Central Park is indeed located at the very center of Downtown Decatur. The City of Decatur is currently investigating new layouts for the park, in order to provide more open space for gatherings such as the 2000 Celebration of Unity, seen below, which attracted over 5,000 Decatur residents.

Pictured above is the Transfer House, Decatur's chief historical icon. Erected in 1885 in Lincoln Square, the Transfer House served as the line-change point on Decatur's electric streetcar system, the first in Illinois. The Transfer House was moved to Central Park in 1962.