CHICAGO (WLS) -- In years to come, the well-used beaches and playing fields of Calumet Park on Chicago's Southwest Side will get a new attraction.

Some call the new park space a victory as a dump site along Lake Michigan will transform into a public park.

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An official sign unveiling marked the spot of the newest public park in Chicago.

It's currently, temporarily, named Park 608.

The Chicago Park District plans for the 40 acres of lakefront property at the northeast corner of Calumet Park to come back into the fold.

"Chicago's lakefront is for people and parks not for toxic waste dumps," said Howard Learner, Environmental Law and Policy Center CEO.

Currently, it is the Calumet Confined Disposal Facility, or CDF. It was built in

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