Woodruff Park

[2][3] It was later revealed that Robert W. Woodruff had donated the funds for the park and it was renamed in his honor in 1985.

[4] In 1995, during the lead-up to the Centennial Olympic Games, the International Peace Fountain was constructed in the park.

[7] A bronze sculpture, Atlanta from the Ashes (The Phoenix), depicts a woman releasing a phoenix, a symbol of Atlanta's rise from the ashes after being burnt to the ground by William T. Sherman's Union armies during the Civil War.

[9] The sculpture was designed by James Seigler, sculpted by Gamba Quirino, and fabricated by Feruccia Vezzoni[10] in 1969.

Atlanta from the Ashes (The Phoenix) was originally located on a viaduct adjacent to the first Rich's Department store on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, S.W.

Wide sidewalk along the park's east side
Playground spelling "ATL" in Woodruff Park
International Peace Fountain on the park's northern edge