes in stained glass windows, said to be from golf balls, rocks, & other projectiles (photo courtesy of Mrs. Sophie Carey).","https://api.opentour.site/freedom-park/v4/public/media/rnraew77yqg00t1yhutrabaz75fa?variant=desktop",{"_95":524,"_92":24,"_123":417,"_132":133,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":525,"_138":526,"_35":527,"_141":-5,"_142":143,"_144":525,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_74":416,"_149":-5},{"_95":513,"_92":130,"_123":514,"_132":515,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":516,"_138":517,"_35":518,"_141":-5,"_142":143,"_144":516,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_74":110,"_149":-5},{"_95":244,"_92":222,"_123":504,"_132":443,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":505,"_138":506,"_35":507,"_141":-5,"_142":429,"_144":505,"_145":146,"_147":447,"_74":110,"_149":-5},{"_95":495,"_92":211,"_123":-5,"_132":133,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":496,"_138":497,"_35":200,"_141":-5,"_142":143,"_144":496,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_74":498,"_149":-5},{"_95":486,"_92":36,"_123":487,"_132":133,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":488,"_138":489,"_35":210,"_141":-5,"_142":143,"_144":488,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_74":110,"_149":-5},{"_95":477,"_92":69,"_123":478,"_132":133,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":479,"_138":480,"_35":221,"_141":-5,"_142":143,"_144":479,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_74":110,"_149":-5},{"_95":466,"_92":467,"_123":468,"_132":133,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":469,"_138":470,"_35":366,"_141":-5,"_142":143,"_144":469,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_74":471,"_149":-5},{"_95":454,"_92":455,"_123":456,"_132":133,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":457,"_138":458,"_35":459,"_141":-5,"_142":143,"_144":457,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_74":460,"_149":-5},{"_95":440,"_92":441,"_123":442,"_132":443,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":444,"_138":445,"_35":446,"_141":-5,"_142":429,"_144":444,"_145":146,"_147":447,"_74":448,"_149":-5},{"_95":429,"_92":430,"_123":431,"_132":133,"_134":-5,"_135":-5,"_136":432,"_138":433,"_35":434,"_141":-5,"_142":143,"_144":432,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_74":110,"_149":-5},225,10,"2020 marks the Centennial of the Old Stone Church in Candler Park. The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta and the Antioch East Baptist Church have been in fellowship since 2006 to uplift the spirit of this history and humane work toward healing justice. 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Freedom Park Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the improvement and preservation of the park for the benefit of a diverse public. Our vision is for Freedom Park to be Atlanta’s most innovative green space, celebrated for its inspiring origin and beauty.

FPC is a nonprofit organization and as such, we rely on public support in order to offer programing like Jane's Walk. If you are interested in supporting Freedom Park Conservancy and Jane's Walk click here.

Jane’s Walk is organized by Freedom Park Conservancy and is part of an annual festival of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs. To learn more about local Jane’s Walks or get involved, get in touch by emailing at info@freedompark.org

","Janes Walk ATL Re-Imagined","janes-walk-atl-re-imagined","

Jane’s Walk ATL is organized by Freedom Park Conservancy and is part of an annual festival of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs. Jane’s Walk ATL has been re-imagined for 2020! The COVID-19 outbreak and unfolding response have dramatically reshaped our original vision for Jane’s Walk ATL programming.

In partnership with Emory University’s Center for Digital Scholarship FPC is creating a virtual tour experience, via Emory’s Open Tour Builder. This platform is an open source app offering a unique opportunity for Atlantans to create their own city tours aimed at connecting with their fellow neighbors and exploring the unique stories that define our amazing city. These digital tours will be available to the public and FPC will add new virtual tours throughout 2020.

We invite you to submit a tour idea for this re-imagined experience.

Tours can be walking, biking, skateboarding, wagons, wheelchairs, or unicycles…you name it. They can include historical sites, natural environments, restaurants, public art, or other local landmarks that help frame the story of our beloved Atlanta communities through citizen-led vision.

All tours should be created with personal and public safety in mind, geared toward individuals or small groups of less than 10 people, and take into account evolving social distancing guidelines related to COVID-19. Click here to submit your tour idea and FPC will contact you with next steps.

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