This 0.72-mile-long corridor, located north of Lake Highland and known as the The Dinky Line, runs between the city’s downtown urban core and Loch Haven Park—home to art museums, performing arts theaters and a science center.
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Working closely with the Joyner family, TPL protected the 117-acre property, transforming this historic homestead into a lovely public park with trails, restored farm buildings, pecan groves, gardens and outdoor performance areas.
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In 1998, TPL transferred the first 1/2-mile of an abandoned corridor to the city, along with a small adjacent parcel, to become part of the East Boston Greenway.
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Construction plans for a major new waste-transfer station on the abandoned Eastern District Terminal property in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York were blocked by neighbors, and with the support of local and state politicians, TPL negotiated with the landowner to acquire two lots and create East River State Park—the core of a future seven-block park along the East River waterfront.
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El Sereno in East Los Angeles has one of the greatest concentrations of children under five in the county—but not nearly enough parks or playgrounds to serve them.
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TPL helped create this pocket park just outside its Montpelier office at Court and Elm, and donated a conservation easement over the park area to the Capital Area Land Trust, ensuring that even if the property is eventually sold, the park will remain open to the public.
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TPL led an eleven-year effort to fund-raise for, design, and construct the new Elmhurst Street playground on a trash-strewn vacant lot in the park-poor Codman Square neighborhood in Boston's Dorchester section.
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Enota Park will connect the Westview neighborhood to the Atlanta BeltLine.
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Over the years, The Trust for Public Land has added 48,000 acres to Everglades National Park, permanently safeguarding critical habitat area from development.
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The Trust for Public Land is partnering with the Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation Department to build new Fitness Zones® in West Perrine Park, Oak Grove Park, Leisure Lakes Park, and Martin Luther King Park.
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