Greenville's Falls Park on the Reedy is a gem of a downtown park. I've seen nothing to compare.

Mayor Knox White explained to me tonight at dinner that it wasn't easy getting the people excited about featuring a falls most had never seen. (The fact that the park was paid for by a $.02 convention tax helped.) But the City proceeded with its plans, convincing the State to donate a road bridge, that the city then tore down for a $1 million and invested another $12 million in a sweeping new pedestrian bridge and the park.

Falls Park is just one aspect of the city's charming downtown, but it is a breathtaking addition.

I wrote earlier about the new ad campaign for Upstate SC (Greenville and Spartanburg). It's theme is "I Was Blown Away." And, indeed, I was blown away.

This is a very cool city.

Brendan, April 22, 2008

While I don't doubt the impressiveness of Falls Park, your opening statement here makes me think that you might not have been to Minneapolis' Mill Ruins Park yet...

Link: http://thewhereblog.blogspot.com

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