February Super Saturday: catch basin clean up
Posted February 4, 2019 at 12:17 PM by Amanda Frentz
We LOVE our volunteers! On Saturday, February 2, 2019, nine UNO students, eight folks from St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, one Holy Cross student, one Sewage and Water Board representative, and five City Park staff worked to clear drains in the Park! Even two boys who were at the Park for a birthday party joined to help! What a group! The more storm water the Park can take from neighborhoods, the better for the neighborhoods!...
Volunteers Give Back to New Orleans City Park on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Day of Service
Posted January 22, 2019 at 9:09 AM by Amanda Frentz
New Orleans City Park is grateful to the many people who volunteered on Monday, January 21, 2019, between 9:30 am and noon in City Park for this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. day of service. Volunteers and students from Tulane University, Dillard University, Loyola University, and The University of New Orleans honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by working with one another to give back to New Orleans City Park, our...
Storyand
Posted December 30, 2018 at 2:38 PM by Amanda Frentz
Featuring larger-than-life storybook sculptures:
Welcome to Storyland!
Climb aboard Captain Hook’s pirate ship, follow Pinocchio into the mouth of a whale or scamper up Jack & Jill’s Hill! Fairytales and fantasy come to life before your eyes in City Park’s Storyland. This charming theme playground is a child’s dream (come true!) filled with 20 larger-than-life storybook sculptures featuring classic fairytale characters.
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New Orleans City Park Awarded Accolades: Labor Day Weekend Discounts for the Public
Posted August 29, 2018 at 10:35 AM by Amanda Frentz
New Orleans City Park was awarded two awards this week. City Park is excited to announce these accolades and pass on the joy to the public with discounts at three attractions for the Labor Day weekend.
City Park’s City Putt miniature golf course was voted Best Golf Course in New Orleans by the readers of Gambit Weekly. We thank the public for your votes and look forward to seeing even...
Oh, to be a fish in City Park!
Posted May 14, 2018 at 11:37 AM by Amanda Frentz
Oh, to be a fish in New Orleans City Park! Thanks to our friends at Atmos Energy, who supplied scrap pieces of natural gas pipes, and our wonderful partners at Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, who designed the underwater fishing sculptures, City Park’s fish will be more cultured and more plentiful than ever this spring.
With the help of volunteers from Marriott and Ritz-Carlton, twenty three “spider...