Millennium Park is a 100 acre
urban park
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in the
West Roxbury
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neighborhood of
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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.
History
The park began as the Gardner Street
Landfill
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for the city of Boston. Construction began in 1994 to reclaim the area as a park using land excavated in the
Big Dig
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, and it was officially opened on December 7, 2000 by then
Mayor
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Tom Menino
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Activities and Amenities
The park is well connected to neighboring parks and trails. It is adjacent to the
Brook Farm Historical site and the
Upper Charles River Reservation, and is close to the
VFW Parkway.
It contains conservation land, 25 acres of sports fields, children's play areas, and a canoe launch on the
Charles River
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Image gallery
File:Millennium Park P1000172.jpg, Canoe launch
File:Millennium Park P1000176.jpg, Soccer field
File:Millennium Park P1120910.jpg, Great Blue Heron in a marsh
File:Millennium Park P1020186.jpg, Flowers on the side of the hill formed by the capped landfill
See also
*
List of parks in Boston
References
{{Parks in Boston
Parks in Boston
Parks in Massachusetts