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Cascades Park in Tallahassee, Florida, is a reclaimed urban space built on the site of a former waterfall, landfill, and contaminated brownfield.
The park serves as a popular community hub and a functional stormwater management project to alleviate local flooding.
Despite being a family destination, the park has been the location of several crimes, including a recent stabbing and multiple past shootings.
Cascades is the crown jewel destination of , a triumph of 21st century urban planning that reclaimed what was once a natural waterfall turned into a landfill.
It's now a park where residents take early morning walks and meet friends for coffee, where internationally known artists , and locale for book and arts fairs.
But like many urban parks, intended as oases fr