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Centennial Park (Davenport, Iowa)

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the property. The park's construction was a part of a $ 100 million project called River Vision that was passed by the city council in 2004. The 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m) skate board park was the first element of the park that opened in 2006. It was designed by SITE Design Group Inc., of
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The site where Centennial Park now sits is a former landfill used by the city of Davenport until 1975. The north part of the property was the location of a rail yard and the southern portion was used as a festival ground in the late 20th century, with a few commercial buildings on the west side of
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that was constructed in 2010. In late 2010 and early 2011 part of what was the festival grounds was paved for parking and the rest is being seeded for an open green space.
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passes through the park, and the River's Edge, an indoor sports complex operated by Davenport Parks and Recreation, is on the northeast corner of the park.
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Davenport, Iowa
Coordinates
41°31′10″N 90°35′18″W / 41.51944°N 90.58833°W / 41.51944; -90.58833
Bus interchange
Davenport CitiBus
Mississippi River
Davenport, Iowa
United States
LeClaire Park
Veterans Memorial Park
Rock Island Centennial Bridge
Riverfront Parkway
Tempe, Arizona
spray park


"Memorial Park"
Quad-City Times
"Public Parks"
the original
"Saturday ceremony at Centennial Park erases memories of dump"
Quad-City Times
"Ahrens to direct riverfront project"
Quad-City Times
"SkatePark gets rolling"
Quad-City Times
"Davenport to raze 3 riverfront buildings"
Quad-City Times
"Modern Woodmen Park to get plaza, flood shield"

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