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24-694: Grant Park may refer to: United States [ edit ] Grant Park, Atlanta , the oldest city park in Atlanta, Georgia, US Grant Park, Bar Harbor , Maine Grant Park (Chicago) , a large urban park in Chicago, Illinois, US Grant Park, Illinois , a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, US Grant Park, Minneapolis , a building in Minneapolis , Minnesota, US Grant Park, Portland, Oregon ,

48-679: A dash ; for example, 1-21-00.26 ha would mean 1 hectare, 21 ares, and 0.26 centiares (12,100.26 m ). The metric system of measurement was first given a legal basis in 1795 by the French Revolutionary government. The law of 18 Germinal, Year III (7 April 1795) defined five units of measure: In 1960, when the metric system was updated as the International System of Units (SI), the are did not receive international recognition. The International Committee for Weights and Measures ( CIPM ) makes no mention of

72-404: A double prefix is non-standard. The decimilliare is (100 mm) or roughly a four-inch-by-four-inch square. The centiare is one square metre. The deciare (rarely used) is ten square metres. The are ( / ɑːr / or / ɛər / ) is a unit of area, equal to 100 square metres ( 10 m × 10 m ), used for measuring land area. It was defined by older forms of the metric system , but

96-607: A citizen advisory group that would eventually become the Grant Park Conservancy . The Conservancy works to raise funds to enhance and protect the park for the enjoyment of all its visitors. Grant Park, the intown neighborhood surrounding the park, is one of Atlanta's oldest and most important historic districts, listed on the NRHP . It is bordered by the Cabbagetown neighborhood on the north, Ormewood Park on

120-439: A few other units including the are (and implicitly the hectare ) whose use was limited to the measurement of land. The names centiare , deciare , decare and hectare are derived by adding the standard metric prefixes to the original base unit of area, the are . The decimilliare (dma, sometimes seen in cadastre area evaluation of real estate plots) is 1 ⁄ 10,000 are or one square decimetre. Such usage of

144-550: A measure of land area. The names of the older land measures of similar size are usually used, redefined as exactly one decare: The most commonly used units are in bold . One hectare is also equivalent to: The Unicode character U+33CA ㏊ SQUARE HA , in the CJK Compatibility block, is intended for compatibility with pre-existing East Asian character codes. It is not intended for use in alphabetic contexts. U+3336 ㌶ SQUARE HEKUTAARU

168-698: A neighbourhood in Manitoba, Canada Grant Park Shopping Centre Grant Park Music Festival Grant Park Symphony Orchestra Grant Park High School Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Grant Park . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grant_Park&oldid=1203903064 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

192-626: A neighbourhood in Portland, Oregon, US Grant Park (Portland, Oregon) , a public park in Portland, Oregon, US Grant Park (Tampa) , a neighbourhood in Tampa, Florida, US Grant Park, Washington, D.C. , a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. , US Elsewhere [ edit ] Grant Park, a football ground in Lossiemouth, Scotland, home of Lossiemouth F.C. Grant Park, Winnipeg ,

216-466: A non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI and whose use is "expected to continue indefinitely". Though the dekare/decare daa (1,000 m ) and are (100 m ) are not officially "accepted for use", they are still used in some contexts. The hectare ( / ˈ h ɛ k t ɛər , - t ɑː r / ), although not a unit of SI, is the only named unit of area that is accepted for use with SI units . The name

240-659: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Grant Park, Atlanta Grant Park refers to the oldest city park in Atlanta , Georgia , United States, as well as the Victorian neighborhood surrounding it. Grant Park is a 131-acre green space and recreational area and is the fourth-largest park in the city, behind Chastain Park , Freedom Park and Piedmont Park . Zoo Atlanta , established in 1889 and originally known as

264-456: Is now outside the modern International System of Units (SI). It is still commonly used in speech to measure real estate, in particular in Indonesia, India, and in various European countries. In Russian and some other languages of the former Soviet Union , the are is called sotka (Russian: сотка : 'a hundred', i.e. 100 m or 1 ⁄ 100 hectare). It is used to describe

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288-432: The 1858 mansion of Lemuel P. Grant , for whom the park and neighborhood were named. The mansion is the oldest house still standing on its original location in Atlanta . The Grant Park Neighborhood Association represents local residents. Together with Inman Park , Grant Park contains the largest remaining area of Victorian architecture in Atlanta. Most buildings were built between the neighborhood's founding in 1882 and

312-1151: The European Union , New Zealand and Australia (since 1970). However, the United Kingdom, the United States, Myanmar (Burma), and to some extent Canada, use the acre instead of the hectare for measuring surface or land area. Some countries that underwent a general conversion from traditional measurements to metric measurements (e.g. Canada) required a resurvey when units of measure in legal descriptions relating to land were converted to metric units. Others, such as South Africa, published conversion factors which were to be used particularly "when preparing consolidation diagrams by compilation". In many countries, metrification redefined or clarified existing measures in terms of metric units. The following legacy units of area have been redefined as being equal to one hectare: In Mexico, land area measurements are commonly given as combinations of hectares, ares, and centiares. These are commonly written separated by

336-478: The Olmsted Brothers (sons of Frederick Law Olmsted ) were hired to create a plan for the park. The original park included a lake, named Lake Abana, to handle storm-water runoff . A failed circus gave birth to the eventual Zoo Atlanta when local lumber merchant George Gress purchased animals from the circus and donated them to the city in 1889. The city decided Grant Park was the best location for

360-593: The are in the 2019 edition of the SI brochure, but classifies the hectare as a "Non-SI unit accepted for use with the International System of Units". In 1972, the European Economic Community (EEC) passed directive 71/354/EEC, which catalogued the units of measure that might be used within the Community. The units that were catalogued replicated the recommendations of the CGPM, supplemented by

384-533: The zoo and carved space out for the attraction. Later zoo expansions and parking requirements caused the removal of a portion of the lake . In 1892, the circular painting of the Battle of Atlanta was exhibited in the park. The cyclorama would eventually gain its own dedicated building in the park in 1921. Near the zoo is the Erskine Memorial Fountain , Atlanta's first public fountain, which

408-500: The Grant Park Zoo, is located in the park and attracts more than 1 million visitors annually. Grant Park was established in 1883 when Lemuel P. Grant , a successful engineer and businessman, gave the city of Atlanta 100 acres (40  ha ) in the newly developed " suburb " where he lived. In 1890, the city acquired another 44 acres (18 ha) for the park and appointed its first park commissioner, Sidney Root . In 1903,

432-941: The Southeast. St. Paul is well known for its beautiful stained glass windows and an organ that was acquired in 1887. Each December, St. Paul, the Grant Park Cooperative Preschool (which is located on the first floor of St. Paul), and the Grant Park Parent Network host the Grant Park Candlelight Tour of Homes and Artist Market. There is also a Tour of Homes in the autumn sponsored by the Grant Park Neighborhood Association. [REDACTED] Media related to Grant Park, Atlanta at Wikimedia Commons Hectare In 1795, when

456-490: The east, Boulevard Heights on the southeast, Chosewood Park on the south, and Summerhill and Peoplestown on the west. It includes the park, 48 acres or 35 hectares of Oakland Cemetery (established 1850), where Margaret Mitchell , Bobby Jones , 25 former mayors of Atlanta , six former governors of Georgia , and many Civil War dead are buried. It also includes the Atlanta Stockade; Fort Walker ; and

480-411: The first decades of the 20th century. Large two-story mansions face the park, more modest two-story, modified Queen Anne houses were built on surrounding streets, and one-story Victorian era cottages and Craftsman bungalows were built to the east of the park. The neighborhood is home to St. Paul United Methodist Church , which for a time in the early 1900s had the largest Methodist congregation in

504-487: The metric system was introduced, the are was defined as 100 square metres , or one square decametre , and the hectare (" hecto- " + "are") was thus 100 ares or 1 ⁄ 100  km (10,000 square metres). When the metric system was further rationalised in 1960, resulting in the International System of Units ( SI ), the are was not included as a recognised unit. The hectare, however, remains as

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528-595: The size of suburban dacha or allotment garden plots or small city parks where the hectare would be too large. Many Russian dachas are 6 ares in size (in Russian, шесть соток ). The decare or dekare ( / ˈ d ɛ k ɑːr , - ɛər / ) is derived from deca and are , and is equal to 10 ares or 1000 square metres. It is used in Norway and in the former Ottoman areas of the Middle East and Bulgaria as

552-589: Was built in 1896 and moved to Grant Park in 1912. In 1948, another park landmark, the Thomas W. Talbot Monument , was dedicated by members of the International Association of Machinists , honoring their founder, Thomas W. Talbot . In 1996, after years of neglect and abuse, the City of Atlanta Parks Bureau commissioned a new master plan for the park. The consultants working on the plan met with

576-524: Was coined in French, from the Latin ārea . In practice the hectare is fully derived from the SI, being equivalent to a square hectometre. It is widely used throughout the world for the measurement of large areas of land, and it is the legal unit of measure in domains concerned with land ownership, planning, and management , including law ( land deeds ), agriculture, forestry , and town planning throughout

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