Rose Kennedy Greenway

Thanks kz, how did you know?? :D Your pictures are already a major reason why this forum is as great as it is, I suppose I can be patient for the full Greenway tour!
 
OK here we go:

9061081340_694736dfe0_b.jpg


9061072266_f1e7312ea0_b.jpg


9058838539_53dfa5e158_b.jpg


9058811989_75da70beac_b.jpg


9058820583_7d8bf21ffa_b.jpg


9061023166_ff915908d6_b.jpg


9061013676_287f924835_b.jpg


9061006298_b4ff101c47_b.jpg


9058766035_d18d586b81_b.jpg


9060976708_4f6e462781_b.jpg


9060968248_9435b6f038_b.jpg
 
czsz said:
Enjoy the lushness while it lasts; come each October it'll revert to barren median strip.
Click to expand...

Yes, and so will the Boston Common. Oh, why did we EVER let them build that awful scar on the city!?
 
Million people using the greenway last night, including further down by the North End. From my experience, the area near Fanueil Hall is extremely successful, although there are certain areas that could use more activation. The guy in the fountain was pretty entertaining.







 
Last edited:
Biked the length of the greenway the other day. Heard some folks might be looking for a photo tour:

CIMG2658 by timsox6, on Flickr
Food trucks near South Station

CIMG2659 by timsox6, on Flickr

CIMG2660 by timsox6, on Flickr
This guy was really trying to figure out what I was taking a picture of:

CIMG2663 by timsox6, on Flickr

CIMG2664 by timsox6, on Flickr
A new garden bed going in:

CIMG2666 by timsox6, on Flickr
Really healthy ferns in here:

CIMG2667 by timsox6, on Flickr
My favorite part:

CIMG2668 by timsox6, on Flickr
Adding life to a lifeless street wall:

CIMG2672 by timsox6, on Flickr

CIMG2673 by timsox6, on Flickr
The busiest park, though there were people in every section. Too bad the vines never grew up this trellis:

CIMG2674 by timsox6, on Flickr
The most developed tree I saw anywhere:

CIMG2677 by timsox6, on Flickr

CIMG2678 by timsox6, on Flickr
 
I went to the Improv Asylum last night in the North End (hilarious shows, BTW) and when looking up the comedians from the show I came across this youtube short they all made featuring the Greenway as the star attraction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb3xqzwKKno

Kind of unconventional, but I think it makes a great marketing video for the park.
 
^ Imagine SST in that shot. No one could argue that height there would work, indeed be helpful.
 
If One Financial Center were being built today, gobs of vitriol would drip down its side.
 
found5dollar said:
bring back occupy. It has been the only thing that activated that plaza.
Click to expand...

Have you not gone there during lunch hour? There are lines that cross the entire plaza from most of the food trucks they have there, and the farmer's market is always packed.
 
I think he means the lawn in front of the ventilation shaft. Dewey Square itself is very successful and, I'd argue, is rapidly acquiring a cache and an identity for itself separate from the rest of the Greenway. Occupy, and also the mural, have helped - but the real sense of place comes from the very successful market and food truck concentration (which isn't just an office worker lunchtime show - it's still busy in the evening).

I think the lawn is slated to mostly go away when they finally build something around the ventilation shaft. That's much needed.

Also needed here is to close the southbound on/offramp . It really severely disrupts the flow of pedestrians from South Station, through the square, and into the Financial District. There's a similar offramp just a couple blocks back at Purchase/Oliver Streets which serves exactly the same purpose, and a southbound onramp just south of here past Lincoln Street! Imagine this vista without the ramp - I submit that this could be done tomorrow with very minimal traffic impact. http://goo.gl/maps/AQ5bN
 
MBTAddict said:
Have you not gone there during lunch hour? There are lines that cross the entire plaza from most of the food trucks they have there, and the farmer's market is always packed.
Click to expand...

It's also quite lively between 8am and 10am when folks headed to work are passing through and stopping for breakfast and/or coffee.
 
A square that's only populated during office-drone lunch hour is not healthy.
 
that pic was taken around 1030am otherwise it would have been a very busy scene
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top