Falls Park on the Reedy & the Liberty Bridge Guide

Greenville has pulled off one of the great small-city comebacks in America, and the centerpiece is downtown, where the Reedy River tumbles over a waterfall right in the heart of town — and the city, instead of hiding it, tore down an old highway bridge and built the Liberty Bridge, a graceful curved pedestrian suspension bridge that hangs over the falls at an angle, held by a single line of cables. Around it, Falls Park spills green down to the water, and Main Street above has become a tree-lined stretch of restaurants and shops regularly named one of the best downtowns in the country. It’s proof of what a city can do when it turns to face its river.