I love stories like this

I think I know the spot Duncan is talking about.  It was an eye sore for a long time and it's now a totally productive garden. 

China Creek Co-op did something very similar.  A slope right at the base of Vancouver Community College was once a live stream (which is still running underground) but became a landfill.  I think about 10 years ago the China Creek Housing Co-op turned the landfill into a garden.  Those who turnover their soil today still find reminants of it but it's an absolutely incredible garden area now.

 Watch for what you'll see happen at the corner of Clark and Broadway.  There's a patch of land there that is essentially waste land....mostly sparse weeds, gravel, garbage etc.  A Latino community group is going to be changing this land into a crop and flower garden with a major emphasis on Latino foods and plants.  Cool eh?