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Olmsted envisioned Marine Park as the final jewel in the Emerald Necklace, linked to Franklin Park by a greenway along Columbia Road. The greenway was never constructed and Marine Park remains disconnected from the park system. However, the City of Boston has proposed a green link along Columbia Road to realize Olmsted’s vision. Shown here, Olmsted’s plan expanded City Point, shaping a semi-circular cove for swimming and boating. The plan includes a boardwalk for promenades along the water and a playground for schoolchildren. In the 1920s, Castle Island was connected to Marine Park by filling land and constructing stone causeways and mechanical tide gates.
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Document identity
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8336hc39p
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Preliminary study of a plan for a Pleasure Bay between Dorchester Point and Castle Island
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
8336hc39p
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Preliminary study of a plan for a Pleasure Bay between Dorchester Point and Castle Island
description
Olmsted envisioned Marine Park as the final jewel in the Emerald Necklace, linked to Franklin Park by a greenway along Columbia Road. The greenway was never constructed and Marine Park remains disconnected from the park system. However, the City of Boston has proposed a green link along Columbia Road to realize Olmsted’s vision. Shown here, Olmsted’s plan expanded City Point, shaping a semi-circular cove for swimming and boating. The plan includes a boardwalk for promenades along the water and a playground for schoolchildren. In the 1920s, Castle Island was connected to Marine Park by filling land and constructing stone causeways and mechanical tide gates.
date
["[1884]"]
year
1884
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016345
creators
Boston (Mass.). Department of Parks
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Parks--Massachusetts--Boston--Planning--Maps
Pleasure Bay (Mass.)--Planning--Maps
Castle Island (Mass.)--Planning--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Castle Island
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Pleasure Bay
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
City of Boston, Park Department
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.3333
schema:longitude
-71
extent
1 map ; 39 x 44 cm
notes
Conservation of this piece was funded by an anonymous donor.
Inset: Boston Harbor.
From City of Boston 9th annual report, 1884.
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8336hc39p
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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4ce68c18445eb69a