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November 12, 2019

Q&A: Designing a park for a Tacoma Superfund site

  • The Instagram-able new Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park faced its share of hiccups on the way to the finish line, says Site Workshop partner Clayton Beaudoin.
    • By LYNN PORTER
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Photos provided by Metro Parks Tacoma [enlarge]
    Metro Parks Tacoma opened Dune Peninsula in July. The $75 million project included a pedestrian bridge, paved trails, a pavilion, slides and parking.

    Metro Parks Tacoma recently opened Dune Peninsula, an extension of Point Defiance Park that's part of a larger reclamation of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site that had hosted smelter operations for a century.


     
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