This beautiful park, located off the main road into downtown Asheville, has with so many meaningful murals of cultural significance. It is a beautiful place and I was so happy I found it. Take a few minutes and get out and look at each and every mural; they are spectacular.
“The mural is a memorial to history. It celebrates the stories of Asheville's historic African-American business district and surrounding Valley Street/East-End neighborhoods. The mural spans the two sides of Triangle Park, at the intersection of Sycamore Alley and South Market Street in downtown Asheville, NC. This is the heart of "The Block," an historic area that remained the cultural and economic center for all of Western North Carolina's African-American citizens from the time of Reconstruction until the years of integration and "urban renewal." Triangle Park is a remnant of this era, where people who grew up around Valley Street still gather. In an upwelling of community effort and care, nearly 100 volunteers helped paint the mural, many of whom have their own stories about the heyday of the Block.”
