Editing Malden, Massachusetts (section)

==Points of interest==
[[Image:Rustic Bridge, Pine Banks Park.jpg|thumb|Pine Banks Park in 1908]]

Approximately 30 park sites throughout the city provide a variety of recreational facilities including tennis courts, basketball courts, playgrounds, and ballfields. Other sites include a 400-meter synthetic running track at MacDonald Stadium; {{convert|56|acre|ha}} of the [[Middlesex Fells Reservation]]; the {{convert|25|acre|ha|adj=on}} Fellsmere Pond; a DCR-owned-and-operated swimming pool; a 30,000 square feet (2,800 m<sup>2</sup>) field house built under the new school rebuilding plan; the state-of-the-art Malden YMCA finished construction in early 2007; and [[Pine Banks Park]], operated by a board of trustees with equal representation by the cities of Malden and [[Melrose, Massachusetts|Melrose]]. [[Waitt's Mountain]] is also in Malden.

Other points of interest include the [[Converse Memorial Library]] and the [[Congregation Beth Israel (Malden, Massachusetts)|Congregation Beth Israel]].  One of Malden's finest and most notable landmarks is the public library which was designed by [[Henry Hobson Richardson]] and built in 1885.<ref>[https://maldenpubliclibrary.org/about/ Malden Public Library "about" page]</ref> The initial construction of the library was funded by Malden's first mayor, [[Elisha S. Converse]], who also funded its acquisition of an art collection.<ref>[https://maldenpubliclibrary.org/converse-art-archives/ Malden Public Library "Converse Art Archives"]</ref>