The Green is a one and a half acre park at 400 South Tryon Street in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Green is the site of various public events, such as movie screenings and free plays, including summer performances by the Charlotte Shakespeare Festival.
[3] This park is frequently the site of public art and sculpture, including three giant computer-timed fish fountains, a popular feature with children in the summer.
[5] Five large sculptures by the French artist Niki de Saint Phalle stood in The Green from January through October 2011.
Prominent among the permanent sculptures are large bronze representations of books from the canon of world literature, for example, Roots by Alex Haley.