The Fisher Park neighborhood was built at the beginning of the 20th century with most of the homes erected before 1940. The actual park, in which the above Genesis Marker is situated, consists of approximately 14 acres and is billed as Greensboro's "premiere civic open space" (reference).Today's photo of the Genesis Marker in Fisher Park was selected because genesis means "beginning." The Genesis Marker is the "Ground Zero" for Greensboro; the beginning of the city, the geographic center of the county. From the Genesis Marker, the city radiates equally in all directions. We could actually describe our Greensboro neighborhoods in terms of their distance from the Genesis Marker. The marker is so unassuming, tucked in its little spot between North and South Park Drives and Elm Street to the west and Church Street to the east. Historian Jim McLamroch erected the Genesis Marker to honor and document the city's early history.
Since this round of ABC Wednesday, we focused on the neighborhoods of Greensboro and Greensboro doesn't have a Z neighborhood, we thought it would be nice to feature the Genesis Marker as Z is for Ground ZERO.
In case you are interested, here are the A-Z neighborhoods we have featured on the wonderful ABC Wednesday meme over the last 26 weeks: Adams Farm, Brown Town, The Cardinal, Dudley Heights, Eastern Shores, Forest Oaks, Guilford Hills, Hamilton Lakes, Irving Park, Jefferson Gardens, Kings Forest, Longview Hills, McAdoo Heights, NEW Irving Park, O. Henry Oaks, Pleasant Garden, Reedy Fork, Starmount, Tammanary Forest, (the end of the alphabet is nearly neighborhood-less) University Neighborhoods, (Green) Valley, Westerwood, Xtra Xtra News and Record for all the neighborhoods, Year 5 of GDP and our featuring your neighborhoods, and today's Z for Ground Zero! We hope you enjoyed these posts. We have thououghly enjoyed driving through so many of Greensboro's neighborhoods over the last six months.
It has been a pleasure traveling through our neighborhoods with you. ABC Wednesdays are probably my favorite of your entries, but I enjoy and learn from all of them.
Posted by: Jane Mitchell | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 09:40 AM
Interesting.
Posted by: Barb | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 06:56 PM
I've really enjoyed seeing and learning about your town of Greensboro.
Leslie
abcw team
Posted by: Leslie | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 10:37 PM
This has been an amazing tour with you in Round 11....sure looking forward to more in Round 12.
Posted by: Wanda | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 11:58 PM
The neighborhoods have been a great theme for ABC Wednesday, I feel as though I could drive around Greensboro and sort of fee I knew where I was,a little sense of place has been imparted through your blog this year, BRAVO!
I am a little less stressed at the moment and think I will be back for round 12 next week.
Posted by: Janis of So Cal | Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 02:17 AM
a very noble, and successful effort, this round!
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Posted by: Roger Green | Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 04:43 AM
Thanks for all of the positive feedback and THANK YOU ABC Wednesday team for always visiting and leaving meaningful comments.
Posted by: Janis & David | Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 06:01 AM
Your post reminds me of my visit to the Louisiana Purchase State Park in Arkansas. There is a marker there that was the starting point for surveying the Louisiana Purchase.
An Arkies Musings
Posted by: Richie | Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 09:28 AM
I love the idea of a Genesis marker. Kind of like Kilometer Zero in many European capitals. But how is it determined? Especially in towns that started out as farm communities. Regardless, your Z is fascinating.
Posted by: Oakland Daily Photo | Friday, January 11, 2013 at 01:55 AM