Slide Title
Preview
Date
1-1-1990
Description
The Wharf District Parks are the result of a greening project begun in 1990, when Copley Wolff Design Group undertook the renewal project for the one-mile, 23-acre stretch of land that used to be an elevated highway dissecting the city of Boston. The parks were designed to pay tribute to the wharf's historic contribution to the city's international role in immigration, commerce, trade, fishing and maritime industries.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Creator 3 Role
Architect
Creator 4 Role
Architect Firm
Building Type
Park
Subject Headings
Public spaces; Urban parks -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Country Name
United States
Region Name
Massachusetts
City Name
Boston
Street Address
Rose Kennedy Greenway
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester; Copley, John; Wolff, Lynn; and Copley Wolff Design Group, "Boston: Wharf District Parks" (1990). Browse All. 1093.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1093
Keywords
waterfront, parks, Boston, MA, urban renewal
Notes
Bibliography: "Wharf District Parks." Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, 2016, www.rosekennedygreenway.org/parks/wharf-district. Accessed 6 Oct. 2016. Graves, Helen. "Wharf District Parks on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston." A Better City, www.abettercity.org/docs/about_pr_wharfdistrictparks.pdf. Accessed 6 Oct. 2016.