{"id":34017,"date":"2024-09-10T14:54:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=34017"},"modified":"2024-09-10T15:03:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:03:13","slug":"falls-park-liberty-bridge-celebrate-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/falls-park-liberty-bridge-celebrate-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Falls Park, Liberty Bridge celebrate 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not a stretch to say Falls Park and the Liberty Bridge that spans Reedy River Falls is a downtown Greenville hotspot. Now celebrating 20 years since its opening in 2004, Falls Park continues to draw locals, tourists and plenty of Furman University students who call Greenville, South Carolina, home. Spencer Donovan wrote a piece for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/greenville\/news\/falls-park-liberty-bridge-20th-anniversary-greenville\/article_3d3f06ba-6ba2-11ef-877d-6fb8e262b089.html\">The Post and Courier<\/a> that celebrates the park, its signature suspension bridge and the change the development ignited in the City of Greenville. View a gallery of students enjoying the space over the years.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-34021 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-34021 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-34021\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2024\/09\/falls-park-students-with-bridge-in-background-2023-1500.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Summer UCOMM shoot with Furman students in downtown Greenville.\" data-attachment-id=\"34025\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Summer UCOMM shoot with Furman students in downtown Greenville.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/cache\/2024\/09\/falls-park-students-with-bridge-in-background-2023-1500\/3837696909.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Summer UCOMM shoot with Furman students in downtown Greenville.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2024\/09\/falls-park-diverse-students-1500.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Students stroll Liberty Bridge at Falls Park in 2019. Tell-tale cranes hint of things to come.\" data-attachment-id=\"34024\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Students stroll Liberty Bridge at Falls Park in 2019. Tell-tale cranes hint of things to come.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/cache\/2024\/09\/falls-park-diverse-students-1500\/2307620460.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Students stroll Liberty Bridge at Falls Park in 2019. Tell-tale cranes hint of things to come.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2024\/09\/falls-park-students-with-ice-cream-1500.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Furman U, about_explore_greenville\" data-attachment-id=\"34023\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Furman U, about_explore_greenville\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/cache\/2024\/09\/falls-park-students-with-ice-cream-1500\/2220435789.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Furman U, about_explore_greenville<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2024\/09\/fall-park-students-on-bridge.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Furman U\" data-attachment-id=\"34022\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Furman U\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/cache\/2024\/09\/fall-park-students-on-bridge\/506819974.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Furman U<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Falls Park and Liberty Bridge opened in 2004 and ushered in eateries, craft brew houses, arts venues and big changes for the City of Greenville. The development is a natural magnet for locals, tourists and Furman students who call Greenville home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":34029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,3,6,27,2232],"tags":[146,1379,1380,1381,3000],"class_list":["post-34017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admission","category-alumni","category-in-the-news","category-student-life","category-the-post-and-courier-greenville","tag-city-of-greenville","tag-downtown-greenville","tag-falls-park","tag-liberty-bridge","tag-reedy-river"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34027,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34017\/revisions\/34027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}