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	Grant Park (Atlanta) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grant Park is the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
		Grant Park was established in 1882 when Lemuel P. Grant, a successful engineer and businessman, gave the city of Atlanta 100 acres (40 hectares) in the newly-developed "suburb" where he lived.
		In 1892, the circular painting of the Battle of Atlanta was exhibited in the park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grant_Park_(Atlanta) (620 words)

	Atlanta, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Atlanta is recognized as one of the driving forces of the "New South," and has in recent years, along with Houston, Miami and Dallas, undergone a transition from a city of regional commerce to a city of international influence.
		Atlanta is mostly encircled by Interstate 285, a beltway locally known as "the Perimeter" which has come to demarcate the boundary between the interior of the region and its the surrounding suburbs.
		Atlanta is the residence of the Governor of Georgia in Buckhead.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atlanta (7153 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Grant Park
		Mayor George Hillyer noted in an annual address to the city council that L. Grant Park, or Grant's Park as it came to be known, was a source of pride and that the hardworking and industrious people of Atlanta deserved such a place of recreation.
		The park was extended to 131.5 acres on April 4, 1890, when the city purchased 44 more acres from Lemuel Grant to the north of the original tract, in Land Lot 44.
		The park also had tennis courts and a greenhouse in which shrubbery and flowers were cultivated to be used in all the city's parks.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2897 (942 words)

	Grant Park Historic District--Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		The Grant Park Historic District encompasses one of Atlanta's oldest neighborhoods.
		Grant came to Atlanta in 1840 to participate in the construction of the Georgia Railroad.
		The Grant Park Historic District is bounded by Glenwood and Atlanta aves.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/atlanta/ghd.htm (941 words)

	Grant Park Tour of Homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Atlanta’s largest historic neighborhood is inviting all of Atlanta to the 33rd annual Grant Park Tour of Homes, a celebration of our neighborhood’s historic appeal, diverse architecture (from quaint Folk Victorian to ornate Queen Anne) and lifestyle that is centered around Atlanta’s oldest park.
		Take an intimate stroll through some of Atlanta’s most unique homes including a testament to ingenuity: a beauty restored on a beer budget and a painstaking rebuild of an historic home that was burned to its foundation just a few short years ago.
		Join fans of architecture from the Atlanta metropolitan area and the entire Southeast region as they come to see, firsthand, authentic traces of history that are alive and thriving in Grant Park’s homes.
	www.grantparktour.org (185 words)

	Grant Park Conservancy
		During the next decade Grant Park took on an evolution of sorts with the Atlanta Zoo, known today as Zoo Atlanta, being established with the purchase and subsequent donation of a collection of traveling circus animals.
		Grant Park flourished through the turn of the century and into the late 1950's as a popular neighborhood for the upper middle class.
		Life as it was known in the Grant Park neighborhood was severely disrupted and the neighborhood was on a steady decline until both sections north and south of Interstate 20 were put on the national register of historic places and therefore the restoration began.
	www.otterbine.com /default.aspx?pageid=98 (385 words)

	Upscale Living - Grant Park - Atlanta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Grant Park – Atlanta’s largest historical district – offers lucky homeowners a captivating lifestyle enriched by easy access to I-75, I-85 and I-20, top-notch neighborhood amenities and a host of leisure-time activities.
		The Private Garden of One Grant Park, designed by Hugh and Mary Palmer Dargan of the award-winning firm Dargan Landscape Architects, is the condominium’s crown jewel.
		Grant Park and its surrounding areas offer an exciting array of year-round activities and special events designed for people of all ages and interests.
	www.onegrantpark.com /article_one.html (1446 words)

	Atlanta Real Estate - Grant Park Homes For Sale - Fulton County Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Grant Street has numerous destinations, including the Charter School, multiple churches, bed and breakfasts, and shop fronts along this historic main street of Grant Park.
		Grant Street is near the historic Grant Mansion which is being restored by the Atlanta Historic Preservation Society.
		Traveling through the park and passing the new pond being created next to the cyclorama and zoo would be a very scenic route and could then continue to Boulevard and on to the proposed beltline.
	www.atlantabungalows.com /PageManager/Default.aspx/PageID=186660 (976 words)

	National Society of Collegiate Scholars : Atlanta Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Cyclorama is a three dimensional panorama that depicts the famous Battle of Atlanta, and is located in Grant Park in Atlanta.
		Stone Mountain near Atlanta is one of the largest single masses of exposed granite in the world.
		Atlanta's Peachtree Road Race is the largest 10k race of its kind in the world.
	www.nscs.org /memberbenefits/Alumni/Atlantafacts.cfm (247 words)

	Definition of Grant Park (Atlanta)
		In 1890, the city acquired another 44 acres (17.6 hectares) for the park.
		In 1903, Olmsted Brothers Landscape Design (run by the sons of Frederick Law Olmstead) was hired to create a plan for the park.
		In 1892, the circular painting of the Battle of Atlanta was placed on exhibit in the park.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Grant_Park_%28Atlanta%29 (466 words)

	Atlanta Real Estate - Grant Park Homes For Sale - Fulton County Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Atlanta is the capital of Georgia as well as the most populated city in the United States.
		Please browse through our neighborhood pages such as Grant Park known for its history, it is also known for its family like environment and attitude.
		Even after it was nearly completely destroyed by Union forces during the Civil War, Atlanta was chosen the State Capital and was by far the most important command post for the Union and the Reconstruction administration.
	www.atlantabungalows.com (1109 words)

	Buckhead - Atlanta, Georgia - Atlanta Memorial Park
		The park land was a gift to Atlanta in 1929 from former Sen. Hoke Smith, J.W. Bedell and the Howell family, for whose ancestors Howell Mill Road was named.
		Actual development of the park began in 1933 to mark the bicentennial of the founding of the state of Georgia in 1733.
		(Jones' former home at 3425 Tuxedo Road in Buckhead's magnificent Tuxedo Park neighborhood was built in 1929 by renowned architect Philip Shutze and features a golf green and sand traps echoing the era of its famous former owner.) The golf course was built in 1931, the clubhouse in 1932.
	www.buckhead.net /parks/atlanta-memorial (374 words)

	Atlanta, Georgia
		In Grant Park, the Atlanta Cyclorama has a huge painting of the 1864 Battle of Atlanta.
		ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER 130 W. Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA, USA Phone: 404/814-4000 Educational Institution The museum highlights materials native to Georgia, with a floor of heart pine and polished Stone Mountain granite.
		Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport (ATL) (off I-85 and I-285, 13 miles south of downtown, PHONE: 404/530-6600; www.atlanta-airport.com/) is one of the biggest and busiest airports in the country.
	www.icity.net /cityguide/atlanta.html (1041 words)

	Upscale Living - Grant Park - Atlanta
		Beazer Homes is building the Enclave at Grant Park, while the Village at Grant Park is a gated townhouse community with units from the $190,000s.
		Historians have dubbed him the "father of Atlanta" for his many contributions to the city, not the least of which was his gift of 131.5 acres in 1881 for a public park.
		IF YOU GO The Grant Park Home and Garden Tour, a 31-year-old tradition, features 13 homes and two gardens on Sept. 25-26 and is an excellent way to see the variety of neighborhood home styles.
	www.onegrantpark.com /article_two.html (1738 words)

	Grant Park - Atlanta, GA, 30319 - Citysearch
		Zoo Atlanta and the adjacent Cyclorama occupy the southern half of the park.
		Two large parking lots flank the zoo's entrance, one accessible off Boulevard and the other off Cherokee.
		Besides the fact that the zoo and the cyclorama are located in Grant Par, the park has a lot to offer.
	atlanta.citysearch.com /profile/11340741 (199 words)

	Atlanta Cyclorama Visitors Guide â“ Cyclorama Features, Admission & More
		The Atlanta Cyclorama stands 42 feet high and stretches across 358 feet and is considered to be the world's largest oil painting.
		The Atlanta Cyclorama, completed in 1886, is considered to be the world's largest oil painting.
		The Atlanta Cyclorama is located next to Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta's Grant Park.
	www.atlanta.net /visitors/cyclorama.html (163 words)

	Grant Park Conservancy - About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		About Us The Grant Park Conservancy (GPC) began as a group of concerned Atlanta residents who recognized the need to protect Grant Park, Atlanta's oldest city park, from the demands of growing use and declining maintenance.
		Modeled on other conservancy movements in Atlanta and cities across the country the GPC will work independently and in partnership with the city to fully implement the Master Plan.
		The Grant Park Conservancy is committed to the restoration, renovation, beautification and maintenance of historic Grant Park.
	www.gpconservancy.org /page.asp?itemid=5418&siteid=113&wrapid=42 (467 words)

	Courtyard By Marriott Executive Park Atlanta Atlanta @ atlanta-hotels-net.com
		Courtyard By Marriott Executive Park Atlanta is a BUDGET three star hotel, which has 145 rooms 4 floors.
		Atlanta is also an art and commercial center of the Peach State because it has more restaurants, attractions, sports teams and entertainment venues than any other city in the Southeast of United States.
		Surrounded by beautiful Georgia countryside, Atlanta is home to four professional sports teams, more than 200 entertainment and cultural attractions, and thousands of restaurants.
	www.atlanta-hotels-net.com /courtyard_by_marriott_executive_park_atlanta.html (352 words)

	Tour Zoo Atlanta
		Forty acres of Atlanta's Grant Park are encompassed by Zoo Atlanta, an animal habitat built anew by the city after its municipal zoo was rated as one of the worst zoos in the nation.
		We parked and walked down the hill to the entrance of the zoo just a few feet from the Cyclorama.
		To the left as we entered the park brilliant pink flamingos tell the "Tale of a Brackish Lagoon." These beautiful birds really stand out in their native habitat.
	roadsidegeorgia.com /tours/zooatlanta.html (718 words)

	Grant Park Neighborhood Association (GPNA) - Parks & Recreation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As the oldest surviving city park in Atlanta, Grant Park encompasses 131.5 acres.
		Grant Park is located close to other points of interest such as Historic Oakland Cemetery (est.
		Two of Grant Park’s newest residents made their first public appearances recently at Zoo Atlanta: Carlos, a 30-year-old male western lowland gorilla, and Bahagia, a rare Sumatran tiger.
	www.gpna.org /net/content/page.aspx?s=848.0.35.20 (250 words)

	GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
		Named for Col. Lemuel P. Grant (1817-1893), pioneer railroad builder and public-spirited citizen of Atlanta, who donated to the city 87.5 of this area for a park May 17, 1883.
		An additional 44 acres acquired by purchase from Col. Grant, increased it to 131.5 acres April 4, 1890.
		Grant Park has the national distinction of being the location of one of the few extant cycloramas -- the subject of which memorializes the major engagement fought by Confederate and Federal forces in the environs of the city -- the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/gahistmarkers/grantparkhistmarker.htm (114 words)

	Atlanta Preservation Center
		In December 2001 the Atlanta Preservation Center purchased Atlanta’s most significant and endangered house, the antebellum Lemuel P. Grant Mansion in the Grant Park Historic District.
		Our vision for the house is to use it to publicize the importance of preservation and Atlanta’s history through hands-on educational programs and to build a revolving fund to assist in the preservation of other endangered Atlanta buildings.
		The two-story, Italianate mansion was built in 1857 by Grant (1817-1893), a railroad magnate, city builder and philanthropist who donated 100 acres to the city of Atlanta for Grant Park in 1882.
	www.preserveatlanta.com /grantmansionb.htm (255 words)

	Friends of Grant Park Pool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Friends of Grant Park Pool is part of the Grant Park Neighborhood Association, a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation.
		The Friends of Grant Park Pool wish to express their deepest gratitude to Simone Capote for her tremendous efforts in planning and executing the mural projects.
		Friends of Grant Park Pool has applied for a $1,500 grant from the United Way to pay for swimming lessons for 200 children this summer.
	www.grantparkpool.org /news.html (841 words)

	Grant Park Condominiums - Grant Park- Atlanta
		Upscale condominiums on historic Grant Park from the $500's
		One Grant Park is at the center of this beautiful, historic community, and we’re happy to offer an upscale private residence for you to call home.
		One Grant Park offers large 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bath floor plans with plenty of living space, tree-top views, oversized bathrooms, hardwood floors, balconies and terraces.
	www.onegrantpark.com (137 words)

	Grant Park Conservancy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Proceeds from the festival benefit the Grant Park Conservancy and its efforts to restore this historic green space.
		Ft. Walker, located in the southeast corner of L.P. Grant Park, was named for the General after the War.
		The fort is one of the last remaining in a line of defensive fortifications designed and constructed by L.P. Grant.
	www.gpconservancy.org (446 words)

	Atlanta Preservation Center
		The Atlanta Preservation Center is the agency for coordination, knowledge, research and advocacy for preservation in the city.
		Neighborhoods and districts like Grant Park, Fairlie-Poplar, West End, Druid Hills, Reynoldstown, Adair Park, Midtown, Brookwood Hills, Mozely Park, Whittier Mill, Cabbagetown and Martin Luther King/Sweet Auburn have also been protected with the Center’s support.
		In December 2001 the APC purchased the 1857 Grant Mansion in Grant Park for its headquarters.
	www.preserveatlanta.com /aboutus.htm (315 words)

	Village of grant park (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The southernmost of the major overnight accommodations in the park, Grant Village was completed in 1984 and is one of the more contemporary choices in...
		Grant Grove Village was originally part of General Grant National Park, established in 1890, before being absorbed by Kings Canyon National Park in 1940.
		The Yosemite Grant counts as a landmark bill, as it predates the establishment of Yellowstone National Park, officially the first "national park".
	3153.wntukg.info.cob-web.org:8888 (738 words)

	Gene Kansas - Grant Park - Atlanta
		The Grant Park neighborhood holds a special place in history and a dear place in my heart.
		I take delight in presenting to you one of Atlanta’s most distinctive private residences, One Grant Park, an achievement in architecture, luxury and lifestyle.
		At One Grant Park each owner enjoys both convenience of location and quality of life, blended seamlessly together through comfortable, traditional architecture and blossoming with pride of craftsmanship.
	www.onegrantpark.com /developer.html (137 words)

	Grant Park Homes For Sale - Grant Park Atlanta
		Grant Park real estate listings from Grant Park Real Estate Agents and Home Builders.
		The Grant Park neighborhood was named for Lemuel P. (L.P.) Grant, a civil engineer for the Georgia Railroad who has been called the "Father of Atlanta." Grant Park, as a neighborhood, began to be populated in the 1890's by middle and some upper middle class families.
		A restoration trend began in Grant Park in the early 1970's and the neighborhood began to blossom in the late 80s and into the 1990s.
	grantparkhomesforsale.com (198 words)

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