by [KLMM]
[EMERALD_NECKLACE] Boston, MA
Synthesis Outline Emerald Necklace
[EMERALD_NECKLACE]Boston, MA
Boston Park System
background (why/how) city of Boston (why) Frederick Law Olmstead Park system (how)
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Boston Commons
Basin Charles River Riverway
Commonwealth Avenue Mall Back Bay Fens
Olsmtead Park
vvJamaica Pond
Franklin Park Arnold Arboretum 3
Public Garden
Downtown Boston
Epistemology 1894
119 years later 2013
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Land reclamation Land Infilled areas Boston Commons, then
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West End
Charles River Basin
Bi Pro g Dig jec t Beacon Hill reclamation area
Boston
Financial District 6
Waterfront
Boston Commons
Basin Charles River Riverway
Commonwealth Avenue Mall Back Bay Fens
Olsmtead Park
Jamaica Pond
Franklin Park Arnold Arboretum 7
Public Garden
Downtown Boston
Vision
“The indirect course of the park-way, following the river bank, would prevent its being much used for purposes of heavy transportation. It would thus, without offensive exclusiveness or special police regulation, by left free to be used as a pleasure route.” 8 -Frederick Law Olmsted, “Suggestions for the Improvement of the Muddy River”, City Document No. 12, 1881, pp 13-16
Frederick Law Olmstead 1822-1903
Implementation
Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) 9
Central Park, Manhattan NY Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY
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1. BOSTON COMMON
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 - 1907)
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BOSTON COMMON
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN
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PUBLIC GARDEN
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN 3. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL
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COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN 3. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL 4. BACK BAY FENS
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BACK BAY FENS
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN 3. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL 4. BACK BAY FENS 5. RIVERWAY
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RIVERWAY
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN 3. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL 4. BACK BAY FENS 5. RIVERWAY 6. OLMSTEAD PARK
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OLMSTEAD PARK
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN 3. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL 4. BACK BAY FENS 5. RIVERWAY 6. OLMSTEAD PARK 7. JAMAICA POND
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JAMAICA POND
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN 3. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL 4. BACK BAY FENS 5. RIVERWAY 6. OLMSTEAD PARK 7. JAMAICA POND 8. ARNOLD ARBORETUM
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ARNOLD ARBORETUM
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN 3. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL 4. BACK BAY FENS 5. RIVERWAY 6. OLMSTEAD PARK 7. JAMAICA POND 8. ARNOLD ARBORETUM 9. FRANKLIN PARK
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FRANKLIN PARK
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN 3. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL 4. BACK BAY FENS 5. RIVERWAY 6. OLMSTEAD PARK 7. JAMAICA POND 8. ARNOLD ARBORETUM 9. FRANKLIN PARK 10. PARK SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY PARK SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN 3. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL 4. BACK BAY FENS 5. RIVERWAY 6. OLMSTEAD PARK 7. JAMAICA POND 8. ARNOLD ARBORETUM 9. FRANKLIN PARK 10. PARK SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY 11. PUBLIC TRANSPORT MBTA GROUND TRACKS PUBLIC TRANSPORT MBTA GROUND TRACKS
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1. BOSTON COMMON 2. PUBLIC GARDEN 3. COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL 4. BACK BAY FENS 5. RIVERWAY 6. OLMSTEAD PARK 7. JAMAICA POND 8. ARNOLD ARBORETUM 9. FRANKLIN PARK 10. PARK SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY 11. PUBLIC TRANSPORT MBTA GROUND TRACKS 12. SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR PARK, FOREST HILL CEMETERY, AND BOSTON NATURE CENTER
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SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR PARK
FOREST HILL CEMETERY
BOSTON NATURE CENTER
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Cambridge Charles River Basin Back Bay Fens Boston Common Public Garden
[EMERALD_NECKLACE]Boston, MA
Riverway
Southwest Corridor Park
Olmstead Park Jamaica Pond
Franklin Park
Arnold Arboretum
Forest Hill Cemetery 34
Boston Nature Center
BOSTON rememberance: while this synthesis was conducted the unfortunated acts during the Boston marathon occured, my condolences and deepest sympathy for those affected by such act.
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References: 1. Fabos, Julius Gy., Gordon T. Milde, and V. Michael Weinmayr. Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.; Founder of Landscape Architecture in America. [Amherst]: University of Massachusetts, 1968. Print. 2. Lambert, Phyllis. Viewing Olmsted: Photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander and Geoffrey James : [exhibition, Montréal, Canadian Centre for Architecture, 16 October 1996-2 February 1997, New York City, Equitable Gallery, 12 February-15 March 1997, Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, 9 May-10 August 1997...]. Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1996. Print. 3. Martin, Justin. Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, 2011. Print. 4. Roper, Laura Wood. FLO, a Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1983. Print. 5. Rybczynski, Witold. A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Scribner, 1999. Print.
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