Public Parks

From Dump to Park in Cairo

7 May 2008 - 9:00am
NPR

Cairo's first new green space in more than 100 years has opened -- on top of a 500-year old garbage dump.

Urban Railyard Finds New Life As Wetland Park

27 April 2008 - 1:00pm
Los Angeles Times

A former bus and rail yard in park-poor South Los Angeles will be converted into an "urban wetland park".

Toronto Mulls Corporate Sponsorship for Parks

12 April 2008 - 1:00pm
Canadian Press

Short on funding, Toronto's waterfront parks agency is considering a plan to sell the naming rights to the park's amenities, allowing corporate sponsors to add their name to such public features as walkways and play areas.