Center City Park

The park is right next to my office and it has provided entertainment while on breaks or just to pick up my mood. I normally am in the park at lunch most days and on Wednesday for lunch they have local muscians.

Just ate lunch and was near downtown so I decided to drop by since I haven’t in a while. I wanted somewhere where I could just sit down and get some R and R. Some place to just day dream and people watch. I found it.
Perhaps the most well decorated park in the area. I love the fountains and water spraying everywhere. Great bathroom facilities and better than any other park in the city. I like the location too. Whoever thought to put a park smack dab in the middle of the city was a genius. What a location. Big buildings everywhere. I cannot remember what was here before. I like the idea of bringing people to the city instead of constant sprawl like many cities. The festival area is adjacent to the park itself. Today the park was still running the Piedmont Winter Fest. It was cool to see children ice skating and some were pretty good at it. Neat idea during cooler temps.
The place I know does concerts, ceremonies, etc. during the warmer months. It gets crowded. However today it was not. Maybe because of temperatures. I literally found a bench and sat/​laid and day dreamed and people watched. It was awesome. I bet you could see some fairly crazy things here if you stay long enough. Not like Venice Beach crazy but the same idea. I think I was at peace so well that I dozed off only to be awakened by some cold rain. Damn you rain. I may have been there 2 hours or so before the interruption. Overall a great park to lounge, picnic, people watch, day dream, and just chill out. It worked.
I had trouble finding parking and I dock them a star for that. I circled the park on Davie and Elm St. looking for meter spots but all were taken. I was trying to avoid the parking decks and their fees but I ended up in the Davie St. deck. What do you do? To avoid this, people would have to come after 5 or on weekends. Great park and addition to downtown.

Love this park! There’s always something going on here from concerts to fitness groups. It’s right across the street from a great Italian coffee shop. There is festival park that is across the street as well where most of the bigger concerts are held.

What a lovely park in the center of downtown Greensboro and the water shows are beautiful at night. They also have an ice rink around the corner and it was pretty popular on this chilly night. I am not giving it five stars because of potential safety issues at night.

This used to be one of my favorite spots for people watching or reading a Book. I found it cool that it was open late at night, and it was a nice place to chill if you weren’t wanting the club scene.
The fountains are amazing, and the grass is lovely and is a-​ok to sit on…
Unfortunately, the teenagers have took the park over, and it has lost that safe, family, couple feeling. I hope to someday love this park as much as I did in the past… whoa-​as-​me :(

A great little park in the center of downtown Greensboro The ratio of jumping water to park space is awesome and if you know me, you know that about fascination with jumping water goes way back (long story) Why go to Wet-​n-​Wild when you can come hang out here for a bit On the open lawn space, there was some guys doing some kind of free jumping, parkour style, gymnastics thing that was a pretty good show It’s not everyday that you see some dude back-​flipping over two other guys for free
Good job leaders of Greensboro

YAY I’m the first one to review this park. :) Oh how I miss Greensboro just because of this relaxing park. The park was probably opened 3 or 4 years ago and I love coming back to it when I am in town. I used to come to this park when I was a college student at UNCG. It was a short drive to the park from campus. During the recent visits to the park I see that they are trying to turn this park into a great place for families and Greensboro’s residents. They have added activities to the park such as movie nights and even workout sessions. (I have never been to any of the entertainment but I am sure it is great) They also hold other special events like poetry and blues concerts and even weddings.
The recreation staff does a great job at keeping the grounds clean and they even have a nice clean bathroom to use. Did I mention they have a nice water fountain that shoots up water in different ways. My friends and I come here to mostly people watch and just relax and catch up on life. The scenery is nice as the park is located right smack dab in the middle of downtown Greensboro, so you can really enjoy looking at the buildings and people watching. Parking is always great when I come. I always find a 2 hour parking space so I can park for free. After 5pm and on the weekends, surrounding parking spots are free. I have also brought my food down here to eat as they provide nice seating areas for you to sit with an umbrella cover. However they have great local restaurants that you can by food at and bring it to an open seating area.
So if you are looking for something free to do where you can have a good time hanging out and laughing with your friends, or if you just want to get out the house and go and bring a book and relax on the nicely manicured lawn then Center City Park in Greensboro, North Carolina is the spot for you. I know you will enjoy it if you are a person like me who enjoys the simple things in life. :)
On a sidenote: There are a few homeless people that will be hanging around here but don’t be scared to communicate with them because they don’t cause any harm.