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Gold Medal Park, Minneapolis, MN

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Gold Medal Park

A 7.5-acre riverfront park in Minneapolis's Mill District with a sculptural observation mound and a spiral walkway.

Minneapolis, MN

About Gold Medal Park

Gold Medal Park is a 7.5-acre green space on the Mill District riverfront in Minneapolis, designed to encourage quiet reflection and an appreciation of art. Its centerpiece is a sculptural observation mound set at the middle of a spiral path, surrounded by a lawn shaded by more than 200 mature trees. The park also serves as a gathering place and offers wide views of the city skyline, and in the evening its benches glow with blue LED lights. The park was privately created and funded by the McGuire family and is now financially supported and maintained by the Gold Medal Park Conservancy, whose board works to protect the park's character and its benefit to the growing arts and residential community near the downtown riverfront.

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