It was created in the late 1980s on land that had been occupied by old wharves and warehouses along the Mississippi Riverfront, in the upper French Quarter, first opening as a park in October 1989.
It continues downriver to connect with the riverfront "Moon Walk" across from Jackson Square.
Woldenberg Park is occasionally the location of live music performances, especially during the French Quarter Festival.
The New Orleans Holocaust Memorial Sculpture, created by Yaacov Agam, sits near the middle of the park.
[2] There is also the Monument to the Immigrant, created by Franco Alessandrini and installed in 1995, and "Ocean Song," a stainless steel sculpture.