Candler Park
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City Park
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located at 585 Candler Park Drive NE, in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. It is named after Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
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magnate
Magnate
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Asa Griggs Candler
Asa Griggs Candler
Asa Griggs Candler was an American business tycoon who made his fortune selling Coca-Cola. He also served as the 44th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1916 to 1919...
, who donated this land to the city in 1922. The park features a nine-hole golf course
Golf course
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, a swimming pool
Swimming pool
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, a football
American football
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/soccer field, a basketball court
Basketball court
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, tennis court
Tennis court
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s, and a playground
Playground
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Candler Park is also the name of the neighborhood surrounding the park. It is entirely in the DeKalb
DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population of the county was 691,893 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of the city of Atlanta...
County side of the city, bordering Little Five Points
Little Five Points
Little Five Points is a district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 2½ miles east of downtown. It was established in the early 1900s as the commercial district for the adjacent Inman Park and Candler Park neighborhoods to the west and east...
, Lake Claire
Lake Claire (Atlanta)
Lake Claire is a neighborhood in eastern Atlanta, Georgia, United States, comprising approximately 1,200 homes. It is entirely in the DeKalb County side of the city, east of Candler Park, north of Kirkwood, west of Decatur, and south of Druid Hills....
, Inman Park
Inman Park
Inman Park was planned in the late 1880s by Joel Hurt, a civil engineer and real-estate developer who intended to create a rural oasis connected to the city by the first of Atlanta's electric streetcar lines. The East Atlanta Land Company acquired and developed more than 130 acres east of the city...
, Druid Hills
Druid Hills, Georgia
Druid Hills is a community which includes both a census-designated place in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, as well as a neighborhood of the city of Atlanta. The CDP's population was 14,568 at the 2010 census...
, and Edgewood
Edgewood (Atlanta)
Edgewood is a neighborhood located on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, located approximately three miles east of downtown Atlanta.-History:...
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The Candler Park Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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on September 8, 1983, with a boundary increase on March 17, 2005. It includes portions of Lake Claire.
MARTA
Marta
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rapid transit
Rapid transit
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rail service is available at the Edgewood/Candler Park
Edgewood/Candler Park (MARTA station)
Edgewood / Candler Park is an at grade train station on the Blue and is a part-time terminus station on the Green lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail system. It has Single island platform with two tracks. This station was opened on June 30, 1979...
station.
Education
Public-school attendance zones include http://www.candlerpark.org/cpnews/schools.htm:- Mary Lin Elementary School
- Inman Middle School
- Henry W. Grady High SchoolHenry W. Grady High SchoolHenry W. Grady High School is located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in Midtown. It serves as the Communication Magnet school for the Atlanta Public Schools...
See also
- Candler Building (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Candler Building (New York City)
- Candler Field