Midtown Park (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Midtown Park is a one acre minipark at South Kings Drive and Pearl Park Way in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] Opened in the spring of 2012, it contains stonework and shade trees surrounding a rectangular lawn and is suitable for weddings as well as performance art and other public events.[2] The park features several sculptures, including a seven foot diameter spherical metallic piece called the Braille Music Box by artists Po Shu Wang and Louise Bertelsen.[3] A unique feature of the sculpture is that it can be enjoyed by the sight-impaired. It contains a mechanism which can translate Braille letters into musical notes, and visitors can move the music box within the sculpture to hear this unique music.[4]

Midtown Park
TypePublic park
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates35.2108°N 80.8363°W / 35.2108; -80.8363
Area1 acre
Created2012
Operated byMecklenburg County Parks and Recreation
WebsiteMidtown Park

The Little Sugar Creek Greenway runs along the western edge of the park and is connected to it by a formal stairway. According to Gwen Cook of Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation, Midtown Park "... is a showpiece along the greenway."[2]

References
  1. Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation: Sugar Creek Greenway - MidTown Park Location Map
  2. The Charlotte Observer: New park to open soon in Midtown, by Karen Sullivan, January 29, 2012
  3. ASC Public Art: Sight Unseen at Midtown Park on the Little Sugar Creek Greenway, video
  4. Visual Art for the Visually Impaired
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