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'''Admiral Mason Park''' is a 5.5-acre [[City of Pensacola]] park located in the [[Hawkshaw]] area along [[Pensacola Bay]], at the intersection of [[9th Avenue]] and [[Bayfront Parkway]].
From the 1950s [[1956]] to the early [[1974]] it was the site of a baseball stadium also called Admiral Mason Park. The ballpark was named in honor of [[Charles P. Mason]], a Vice Admiral in the [[United States Navy]] and two-time [[Mayor of Pensacola]]. After the stadium was demolished, the land was partitioned to create the adjacent [[Veterans Memorial Park]]. The remaining undeveloped space is used informally for soccer and other sports, and for overflow parking during festivals and events in the [[Seville Square Historic District]]was later redeveloped as a landscaped park which continues to bear Mason's name.
==Ballpark==
==Demolition==
Derelict and standing in the path of planned Shoreline Drive (which would become [[Bayfront Parkway]]), the city-owned Admiral Mason Park baseball stadium was condemned in [[1970]] and demolition began on [[July 10]], [[1974]].<ref>"Ball Park Demolition Begins." ''Pensacola News'', July 10, 1974.</ref>
==Urban wetland==
