DowntownATL Directory
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🟢 Open until 11:00 PM
Centennial Olympic Park, once a neglected area in downtown Atlanta, was transformed into a vibrant gathering space for the 1996 Summer Olympics through private donations and community support. Today, the Park anchors a thriving entertainment district, contributing significantly to Atlanta's economic growth.
🟢 Open until 10:00 PM
South Downtown's half-acre gathering lawn at 110 Broad — a former parking lot reborn as the neighborhood's front yard, with a stage, seating, and flexible green space for concerts, movie nights, watch parties, and free community yoga. Named for Atlanta's founders, on the blocks where the city's original commercial district began. Steps from El Tesoro and the Broad Street storefronts.
🟢 Open until 11:00 PM
The world's largest interactive fountain featuring the Olympic Ring symbol, with 251 computer-controlled water jets shooting 12 to 35 feet high, synchronized to music and LED lighting in four daily shows year-round.
🟢 Open 24 hours
This 6-acre park above a parking deck features multiple decorative towers & a gymnast sculpture.
🟢 Open until 11:00 PM
A BeltLine-connected greenspace with a signature stormwater retention pond, skate park, and walking trails. One of Atlanta's best examples of infrastructure turned public amenity — and a central gathering spot for the O4W neighborhood.
🟢 Open until 11:00 PM
Longtime manicured lawn on the grounds of the University of Georgia with lighted paths.
🟢 Open until 11:00 PM
Cascading waterfall feature dedicated to the civil rights movement in a redeveloped city park.
🟢 Open until 11:00 PM
Quarter-acre pocket park at Piedmont and Auburn avenues named for civil rights leader and NAACP president John H. Calhoun, featuring the 1993 stainless steel sculpture "Ancestral Totem" by Ayokunle Odeleye.
🟢 Open until 11:00 PM
An 11-foot-tall, 5,000-pound interactive sculpture of the five Olympic rings near Centennial Olympic Park's east entrance, installed in 2018 as a selfie-ready tribute to Atlanta's 1996 Olympic legacy.
🟢 Open until 11:00 PM
City park with 2 fountains, playgrounds, sculptures, chess court & pavilion, plus events.
🟢 Open until 11:00 PM
Historic public green space in the heart of downtown featuring a large interactive fountain, open lawns, public art, and frequent community programming surrounded by the city skyline.
