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Mercedes-Benz Stadium is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. [15] Opened in 2017 as a replacement for the Georgia Dome, it is the home of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer (MLS).
In 2019, the National Park Foundation purchased the Life Home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunset Avenue, where the family moved in 1965, from the estate of Coretta Scott King and transferred it to the National Park Service for restoration before it is opened to the public as an expansion of the National Historic Park. [4]
The statue is made of bronze and rests atop a granite pedestal with the initials "MLK" engraved on its front in gold. The statue itself stands 8 feet (2.4 m), with the pedestal adding an additional 3 feet (0.91 m) to the monument. [14] The statue faces east, overlooking Liberty Plaza and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. [1]
In early 2014, the New York Times named the Center for Civil and Human Rights as one of the biggest reasons to visit Atlanta in 2014, along with the soon-to-open Atlanta Streetcar and other new attractions. [12] In a more thorough review of the center in June 2014, Edward Rothstein of the Times called the facility "imposing". [13]
It is located at the intersection of Northside Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, near the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. [1] The front of the pedestal bears the following inscription: "DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. / January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 / Dedicated by the / CITY of ATLANTA / 2021 / "HOPE MOVING FORWARD" / Sculptor: BASIL WATSON".
The bronze bust on a granite base is the first memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. in Savannah. [20] In 2010, a statue of Martin Luther King Jr., sculpted by Zenos Frudakis, was installed in the Martin Luther King Memorial Park adjacent to the J. Lewis Crozer Library in Chester, Pennsylvania. The statue is 5 feet (1.5 m) tall and 685 pounds ...
Freedom Park is one of the largest city parks in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The park forms a cross shape with the axes crossing at the Carter Center . The park stretches west-east from Parkway Drive, just west of Boulevard , to the intersection with the north-south BeltLine Eastside Trail , to Candler Park , and north-south from Ponce de ...
It is located at the southwest corner of Freedom Parkway and Boulevard in Atlanta, Georgia, in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. The work portrays Martin Luther King Jr. with outstretched arm, representing a welcome to those visiting the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park. [2]