Waterfront Park

Waterfront Park is an eight-acre park along approximately one-half mile of the in . The park received the 2007 Landmark Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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  • Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Charleston, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Joe Riley Waterfront Park”
  • Address: 170 Concord Street, Charleston, SC 29401

Places of Interest

Highlights include Exchange and Provost and Old Slave Mart.

Museum
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The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon, also known as the Custom House, and The Exchange, is a historic building at East Bay and Broad Streets in .

Museum
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The is a building located at 6 Chalmers Street in that once housed an antebellum-period slave-auction gallery.

Park
is a public park in named after Hazel V. Parker in 1977. Hazel Parker was the recreation supervisor at the playground starting in 1942.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.

Quarter
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The is a historic district and a section of downtown , , , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in . In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in downtown , named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.

Waterfront Park

Latitude
32.77737° or 32° 46′ 39″ north
Longitude
-79.92534° or 79° 55′ 31″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Inception
May 11th, 1990
Operator
Charleston
Open location code
8742Q3GF+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1429068584
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
11821191
Wiki­data ID
Q7974086
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In Other Languages

“Waterfront Park” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “查爾斯頓海濱公園”

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