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Let's see if the New York vs. Bay Area folks get fired up about arguing who wins this one!
My hometown of Santa Cruz, California had one of the most scenic dumps in the country. It was located just north of town on what would be expensive coastal real estate (if they could ever develop it) on a hilly bluff above the Pacific Ocean. I used to like borrowing my dad's truck to drive yard debris up there when I was a teenager because it was a fun drive.
To be honest the only big city dump I can really specifically think of by name though is the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island--and that one they closed and are turning into a park.
Let's see if the New York vs. Bay Area folks get fired up about arguing who wins this one!
My hometown of Santa Cruz, California had one of the most scenic dumps in the country. It was located just north of town on what would be expensive coastal real estate (if they could ever develop it) on a hilly bluff above the Pacific Ocean. I used to like borrowing my dad's truck to drive yard debris up there when I was a teenager because it was a fun drive.
To be honest the only big city dump I can really specifically think of by name though is the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island--and that one they closed and are turning into a park.
The most notable I remember was Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach, where they created a large elevated city park out of the former landfill.
Cincinnati can easily stake a claim-to-fame here with its massive "Mt. Rumpke Landfill," which towers over the northwestern suburbs of the metro area--one of the largest dumps in the country. Don't believe it? Just "wiki" it and see for yourself! (Bring the entire family and climb atop it for a whole new vacation experience!)
So it was a slag dump instead of a garbage dump, but Summerset at Frick Park is a new residential area built on top of a leveled and stabilized mountain of slag in the city of Pittsburgh. They covered the top with several feet of soil and then got to work building the master plan of high-end houses and condos. The house designs can be found here.
It's already right next to Frick Park, so there was no need to build any huge green spaces, but there are several small green spaces there. Next up is the construction of a small commercial district on site. Here's an aerial view of the site:
So are there any other places in the U.S. where dumps have been turned into new neighborhoods, or was everybody creeped out by the Love Canal disaster? (By the way, slag is a chemically inert material, so there's no environmental hazard here.)
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