Ellinikon Metropolitan Park and Coastal Front – AerialEllinikon Metropolitan Park – Coastal Front
Rarely does a city build a park that sets a new standard for ecological restoration and sparks a paradigm shift for the design, programming, and funding of future public parks across the world. The Ellinikon Metropolitan Park is doing just that—striving to become the social heart of Athens while also claiming the title as Europe’s largest urban coastal park. The site contains traces of multiple histories—prehistoric settlements, once thriving agriculture, an obsolete international airport, and a dilapidated collection of former Olympic venues. After nearly two decades of work to establish a funding and governance mechanism, the
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