Former Raleigh Mayor Isabella Cannon was the first woman to be elected mayor of a capitol city in the United States in 1977. On Monday, a 3.5 acre park located in her former neighborhood in west Raleigh, was renamed in her honor.
The former Gardner Street neighborhood Park has been redesigned and upgraded to now include a climbing boulder, new playground equipment, a walkway system and an event pavilion.
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- These flowers grow in part of the Isabella Cannon Park.
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- A resident of the neighborhood, Steve Frank, center, keeps his two children swinging. Left, 1-year-old Graham and right, 2 year-old Iris.
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- Two girls run through the 3.5-acre park. Part of the park is enclosed by orange fencing in an effort to give the grass time to grow.
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- The entrance to Isabella Cannon Park on the corner of Gardner Street Kilgore Avenue.
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- City officials cut the ribbon for the new part.
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- Five-year-old Molly Wyatt crouches in the grass to listen to the park dedication speakers.
