Dist. 2 City Councilman Kwanza Hall speaks at the opening of the shade pavilion. (Photo by Isadora Pennington)
Dist. 2 City Councilman Kwanza Hall speaks at the opening of the shade pavilion. (Photo by Isadora Pennington)

The new shade pavilion at Historic Fourth Ward Park was officially opened on March 20 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The pavilion has recently been constructed as a contribution from the Historic Fourth Ward Park Conservancy to the park. The open-air structure features a canopy of black locust wood louvers and galvanized steel tube purlins supported on galvanized steel girders and columns. “Park Pride awarded the conservancy a $16,000 grant for the installation of a shade structure in the playground area of the park.

Commissioner Joan P. Garner at the opening of the pavilion. (Photo by Isadora Pennington)
Dist. 6 Fulton County Commissioner Joan P. Garner at the opening of the pavilion. (Photo by Isadora Pennington)
The ribbon is cut on the Historic Fourth Ward Park shade pavilion. (Photo by Isadora Pennington)
The ribbon is cut on the Historic Fourth Ward Park shade pavilion. (Photo by Isadora Pennington)

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.