Activating Columbia Road: Reframing a Missing Link

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Source: MassGIS, Boston Planning and Development Agency (accessed April 18th, 2019), MassBuilds (accessed April 18th, 2019) *selected projects as listed on MassBuilds and Upham’s Corner Implementation page on the BPDA website. Full list of projects and status can be found on the BPDA and MassBuilds webpage. Figure 42: Development Projects Along Columbia Road A number of development projects are planned, projected, or recently completed along Columbia Road. These projects may have significant influence on the future plans for Columbia Road. 56 Activating Columbia Road: Reframing a Missing Link
Franklin Park Franklin Park is the largest public park in the City of Boston. When Frederick Law Olmsted was commissioned to design an expansive park system in the 1880’s he sought to recreate some of the forms found in his most successful projects. Franklin Park, at the southern end of the Emerald Necklace, is a traditional Olmsted country park. When completed in 1885, the park’s 527 acres centered around an expansive rolling lawn which he called the “Country Park,” surrounded by forested trails in a manmade, recreated natural landscape. In 1896, the “Country Park” was converted into a golf course, which is still in operation in 2019, as one of only two public courses in the city. In 1912, a grand promenade along the western edge was converted into Franklin Park Zoo, which is still open in 2019. Some later major additions included Boston Public School’s George Robert White Schoolboy Stadium built in 1949, and Shattuck Hospital built in 1954 along the park’s western edge. 25 mean for the Columbia Road corridor. Franklin Park Coalition Executive Director Janna Cohen- Rosenthal characterizes this master plan as, “a generational opportunity to protect and enhance the public health benefits of our beloved park, while also developing new opportunity in partnership with the Park and Recreation Department”. 28 There are many overlapping jurisdictions and stakeholders within the bounds of Franklin Park, and how much the master plan will look outward into the community to foster social and physical access is yet to be seen. Located in the geographic center of the city, Franklin Park has been a gathering place for generations for the adjacent neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and Mattapan, and also a tourist attraction for a broader public. As part of Imagine Boston 2030, the Imagine Boston team worked with the Franklin Park Coalition and the Boston Parks Department to lead a public process to reimagine a rejuvenated Franklin Park. This process received a financial boost in 2018, when the sale of a City-owned parking garage at 115 Winthrop Square resulted in a $163 million benefits package, $28 million of which was allocated to Franklin Park. 26 In April 2019, Mayor Walsh launched a master planning effort, ahead of the $28 million revitalization. The City worked with the Franklin Park Coalition to select a master plan team, which will be led by landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand working with Agency Landscape + Planning and MASS Design. 27 At the time of writing, it is not yet clear what this planning process will involve, and what it will 25 American Society of Landscape Architects, “The Landscape Architect’s Guide to Boston: Franklin Park History.” 26 City of Boston. “Franklin Park Master Plan Announced by Mayor Walsh.” 27 Carlock, “Reed Hilderbrand to develop Franklin Park master plan.” 28 Carlock, “Reed Hilderbrand to develop Franklin Park master plan.” Activating Columbia Road: Reframing a Missing Link 57
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Page 5 and 6: TEAM MEMBERS Aqsa Butt M.A. Candida
Page 7: Following this research process our
Page 10 and 11: LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Plan of t
Page 12 and 13: 1. INTRODUCTION
Page 14 and 15: Figure 3: Columbia Road, 1948 Figur
Page 16 and 17: LivableStreets Alliance LivableStre
Page 18 and 19: Project Goals Columbia Road has a l
Page 20 and 21: 2. METHODS
Page 22 and 23: CURRENT DATA What data and informat
Page 24 and 25: Case Studies We reviewed three case
Page 26 and 27: 3. CONTEXT
Page 28 and 29: Source: MassGIS Figure 12: Locus Ma
Page 30 and 31: Boston Neighborhoods Source: MassGI
Page 32 and 33: Figure 16: 2017 Average Household I
Page 34 and 35: Source: MassGIS, MassEOEEA Figure 1
Page 36 and 37: Source: MassGIS, ACS 2017 (5-year)
Page 38 and 39: Source: MassGIS, ReferenceUSA Figur
Page 40 and 41: of Blue Hill Avenue up to the Fairm
Page 42 and 43: Environmental Justice Communities O
Page 44 and 45: Source: MassGIS, MassEOEEA Figure 2
Page 46 and 47: Source: MassGIS Figure 28: Accessib
Page 48 and 49: Source: Boston Green Ribbon Commiss
Page 50 and 51: Public Health and Environmental Hea
Page 52 and 53: Placemaking and Public Art The Desi
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Page 58 and 59: Moakley Park At the northeast end o
Page 60 and 61: 4. PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Page 62 and 63: Figure 45: Timeline of Columbia Roa
Page 64 and 65: Upham’s Corner The following stra
Page 66 and 67: Fairmount Cultural Corridor The Fai
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Page 70 and 71: engagement activities generated a w
Page 72 and 73: Imagine Boston 2030 City of Boston,
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Page 76 and 77: 5. MOBILITY
Page 78 and 79: Walkability and Pedestrian Experien
Page 80 and 81: Figure 61: Bike Lane on Columbia Ro
Page 82 and 83: Source: MassGIS Figure 64: MBTA Bus
Page 84 and 85: Fairmount Commuter Rail Line The Fa
Page 86 and 87: Car Use and Parking Columbia Road i
Page 88 and 89: 6. CASE STUDIES
Page 90 and 91: SAN PABLO AVENUE Historically an Af
Page 92 and 93: FOUNTAIN AVENUE Fountain Avenue run
Page 94 and 95: TEMPLE STREET Figure 76: Street Saf
Page 96 and 97: 7. ANALYSIS
Page 98 and 99: agencies. For example, in 2019, pla
Page 100 and 101: 8. RECOMMENDATIONS
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Sources of Graphics Cover Page and
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Figure 68: Aqsa Butt, MBTA, MassGIS
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A Sample of Community Organizations
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Levenson, Michael. 2015. “Boston
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Voynovskaya, Nastia. “A Black Cul
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