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Point Mallard Park's J. Gilmer Blackburn Aquatic Center was developed after Gilmer Blackburn, mayor of Decatur from 1962 to 1968, saw enclosed "wave-making" swimming pools in Germany and thought one could be developed as a tourist attraction in the United States for his city. J. Austin Smith, an Ohio pool manufacturer, worked with the City of Decatur to design the pool.
The Alabama Jubilee is held on the grounds of Point Mallard Park, a municipal recreation complex that offers a 35-acre (140,000 m 2) water park featuring an aquatic center with a wave pool, Olympic-sized swimming pools, lazy river, and several water slides, as well as tennis courts, ball fields, hiking trails, campground, 18-hole championship ...
In 1976, the Spirit of America Festival relocated, in time for the U.S. Bicentennial that year, after an outdoor stage was constructed at Point Mallard Park, owned and operated by the City of Decatur since 1970 and a tourist attraction in its own right, adding further appeal to visitors from outside the area. The pageant title was changed to ...
The event is scheduled at Point Mallard Park on July 3 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and July 4 from noon-9:15 p.m. The 54th edition of the festival will have one departure ...
May 29—Over a mile of cars were stuck in traffic Saturday on Point Mallard Drive as they waited to enter the Point Mallard water park for its opening day. All attractions were open, and not an ...
Dec. 6—Despite a last-minute attempts to stop the demolition, T.C. Almon Recreation Center became rubble on Tuesday. Southern Recycling Demo began tearing down the center, which would turn 53 ...
Sep. 6—Although Point Mallard Aquatic Center finished its season Monday under gray skies with 2022 attendance expected to fall short of recent years, revenue appeared on track to top $2 million ...
Point Mallard Park, Von Braun Center concert hall Heinz Hilten (April 29, 1909 – March 3, 2013) [ 1 ] was a German-American architect and member of the " von Braun rocket team." He was a later Operation Paperclip hire and was involved in the design of numerous buildings in Space Age -era Huntsville, Alabama , both for NASA and for general use.