Fountain Park, St. Louis

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[[File:Off Walton (8510181447).jpg|thumb|Houses off Walton, Fountain Park neighborhood, February 2013]]

[[File:Off Walton (8510181447).jpg|thumb|Houses off Walton, Fountain Park neighborhood, February 2013]]

'''Fountain Park''' is a [[List of neighborhoods of St. Louis|neighborhood]] of [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], United States. Originally the [[Aubert Place]] subdivision, it was laid out by John Lay in 1857.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/parks/parks/view-park.cfm?parkID=38&parkName=Fountain%20Park |title= St. Louis Parks-Fountain Park |publisher=City of St. Louis |access-date=December 20, 2012}}</ref> The Fountain Park neighborhood is located in north St. Louis with Martin Luther King Drive on the north, [[Delmar Boulevard]] on the south, Walton Avenue on the east, and [[Kingshighway Boulevard]] on the west. It is just two blocks north of the [[Central West End, St. Louis|Central West End (CWE)]] of the city. The Fountain Park neighborhood is named after Fountain Park, a small oval-shaped city park near its center. A [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] statue sculpted by [[Rudolph Edward Torrini]] is situated on the west side of the park.

'''Fountain Park''' is a [[List of neighborhoods of St. Louis|neighborhood]] of [[St. Louis]], Missouri, United States. Originally the [[Aubert Place]] subdivision, it was laid out by John Lay in 1857.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/parks/parks/view-park.cfm?parkID=38&parkName=Fountain%20Park |title= St. Louis Parks-Fountain Park |publisher=City of St. Louis |access-date=December 20, 2012}}</ref> The Fountain Park neighborhood is located in north St. Louis with Martin Luther King Drive on the north, [[Delmar Boulevard]] on the south, Walton Avenue on the east, and [[Kingshighway Boulevard]] on the west. It is just two blocks north of the [[Central West End, St. Louis|Central West End (CWE)]] of the city. The Fountain Park neighborhood is named after Fountain Park, a small oval-shaped city park near its center. A [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] statue sculpted by [[Rudolph Edward Torrini]] is situated on the west side of the park.

The park at the neighborhood's center hosts large [[Juneteenth]] celebrations since the mid-2000s. The space was reserved for a public park in 1857 and was donated to the city by John Lay in 1889. The fountain in its center was given by the Merchants Exchange. Residents and supporters participate in the Operation Brightside clean-up and the National Night Out.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://stlouis-mo.gov/neighborhoods/profile.cfm?neighborhood=Fountain%20Park|title=St. Louis Neighborhoods-Fountain Park |publisher=City of St. Louis}}</ref>

The park at the neighborhood's center hosts large [[Juneteenth]] celebrations since the mid-2000s. The space was reserved for a public park in 1857 and was donated to the city by John Lay in 1889. The fountain in its center was given by the Merchants Exchange. Residents and supporters participate in the Operation Brightside clean-up and the National Night Out.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://stlouis-mo.gov/neighborhoods/profile.cfm?neighborhood=Fountain%20Park|title=St. Louis Neighborhoods-Fountain Park |publisher=City of St. Louis}}</ref>