Fountain is a small park in the St. Louis city parks system. It's a nice green space but suffers by its north St. Louis location and lack of amenities.
Online descriptions note the area's civil rights contributions, National Register of Historic Places status, and 19th-century houses that are similar to those of the opulent Central West End neighborhood just to the south. Opulence long ago migrated from this area, boarded up houses now ring the park, and the wealthy CWE is just as close as the notorious Ville neighborhood to the east.
Park amenities include a very small playground, benches, a fenced-in statue of Martin Luther King Jr., and the fountain in the middle that gives the park its name.
There are no restrooms nor picnic facilities. Parking is on the two city streets that shape the oval park. read more