Editing State College, Pennsylvania (section)

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Parkway Wetlands.jpg|thumb|Parkway Wetlands]]
In 1914, the State College School Board purchased a [[sinkhole]] along Fraser and Nittany avenues to build a football field and track in the “natural amphitheater.” During the [[Great Depression]] the project received a $40,000 grant from the [[Works Progress Administration]], $5,000 from the school district, and additional federal funds.<ref name= field>{{cite web|first= Ronald A.|last= Smith|url= https://centrehistory.org/article/memorial-field/|date= 2021|title= Memorial Field|publisher= Centre County Historical Society}}</ref> The sinkhole was originally nicknamed "The Hollow", though it would later be named Memorial Field in dedication to State College High School graduates killed in both World Wars.<ref>{{cite web|first= |last= |url= https://facilities.scasd.org/physical-plant-and-facilities/memorial-field/brief-history|date= |title= Brief History|publisher= State College Area School District}}</ref> In September 1937, the stadium hosted its first football game between State College and [[Yeagertown, Pennsylvania|Yeagertown]]. State College would win 52–7 in front of an audience of 3,000 spectators. $500,000 was spent on drainage to protect against flooding in the former sinkhole.<ref name=field/> In 1966 the area between Memorial Field and the post office was turned into a parklet. Originally named Central Parklet, the parks name was changed in 2009 to Sidney Friedman Park after [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]]-born business owner and real estate mogul Sidney Friedman died.<ref>{{cite web|first= Alexandra|last= Rogers|url= https://statecollegehighlands.org/sidney-friedman-park-a-small-park-with-a-big-history/|date= 2021|title= Sidney Friedman Park}}</ref>

The Westerly Parkway Wetlands Education Center was transformed from a drainage basin into a functional, sustainable [[wetland]].<ref name=wetl/>

Sunset Park in College Heights is connected to Gerhold Wildflower Trail;<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title= Marilyn Quigley Gerhold Wildflower Trail and Hartley Wood|url= https://arboretum.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ARB_GerholdWildflowerTrail_Map.pdf|website= |location= |publisher=The Arboretum at Penn State|access-date=}}</ref> Walnut Springs in Vallamont and Lederer Park in Penfield are largely forested;<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title= Lederer Park|url= https://www.centredoutdoors.org/visit/lederer-park|website= |location= |publisher= ClearWater Conservancy|access-date=}}</ref> South Hills Park, Tussey View Park, and Nittany Village Park are in Tusseyview; Orchard Park is split between the Orchard Park neighborhood and Greentree; High Point Park is also in Orchard Park and is the proposed site of a [[skate park]];<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title= High Point Skatepark|url= https://www.crpr.org/high-point-skatepark|website= |location= |publisher= Centre Region Parks & Recreation Authority|access-date=}}</ref> Holmes-Foster Park is in Holmes-Foster and Greentree; Community Field is in Parkway; East Fairmount Park is in the Highlands; and Smithfield Park is in the South End.<ref name=hood/> Additionally half of the [[The Arboretum at Penn State|Arboretum]] including the H.O. Smith Botanical Gardens are in the borough.