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CIVE 3800-01: Engineering Boston

Public Parks and Recreation

'‘A Body of Water So Foul" (On the Creation of the Fenway)
A Boston Globe article on Frederick Law Olmsted's remaking of the Back Bay Fens.
BLC: Charles River Esplanade Study Report
BLC: Franklin Park Study Report
BLC: Public Garden Study Report
BLC: Quincy Market Study Report
Describes the history of the Faneuil Hall Market building, and its transformation into a festival marketplace.
Boston Landmarks Commission (BLC) Report: Boston Common
Boston Parks & Recreation Department
Boston Takes a Bath, Part I
Boston Takes a Bath, Part II
Charles River Esplanade Study Report
Describes the history, landscape, and architecture of the Esplanade.
Cultural Landscape Report: The Esplanade, Boston, Mass.
A history of the Esplanade and its buildings. Illustrated with site plans and photos.
Emerald Necklace Parks: Master Plan (2001)
Frederick Law Olmstead and Boston's Emerald Necklace
Frederick Law Olmstead and Jamaica Pond
Frederick Law Olmstead and the Arnold Arboretum
Frederick Law Olmstead and the Muddy River Link
Frederick Law Olmsted Papers Project
The papers of the creator of Boston's Emerald Necklace, New York's Central Park, and other landscape projects throughout the United States.
Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR)
Oversees the management of 450,000 acres of public recreational throughout the Commonwealth.
Mount Auburn Cemetery: History
The history of the nation's first garden cemetery.
Muddy River Restoration Project
Wharf District Parks on the Rose Kennedy Greenway
Describes the Greenway's parks, footpaths, plantings, and trees. The Greenway occupies the site of the old, elevated Central Artery and now connects the city to the waterfront.

Historical Documents on Public Parks and Recreation in Boston

Report of the Joint Committee on Public Lands in Relation to the Public Garden (1850)
Parks for the People (1876)
Annual Reports of the Parks Department (1888-1916)
Some years are missing.
Public Baths in the United States (1904)
Contains information on public baths and beaches in Massachusetts.
Report of the Committee on Care and Management of the Public Bath (Brookline, 1899)

Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons
Wentworth Institute of Technology
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