Washington Gladden Social Justice Park

The Washington Gladden Social Justice Park is a public park in the Discovery District of Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The park was dedicated in 2018. It is considered the first social justice park in the United States.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Columbus Museum of Art and Columbus College of Art and Design.

Columbus Museum of Art

Museum

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The Columbus Museum of Art is an art museum in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio. Columbus Museum of Art is situated 540 feet northeast of Washington Gladden Social Justice Park.

Columbus College of Art and Design

College

Columbus College of Art & Design is a private art school in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 1879 as the Columbus Art School and is one of the oldest private art and design colleges in the United States. Columbus College of Art and Design is situated 470 feet north of Washington Gladden Social Justice Park.

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Library

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The Columbus Metropolitan Library is a public library system in Franklin County, Ohio, in the Columbus metropolitan area. The library serves an area of approximately 1 million residents, has a collection of 1,483,433 volumes, and circulates 17,262,267 items per year. Columbus Metropolitan Library is situated 910 feet south of Washington Gladden Social Justice Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Discovery District and Downtown Columbus.

Discovery District

Neighborhood

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The Discovery District is a special improvement district in downtown Columbus, Ohio, the home of Columbus State Community College, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus Museum of Art, and Columbus Metropolitan Library.

Downtown Columbus

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Downtown Columbus is the central business district of Columbus, Ohio. Downtown is centered on the intersection of Broad and High Streets, and encompasses all of the area inside the Inner Belt.

Columbus

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Columbus is the capital of the American state of Ohio and is located centrally within the state as the core of the Greater Columbus area. Sited in an area where the Rust Belt, Bible Belt, Appalachia, and the Farm Belt meet, Columbus is a fusion of many different parts of America.

Washington Gladden Social Justice Park

Type: Park
Description: park in Columbus, Ohio
Category: recreation area
Location: City of Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.96375° or 39° 57′ 50″ north

Longitude

-82.98948° or 82° 59′ 22″ west

Open location code

86FVX276+F6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 574113423

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q104906741

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Highlights: First Congregational Church and Seneca Hotel.

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