Franklin Street Park
Franklin Street Park is an urban neighborhood park in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The park is a house-sized lot in the Riverside neighborhood on 495 Franklin Street between Bay Street and Hancock Street.
History
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The site that the park now inhabits used to be an unused area paved with concrete.[1] The site measured 4,400 square feet (410 m2), which downsloped from the street into a dark and overgrown plot that had become a campsite for the homeless.[2]
To improve this situation the Cambridge Community Development Department began renovations in 2002.[1] These renovations had the stated goal of transforming the park into a small urban oasis.[1]
The Cambridge Community Development Department finished renovations in 2003.[1]
Awards
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The American Society of Landscape Architects in its national publication Landscape Architecture bestowed upon the park its "Editor's Choice" award in its July 2004 issue.[2] They granted the award in part for the incorporation of sculptures in the park's design.[2]
External links
[edit]- Cambridge Community Development Department
- Concept Plan
- Concept Features Poster 1
- Concept Features Poster 2
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Cambridge Community Development Department website". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ^ a b c Landscape Architecture