Like many cities during the Age of Industrialization, Hamburg grew substantially in the later decades of the 19th century and many former open spaces had been built over.

In January 1909, head engineer Fritz Sperber presented two designs – based on the results of the competition – on behalf of the senate, one landscaped and painterly, the other geometric.

Need for additional office space in the 1960s led to the development of City Nord,[1] a decentralized commercial district located to the north-east of Hamburg Stadtpark.

This avenue leads onto the Great Meadow (Festwiese), which borders onto the artificial Stadtpark Lake (Stadtparksee).

[3] Every year in September, a vintage car race takes place at Hamburg Stadtpark (Stadtpark-Revival).

22 privately sponsored pieces of mostly stone and bronze public art are displayed throughout Hamburg Stadtpark.