Ricardo Lara Linear Park transformed five blocks of flood-prone, underused, dumping ground along Interstate 105 in Lynwood, California. The community-focused park occupies a mile of former residential lots, vacated and later demolished to accommodate the freeway which was completed in 1993, bisecting Lynwood. For this park-poor city with some of the highest obesity rates in the country, a series of community workshops were held to generate ideas for the new park.
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