Rose Kennedy Greenway

[dshoost88]

Hey Tango, for future reference you can put your own photos into one link. Just copy and past the

content into a single post before clicking "Post Quick Reply". It's much less effort than posting all the comment windows.

But nice photos, BTW.

 

[kz1000ps]

Leftover shot from June...

 

[kz1000ps]

And finally here's the last part from my 8/15 walk, from Rowes Wharf down to Chinatown:

These parcels are the ones most in need of an identity at this point.

 

[type001]

^Splendid pics of a nice journey!

 

[davem]

Its funny, the ramp parcel in front of IP is actually one of my favorite parts of the greenway. The rest of the parks are very open to the surrounding city and active, similar to the common. The ramp parcel on the other hand is much more quiet and intimate, a place where I would go to read a book. It feels a lot like the Comm Ave mall, one of my favorite parks anywhere.

The other three parts with ramps need to be built on ASAP , including Dewey Square.

 

[EdMc]

^ Beautiful pictures to look at, KZ. The Greenway is a unique park. Much like architect critic, Robert Campbell, referred to the harbor as "open space", I consider the Greenway as a sculpture garden with the adjoining tall buildings as the sculptures.

 

[datadyne007]

The Palm worked wonders for that area! So great to see it really engage the Greenway like it does!

 

[Corey]

Thanks for sharing all the photos, KZ!

I'm curious to know if the movable chairs and tables are successful (regularly used and not stolen/destroyed) along the greenway. This is something we don't have anywhere in my city and I often think that if it works in Boston it could work here, but I'm just assuming it works well in Boston.

 

[Tombstoner]

Really lovely shots--thanks!
There's much to like about the Greenway, but I think it would be vastly improved if it were less interrupted by cross-streets and a higher quality of public art. A few pieces are okay (others are super-bland), but nothing really memorable or iconic.
And I have to say I was a bit disappointed by modesty of the merry-go-round. I think it's perfectly pleasant (and you'd have to be a real curmudgeon to actively dislike a merry-go-round), but as a significant addition to a huge public space...not so much.

 

[dshoost88]

And finally here's the last part from my 8/15 walk, from Rowes Wharf down to Chinatown:

Is it just me or does the increasingly lush greenery adjacent to these monumentally-engineered highway ramps look a lot like the architecture of Jurassic Park? All that's missing is a duck boat driving down that ramp while a velociraptor jumps out from the bushes

 

[George_Apley]

Is it just me or does the increasingly lush greenery adjacent to these monumentally-engineered highway ramps look a lot like the architecture of Jurassic Park? All that's missing is a duck boat driving down that ramp while a velociraptor jumps out from the bushes

Yes! It's all about the ramp wall.

 

[kz1000ps]

No more Os Gemeos!

 

[AmericanFolkLegend]

No more Os Gemeos!

But what will xenophobic conspiracy theorists complain about!?!?!?

 

[Arborway]

Is it just me or does the increasingly lush greenery adjacent to these monumentally-engineered highway ramps look a lot like the architecture of Jurassic Park? All that's missing is a duck boat driving down that ramp while a velociraptor jumps out from the bushes

I find it more Ballardian than anything.

 

[armpitsOFmight]

But what will xenophobic conspiracy theorists complain about!?!?!?

Are you a liberal fascist?

 

[stellarfun]

kz, thanks again for all your great pix.

Looking at the bottom left, is another artwork coming?

 

[George_Apley]

kz, thanks again for all your great pix.

Looking at the bottom left, is another artwork coming?

Yup. I've seen the design posted somewhere around here.

 

[cbrett]

Sweet looking pics, anyone know whats replacing the mural?

 

[briv]

ICA press release about the mural replacement:

Artist Matthew Ritchie to create new mural in Boston’s Dewey Square​

The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) and Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
partner on major public art project in Boston ​

Mural marks start of Ritchie’s 18-month artist residency at the ICA

​

(BOSTON – Aug. 5, 2013) The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy today announced that artist Matthew Ritchie has been commissioned to create a new mural in Dewey Square on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway. Ritchie’s new work—to be completed mid-September—draws inspiration from Boston’s history and waterfront location, and will feature a unique digital component with music by Bryce Dessner (The National) and a short film by the artist, accessible by all wireless devices. The new mural is the second public art partnership between the ICA and the Greenway, following the Os Gemeos mural in 2012.

“Matthew Ritchie uses abstraction on a very grand scale to visualize information about systems of time, the creation of the universe, theories in physics, and the history of art,” said Jill Medvedow, Ellen Matilda Poss Director of the ICA. “We’re thrilled to bring the evocative beauty and the dynamic history of abstract painting into daily public life in Boston.”
With the recent development of a five-year public art strategy, the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy is committed to presenting exceptional contemporary art on the Greenway. “Public art enriches urban life, and adds to the vibrancy of our parks and the City of Boston. We are proud that the Greenway can be a place where art is accessible to all and a space that encourages interaction and dialogue among visitors,” said Jesse Brackenbury, Chief Operating Officer of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.
The mural marks the start of Ritchie’s ambitious, 18-month residency at the ICA—organized by Jenelle Porter, Mannion Family Senior Curator—that encompasses several major works and will activate the entire museum through installation, sound, performance, and video. In addition to the Greenway mural, the project includes a large-scale installation on the Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall at the ICA; a residency with the ICA Teen Arts Council; and multiple performances, including compositions from The Long Count—a collaborative work Ritchie created with, among others, Bryce and Aaron Dessner (The National), and Kim and Kelley Deal (The Breeders). Ritchie is also planning two new musical performances that will take place both on site at the ICA and at the nearby Chapel of Our Lady of Good Voyage. The aim of Ritchie’s overall project is to expand the space of painting and drawing into six collaborative disciplines: architecture, city planning, video, performance, theater, and music—all while still retaining properties unique to painting and drawing.
The Matthew Ritchie mural on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway is sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the Boston Art Commission, and the City of Boston. Greenway funds for paints and cleaning are provided by private donations.
About the artist
Matthew Ritchie’s installations, which integrate painting, wall drawings, light boxes, performance, sculpture, and projections, are investigations of the idea of information explored through science, architecture, history and the dynamics of culture, defined equally by their range and their lyrical visual language. In 2001, TIME magazine listed Ritchie as one of 100 innovators for the new millennium, for exploring “the unthinkable or the not-yet-thought.” His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions worldwide, including the Whitney Biennial, the Sydney Biennial, the Sao Paulo Biennial, the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Seville Biennale, and the Havana Biennale, and is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and other institutions worldwide, including a permanent large-scale installation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

[tobyjug]

Looks like winter camo.