Landfills

==Links==
===Paper===
* From Dumps to Destinations: The Conversion of Landfills to Parks a PDF
==Background==
* Millennium Park in Boston was a landfill. Now its 100
acres host sports fields, playgrounds,
an outdoor classroom and amphitheater,
six miles of walking and biking
trails, and river access. 
No one has tabulated all the parks
and public recreational sites created
on old landfi lls. There are 
More than 250 public recreation sites have been created on old landfills in the US.
* Flushing Meadow in New York (site of two World’s Fairs) 
* Mt. Trashmore in Virginia Beach
* relatively obscure inner-city basketball and tennis courts, 
* suburban golf courses, and 
* soccer fields. 
* Berkeley's converted landfill hosts an international kite festival
* Albuquerque's former landfill hosts a celebration of hot-air balloons.
Closed landfills present excellent new park sites due to size, location and cost.