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Section 5 Inventory of Lands of Conservation & Recreation Interest (Open Space Inventory)
Section 5 Open Space Inventory
SECTION 5: INVENTORY OF LANDS OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION INTEREST (OPEN SPACE INVENTORY) OPEN SPACE PROTECTION Boston’s open spaces are a system that includes parks, urban wilds, community gardens, and cemeteries. This system provides more than 7,000 acres of public and private open space (see Open Space map). These open spaces provide both active and passive recreation, scenic enjoyment, and a sense of well-being and community pride. They provide relief from the densely confined aspects of the urban environment. However, the vital role of open space in urban areas is not to be taken for granted. Development pressures threaten many open spaces at some point. Consequently, to insure that cherished open spaces remain for their use and the use of future generations, people will need to consider issues such as the ownership of open space parcels and the degree of protection from adverse uses.
Ownership Ownership is just one aspect of the system of open space protection, but certainly a key one, as certain owners have a major institutional mission to protect and maintain open space. The largest holder of property in Boston is the Parks and Recreation Department (BPRD). The Parks Department has jurisdiction and management of a majority of Boston’s parks, playgrounds, squares, malls, and cemeteries. The Parks Department also holds a limited number of urban wilds and community gardens. Other owners of open space land include city agencies, state agencies, non-profit organizations, individuals, private entities, and institutions. The Boston Conservation Commission (BCC) has jurisdiction over a number of urban wilds and natural areas, while the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) owns and maintains a variety of parks, parkways, playgrounds, beaches, natural areas, and urban wilds in Boston. Private owners of open space include conservation organizations such as the Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN), the Massachusetts Audubon Society (MAS), and the South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory Land Trust (SE/LROSLT). These non-profit organizations have sizable holdings of community gardens and urban wilds. Additional owners of open space include educational and religious institutions and private business organizations. One of the tables in this section lists the protected open spaces by neighborhood for all of Boston. Also in this section are tables showing the inventories for private open spaces, publicly owned unprotected spaces, and land trusts.
Protection: A Matter of Degree The term “protection” generally refers to the ease with which an open space property can be converted from an open space use to a non-open space use. Some properties have permanent (“in perpetuity”) restrictions on development. Others have lesser degrees of protection, while several have no restriction other than the limits imposed by the owner’s own intentions or means. For the purposes of this Open Space Plan, properties in Boston deemed protected in the open space inventory include all publicly owned lands under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Boston Parks and Recreation Department, and Boston Conservation Commission. It also includes such other properties held by government agencies that are restricted by deed or statute to “conservation” purposes.1 The total number of acres of protected open space in Boston (2001) is 4,685; without the protected Harbor Islands -- that is, considering only mainland protected open spaces -- the figure drops to 4,404 (see tables below). Article 97 is the major reason such public land held for conservation purposes is considered protected (see description below, under the heading, “Types of Protection”). This state constitutional amendment has required an onerous process for the conversion of such lands to non-conservation purposes. Some of these lands are further protected by state and federal requirements as part of accepting grant assistance for the purchase of or development/redevelopment of these properties if they were the subject of a grant award. These grant programs are the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the federal Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program (UPARR), and the state Local Acquisitions for Natural Diversity (LAND) and Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) Programs (formerly the Self-Help (SH) and Urban Self-Help (USH) Programs,
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory respectively). The requirement accepted as part of receiving the grant assistance is that land of equal or greater monetary value and equal or greater conservation (including recreation) utility must replace the land to be converted that was the subject of a grant award. This provides a more stringent degree of protection beyond Article 97 (in almost all cases, lands covered by this more stringent grant requirement are or will be subject to protection under Article 97). The Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund, administered by the Massachusetts Historical Commission, also contains requirements for grant-funded projects to maintain their historical integrity after completion of the project. For historic parks or open spaces associated with historic properties, this can also be a means of protection. Private lands where the deed is permanently restricted by a conservation easement or restriction, an agricultural preservation restriction, an historic restriction, an open space restriction, or a wetlands restriction are also considered protected.
Types of Protection Open space can be protected in a variety of ways and to different levels. Whether owned publicly or privately, limitations on the use of the “bundle” of ownership rights may either be self-imposed or externally imposed, permanent or temporary, revocable or irrevocable. The different methods of protecting open space in Boston include Article 97, zoning, historical designation, environmental regulations, conservation restrictions, conservation land trusts, and the “100-foot rule.” Article 97. An amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution, Article 97 passed in 1972. This provision prevents publicly-owned lands held for park, recreation, and conservation purposes from being used or disposed of for other purposes without a majority vote of the Parks or Conservation Commissions and the City Council, the approval of the Mayor, and a two-thirds vote of both houses of the State Legislature. Open space zoning. Zoning that forbids developed, non-open space uses can provide an additional level of protection to lands protected by Article 97. The City of Boston Zoning Ordinances include zoning for open space districts. Open space zoning prohibits or limits to varying degrees the development of open space lands. The protection of open space zoning has limitations,
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory as zoning is subject to change, and variances and special permits may be granted thereby allowing development or alternative use of open space lands which may not be in accord with the goals of, or intentions for, the open space. Also many protected open spaces are not yet zoned as open space districts or sub-districts. (Please see the map titled Aggregated Zoning of Open Spaces.) It is important to note that many, if not most, of the city’s privatelyowned open spaces are not zoned for open space use, but rather for residential, industrial, institutional, or commercial use, and are therefore not protected by zoning. Private owners who desire to do so may have their property zoned for open space. Historical designation status. Federal, state, and local laws provide for designation of certain parcels, structures, or districts as “historic” or “architectural.” As such, these laws require review by designated deliberative bodies or agencies, such as the Boston Landmarks Commission and the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Such review is meant to assure that the proposed project will at a minimum limit damage to the historical, architectural, or cultural artifacts or values of the subject property or properties. Many of Boston’s parks have historical designation status – either on the National Register of Historic Places, as outright designated Landmarks, or as parcels within an historic or architectural district. Several of these that have received historical designation are part of the Emerald Necklace park system. Given the number and significance of these and other parks of historical designation, the Parks and Recreation Department has assigned staff specifically charged with restoration and protection of these parks. This staffing commitment further ensures the protection of these open spaces that help define Boston’s character and quality of life. Environmental regulations. The environmental laws at the federal, state, and local level provide an array of protection for various types of environmental resources, including open spaces. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) provide procedures for public review of projects or policies of a magnitude that may possibly result in significant adverse effects on the environment. The MEPA procedure specifically calls for review of projects that may convert lands protected by Article 97, i.e., that may change the use or purpose of a property from an open space or conservation purpose protected by Article 97. Certain regions or sub-regions may be generally acknowledged as possessing sensitive and valued resources that require additional review. The MEPA process allows
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) or the Wetlands Protection Act are required to disclose whether the project is within such designated habitat areas and if so, what will be done to prevent significant adverse effects on such species or habitats. Conservation restrictions (CRs). Typically lasting “in perpetuity,” conservation restrictions are legally enforceable agreements voluntarily imposed by a landowner on their own land. (Conservation easements have similarities to CRs, but are now used less often than CRs. They are in force only for a limited number of years.) These restrictions commonly take the form of a deed restriction that prevents the development of a parcel of land. The landowner retains private ownership but surrenders development rights in exchange for a lower property tax rate and an income tax charitable deduction. State and federal guidelines apply in order to qualify for such tax advantages. These restrictions are considered to provide a high level of protection against development pressures. However, some are temporary, imposed for only a fixed period of time. A conservation land trust is a non-profit organization “directly involved in protecting land for its natural, recreational, scenic, historical, or productive value” (Starting A Land Trust: A Guide to Forming a Land Conservation Organization, The Land Trust Alliance, 1990, page 1). Some land trusts are involved solely in negotiating land transactions, while some others purchase land outright or purchase the development rights. Some conservation land trusts may have charters that require all land held by it to be preserved in perpetuity as open space, while other conservation land trusts may not have such restrictions. For example, some lands held by a less restrictive land trust may be sold, perhaps to raise funds for purchases of more significant lands. Some lands in such a land trust’s portfolio may be partially developed, perhaps to protect the higher priority, undeveloped portion of the original parcel with funds received from the developed portion. Some land trusts, whether restrictive or not, may hold parcels temporarily until a public agency can purchase them for inclusion in its inventory of protected lands. In Boston, the Parks and Recreation Commission carries out a city ordinance, Chapter 7, Section 4.11 of the City of Boston Code of Ordinances, known colloquially as the “100-foot rule.” This ordinance mandates that the Commission render its approval before building construction or alteration begins on any development project within 100 feet of any public park or parkway within the city. This allows the Commission the opportunity to
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory review projects that may have physical or visual impacts on adjacent or nearby parkland. Such parkland may be under city, state, or federal ownership. The Cemetery Division of the Parks Department administers the city owned cemeteries, with the Parks and Recreation Commission serving as the cemetery Board of Trustees. These cemeteries, in addition to protection under Article 97, obtain additional protection from conversion to non-cemetery uses by virtue of Chapter 114, Section 17 of the Massachusetts General Laws. This law states that municipal cemeteries over 100 years old cannot be used for anything but a cemetery, and that use of any portion of such cemeteries for another public use needs special authorization by the legislature. All cemeteries owned by the city of Boston are over 100 years old.
TYPES OF OPEN SPACES Parks Boston’s park system includes the oldest public open space in the nation, Boston Common, established in 1634. The Public Garden was the next significant addition; it was developed more than 200 years later in 1838. Still, Boston had far less designated parkland than other comparable cities by the latter part of the 19th century. Public discussion on the need for parklands led to the creation of the Boston Parks Commission in 1875. The new commission published a plan and the city designated $900,000 for the acquisition and development of new parklands. In 1878 the city hired Frederick Law Olmsted, America’s first and then most prominent landscape architect, to design and supervise the development of a comprehensive park system. In 1892, the Metropolitan Parks Commission was formed to provide for regional open space needs for Boston and its metropolitan area. The Metropolitan Parks Commission’s goal was to acquire parklands adjacent to water resources and other areas of natural significance. The Commission built parkways that linked newly acquired parklands to existing Boston parks. As the participation in outdoor recreation grew in the 1890s, small parks and playgrounds emerged in Boston’s neighborhoods. In 1898, the city passed legislation to construct a playground in each of its 22 wards; this initiative resulted in the construction of 41 sites by 1932.
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory While the city had continued to invest in its park system, the Metropolitan Parks Commission had incurred water and sewer responsibilities as part of the new Metropolitan District Commission (MDC). Water and sewer responsibilities became a high priority. By 1950, most of Boston’s parks and playgrounds were in place. Decreasing population and parks budgets following WWII resulted in a declining investment in Boston parks. City parks expenditures then rose intermittently until 1982 when the Parks Department budget was cut by more than one-half as a result of budget constraints caused by the passing of Proposition 21/2. The subsequent budget cuts resulted in the severe deterioration of the city’s park system. During this same period, the MDC’s water and sewer responsibilities were being re-allocated to a newly created agency, the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority. Without this burden, the MDC was able to reinvest more effort in its parks. The city also rediscovered interest in its parks as citizen outcry brought attention to the condition of the parks. In 1987, the Mayor’s office and the City Council approved $75 million to rebuild city parks and playgrounds. Boston now has over 2,300 acres of parkland under the jurisdiction of and maintained by the Parks Department. Boston’s parks contain monuments, fountains, statues, footbridges, trees, flower gardens, athletic fields, golf courses, playgrounds, squares, malls, and parkways. These include the signature 1,000-acre Emerald Necklace, most of which was designed by Olmsted. The Olmsteddesigned Emerald Necklace is made up of Charlesgate, the Back Bay Fens, the Riverway Park, Olmsted Park, Jamaica Pond Park, the Arnold Arboretum, and Franklin Park. The Commonwealth Avenue Mall connects the Olmsted-designed Emerald Necklace to the pre-Olmsted Public Garden and Boston Common. The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR, successor to the MDC and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM)) cares for and maintains significant parks in Boston including: the Belle Isle Marsh, Charles River, Stony Brook, Old Harbor, Dorchester Shores, and Neponset River Reservations, as well as Castle Island, the Southwest Corridor Park, and the Franklin Park Zoo (zoo operation and maintenance performed by the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation [aka Zoo New England]). It also maintains such parkways as the Jamaicaway, VFW Parkway,
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory Storrow Drive, Turtle Pond Parkway, Morton Street, and Day Boulevard.
Urban Wilds In 1976, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) issued a landmark document that inventoried and offered recommendations for Boston’s remaining unprotected natural areas. Boston’s Urban Wilds: A Natural Area Conservation Program designated 143 areas throughout the city, whether privately or publicly owned, and categorically ranked them for significance. It also offered strategies for their preservation within a then-limited spectrum of protection mechanisms. The BRA study offered a plan for land protection by identifying particular available spaces, defining priorities, and suggesting an aggressive strategy for acquisition. The report’s description of the irreplaceable nature of urban wilds reinforced the need for protection. In 1977 a private, non-profit organization, the Boston Natural Areas Fund, was formed to work with the city and state agencies to secure urban wilds inventoried in the BRA report. Since then, the city itself has developed an acquisition, advocacy, maintenance, and planning program for sensitive natural areas in need of permanent protection. Today, the Urban Wilds Initiative, administered through the Parks Department, manages more than 30 city-owned sites comprising more than 192 acres. The initiative staff collaborates with staff from the Boston Conservation Commission, which holds jurisdiction over most of the city-owned urban wilds, and serves as guarantor of their natural ecosystem values and functions. These marshes, woodlands, pastures, meadows, swamps, hilltops, ponds, and streams provide a vital ecological role as a repository for much of the remaining local biodiversity, and contribute to the maintenance of clean air and water throughout the city. Urban wilds expand the range of landscape experiences beyond that of the dense built environment and the designed and manicured landscapes of Boston’s parkland. In traditionally under-served neighborhoods, they offer a haven for people seeking a refuge from hectic city streets and serve as outdoor classrooms for children and adults learning about the natural world. However, these sites have in many cases suffered from years of neglect and abuse. Soil erosion, fires, illegal dumping of trash and debris, filling of wetlands, alterations in hydrology, and the
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory presence of non-native, invasive plant species are chronic problems in nearly all urban wilds and other natural areas. In 1998, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department made a major commitment toward addressing these problems by reviving the Urban Wilds Initiative. For the first time, a natural resource manager with ecological training was hired to administer the program on a full-time basis. Public access and use is a major mission of this initiative. With a strong focus on ecological restoration and stewardship, the revitalized Urban Wilds Initiative seeks to restore and enhance biological diversity and ecological values, such as flood storage, water filtration, wildlife habitat, and control of air quality, while accommodating and enhancing passive recreation and environmental education. Recent projects, such as the creation of a publicly accessible urban wild on Chelsea Creek at the brownfield known as the Condor Street Marsh in East Boston, and Geneva Avenue Cliffs in Dorchester, are aimed at accommodating access for a wide range of users and helping people understand and appreciate the importance of these vital natural areas.
Community Gardens Community gardening in Boston originally began in 1895. The Industrial Aid Society for the Prevention of Pauperism established a Committee for the Cultivation of Vacant Lots. This committee leased a farm on the outskirts of the city and provided plots for elderly men and women. Shortly after, the School Department and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society initiated a School Gardens Program. Community gardening gained popularity during the First and Second World Wars when the Victory Gardens program was established. This program was a national effort to increase locally grown produce, allowing more commercially grown produce to be shipped to troops overseas. Boston participated in this program by contributing schoolyards and parkland, including the Common, for use as gardens. The plots in the Back Bay Fens, now known as the Parker Memorial Victory Gardens, are the only remaining Victory Gardens in Boston. In the 1970s, community gardens regained popularity due to three factors: the creation of new vacant lots as a result of both a decrease in the city’s population and an increase in property disinvestment; the community empowerment movement; and the immigration of persons from agrarian-based cultures into the city.
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory In 1974, a state bill encouraged gardening on unused portions of state lands. The city’s largest community garden was created at the then state-owned Boston State Hospital site in Mattapan (the garden is now owned by the Massachusetts Audubon Society and incorporated as part of the Society’s Boston Nature Center). The following year, the city initiated the Revival Program, which was responsible for the construction of 30 community gardens. By 1978, garden groups and coalitions had formed in several of the city’s neighborhoods. These gardens provided important contributions to Boston’s open space. Community gardens are typically planted on underutilized land and vacant lots. These gardens range in size from one-tenth of an acre to 32 acres, although most are very small. Due to their small size, the piecemeal assembly of these gardens, and the continual organization and energy needed on the part of a number of community residents for their ongoing life, they are often subject to development pressures. These gardens are, however, productive ventures. Approximately 3,000 families generate an estimated $1.5 million worth of produce annually. This often assists low- and moderate-income families in meeting their food supply needs and budgets. Community gardens also have aesthetic and social qualities that strengthen their surrounding community. Gardens often fill vacant lots that would otherwise serve as possible dumping locations causing a sense of blight in the neighborhood. The gardens not only fill a physical void, they also serve as a common ground for residents, bringing them together through a common interest, for a common goal: to increase the quality of life in their neighborhood.
Cemeteries and Burying Grounds The city has 16 historic burying grounds and 3 large cemeteries. These burying grounds and cemeteries, which date between 1630 and 1892, are located in 13 Boston neighborhoods. More than 15,000 grave markers in these cemeteries honor founders of Boston, Revolutionary War heroes, and many other historical figures. Four burying grounds are located on the Freedom Trail and are visited by approximately 3,000 visitors per day who come to see the grave markers of such historical figures such as John Hancock and Paul Revere. Eleven other burying grounds are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with several of those located in historical and architectural conservation districts.
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory In addition to providing a link to Boston’s Puritan and Colonial past, these cemeteries provide relief in the form of open space. Many of these cemeteries and burying grounds are located in dense areas of the city in which open space is otherwise not abundant. The three larger city-owned cemeteries are still active, and are operated by the Parks Department. While privately owned cemeteries exist in Charlestown and East Boston, the most significant private cemeteries are located in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and West Roxbury. Forest Hills Cemetery is the largest private cemetery in Boston, and also its most significant. Its attractive landscape design has inspired other cemetery landscape designs. Its proximity to Franklin Park, Arnold Arboretum, the Boston State Hospital site, and Mount Hope Cemetery helps create a sizable green oasis for the city, giving relief from the sense of density in the heart of the city. Cedar Grove Cemetery in Dorchester helps provide an open space corridor between Dorchester Park and the Neponset River. The cemeteries in West Roxbury along the Newton border provide a large open space assemblage in this southwestern part of Boston, along with the DCR’s Brook Farm and the city’s Millennium Park at the former Gardner Street Landfill site.
PRIVATE OPEN SPACES Boston’s open space includes over 1,600 acres of private unprotected open space (see table below). An additional 27 acres are protected through ownership in non-profit land trusts (see table below). These 1,600 private unprotected acres represent almost 25 percent of the city’s total open space. This includes educational institution campuses and athletic fields, office tower plazas, religious institution campuses, Harborwalk segments, cemeteries, stadia and racetracks, a working farm, vacant lands, and private recreational land. This open space is unprotected, controlled by private owners who may choose to develop or otherwise alter their property so that land throughout the city that is taken for granted as open space may well disappear over time. Therefore, the city may lose the potential for new public parks, conservation areas, and recreation facilities. Such development would likely alter the visual and social character of parts of Boston. Such change does not take place overnight, but occurs incrementally. The inventory of unprotected, private open space includes some parcels that do not have much open space significance due to their
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory isolation, character, or small size. However, many are important based on their location abutting existing protected areas or in a neighborhood with a deficiency of open space, as links in green space corridors, as components of a large cluster of open space, or thanks to their special landscape character. While these lands are unprotected in the legal sense, several are important features for their owners from a functional point of view, so that total conversion would not appear likely. For example, the openness of college campuses does erode over time, but the bucolic image of a New England college campus with a leafy quad and sports fields in the distance is still a powerful marketing tool in the competitive higher education environment. Cemeteries can obtain permits to move graves, but such action would be highly unlikely. Still, many private unprotected parcels can be developed at a moment’s notice. One example is Lawrence Farm in Jamaica Plain, which is part of the working farm more commonly known as Allandale Farm that straddles both Brookline and Boston. Two out of the four parcels in this assemblage receive a preferential assessment for property tax purposes under M.G.L. Chapter 61A, a state law that seeks to promote agricultural land preservation. However, for the purposes of this inventory, lands assessed under M.G.L. Chapters 61, 61A, and 61B are not considered protected. These statutes enable property owners to gain a preferential property tax assessment for land in forestry, agricultural, or recreational use. These laws help preserve open space by relieving pressure on property owners to develop in order to pay their property taxes. The above mentioned two parcels at Lawrence (Allandale) Farm are assessed under Chapter 61A. Otherwise, no other properties in Boston have applied for the preferential tax assessment under M.G.L. Chapter 61, 61A, and 61B (please see the Lands under Chapter 61A map below). A condition of the preferential assessment is that the city holds the first right-of-refusal on any sale. However, these properties are not considered fully protected because the city would have to secure a relatively large sum of money in a short period of time (120 days) to exercise its right. The owner may also remove the property from the program by paying rollback or conveyance taxes. Therefore, the city must assume these properties are capable of being partially or fully developable at some time in the future. Thankfully, the owners of this property have placed an agricultural preservation restriction on one parcel in this assemblage. The restriction is being held by The Trustees of Reservations, the Commonwealth’s oldest private conservation organization. It has received the
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PUBLIC UNPROTECTED OPEN SPACES Boston’s open space includes 820 acres of publicly-owned open space that is not protected via Article 97, a permanent deed restriction, or some other legislative restriction (please see table below). The citywide total of public unprotected open space drops to 352 acres if such lands within the Harbor Islands are not considered. Excluding the Harbor Islands, this represents almost 5% of the city’s total open space acreage. Ownership of these public unprotected open spaces is distributed among state and city agencies and authorities. Some of these lands may be publicly accessible while others are not. Types of open spaces included in this category are vacant lands, wetlands, Harborwalk segments, squares and plazas, landscaped traffic islands, passive parks, steep slopes, abandoned rail lines, schoolyards, campuses, school athletic fields, community gardens, harbor shorefronts, rock outcrops, arterial medians, and children’s play lots. While unprotected according to the definition described at the beginning of this section, some of these properties are restricted to open space uses by other constraints. For example, the Wetlands Protection Act will prevent development on public and private properties that are in wetland resource areas, so that such properties as Wood Island Bay Marsh (Massport) and West Roxbury High School Marsh (City of Boston) are essentially undevelopable. On the other hand, the development and expansion plans of various agencies and authorities may require them to use for other purposes a property that is now prized as open space. For example, schools may need to expand, increasing the school building’s footprint at the expense of the schoolyard or campus, or the configuration of a road may change, leading to the reduction or elimination of a landscaped traffic island. A large portion of the community may support these goals, while others in the community may wish to retain the current open space uses.
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory Alternatively, the development plans of an agency or authority may lead to the creation or retention of open space. An example of this is the creation of Children’s Wharf Park near the Children’s Museum at Fort Point Channel. This park was constructed by the MBTA as part of the South Boston Transitway Tunnel project, to serve as mitigation for project impacts on Chapter 91 interests. Another example is the creation of revitalized schoolyards, usually with children’s play equipment included, through the Mayor’s Schoolyard Initiative (see Schoolyard Initiative map below). This initiative is spearheaded by the Department of Neighborhood Development, assisted by the School Department, the Chief of Basic City Services, Boston Centers for Youth & Families, the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund, and the Parks Department, and supported by the Boston Schoolyards Funders Collaborative, a group of private sector philanthropists. This initiative has transformed several schoolyards over the past ten years, with more schoolyards proposed for improvements. (In the year 2000, the initiative received the James C. Howland Gold Medal for Urban Enrichment.) This has come from the city’s recognition that children do not just learn in indoor classroom settings, but also in outdoor settings through play and interaction with the environment (one schoolyard included a created wetland, while others have nature trails and outdoor amphitheaters). Therefore, this initiative has helped retain open space and created additional play opportunities by enhancing these formerly barren spaces. These enhanced schoolyards will be used not only by the schoolchildren, but also by children who live near but do not attend that school. Nevertheless, some of the 820 acres of public unprotected open space may be at risk of being transformed into a non-open space use in the foreseeable future. Therefore, the possibility exists that new public parks, conservation areas, and recreation facilities may not be created. The visual and social character of certain parts of Boston may change incrementally because of such development. Each public unprotected open space parcel has its own degree of risk, and its own potential to become a valued and protected open space. The assessment of risk and potential has been presented elsewhere in this text, primarily in Section 7.
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Section 5 Open Space Inventory NOTES 1 Conservation does have a broad definition. According to the June 6, 1973 Opinion of the Attorney General (No. 45, found at page 139 of Public Document No. 12, Report of the Attorney General for the year ending June 30, 1973), also known as the “Quinn Opinion,’’ ‘’...parks, monuments, reservations, athletic fields, concert areas and playgrounds clearly qualify” as “covered by Article 97” as they were “taken or acquired for the protection of the people in their right to the conservation, development, and utilization of the agricultural, mineral, forest, water, air and other natural resources[.]’’’ (Pages 142-143). The opinion goes on to state that Article 97 declares as a public purpose “the protection of the people in their right to the conservation, development, and utilization of the agricultural, mineral, forest, water, air and other natural resources....” It further states that given such a major public purpose, “[p]arkland protection can afford not only the conservation of forest, water and air but also a means of utilizing these resources in harmony with their conservation.” (Page 142). Given this Attorney General opinion, well known as the basis for application of Article 97 to parkland, it would appear that parkland and park uses serve conservation purposes. As indicated by Attorney General Quinn’s list (“parks, monuments, reservations, athletic fields, concert areas and playgrounds”), all outdoor recreation, whether active or passive, is therefore a conservation use.
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Ownership, Jurisdiction & Management BCC BHA BPRD BPS BRA COB COM CommGrp/NP Cooper CGC DCR FPP Massport MBTA MTA MWRA NPS BNAN BUG MAS SELROSLT Private TTOR USA US COE USCG USPS White Fund
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Legend for Open Space Property Lists Page 1
Boston Conservation Commission Boston Housing Authority (COB) Boston Parks & Recreation Department Boston School Department (Boston Public Schools) Boston Redevelopment Authority (COB) City of Boston Commonwealth of Massachusetts Community Group/Nonprofit Cooper Community Garden Center Department of Conservation and Recreation (COM) Friends of Puddingstone Park Massachusetts Port Authority (COM) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (COM) Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (COM) Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (COM) National Park Service Boston Natural Areas Network (formerly Boston Natural Areas Fund) Boston Urban Gardeners Massachusetts Audubon Society South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust Land Owned by Private Individuals, Institutions, Corporations, Etc. The Trustees of Reservations United States of America US Army Corps of Engineers US Coast Guard United States Postal Service George Robert White Fund, City of Boston Trust
N.B.: The column titled "Ownership" refers to the fee simple owner of the property; the column titled "OS Ownership/Jurisdiction" refers to either the ownership of the open space rights to the property or to the agency with jurisdiction to manage the property as an open space; and the column titled "OS Management" refers to the entity which manages a property for open space purposes or uses. No entry in "OS Management" after an entry in either "Ownership" or "OS Ownership" means that the entity in "OS Ownership/Jurisdiction" (or in "Ownership" if there is no entry in "OS Ownership/ Jurisdiction") is responsible for open space management of the property. Example: Some parcels in Allandale Woods are owned in fee simple by a private owner, but the open space rights are held by the Boston Conservation Commission; however, the manager of these parcels for open space purposes or uses is the Boston Parks Department via its Urban Wilds Initiative.
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Legend for Open Space Property Lists Page 2
Public Access PA X
Publicly Accessible Yes
Protection 100 A97 ACEC Airport Mit BL BF CAT Mit Ch114s17 Ch61A Ch91 CR DR Easement GPOD Land Trust License LWCF MPPF NHP NHL NPS NRHP PR SH SURF Temp CR UPARR USH WPA
Boston Parks & Recreation Commission "100' Rule" Article 97, Amendments to Massachusetts Constitution Area of Critical Environmental Concern (MEPA) Logan International Airport Mitigation Program Boston Landmark (Local Historic Designation) Edmund Ingersoll Browne Fund, City of Boston Trust Central Artery/Tunnel Project Mitigation Program MGL Chapter 114 Section 17 (Cemetery Preservation) MGL Chapter 61A (Property Tax Relief for Agricultural Uses) MGL Chapter 91 (Tidelands Protection) Conservation Restriction Deed Restriction Easement for Open Space, Conservation, or Public Access Purposes Greenway Protection Overlay District (COB Zoning Code) Land Trust or NonProfit Ownership Non-Proprietary Permit for Use of Land Land and Water Conservation Fund (NPS) Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (COM) National Historic Landmark National Park Service Jurisdiction National Register of Historic Places Historic Preservation Restriction Self-Help Program (COM) Strategic Urban Recreation Facility (COM) Temporary Conservation Restriction Urban Park & Recreation Recovery Program (NPS) Urban Self-Help Program (COM) Wetlands Protection Act (COM)
Protected Open Spaces POS X
Protected Open Space Yes
Condition C E G F P
Conditon Excellent Good Fair Poor
Commonwealth Avenue Mall I Copley Square Dartmouth Street Mall
Charlesgate Clarendon Street Totlot
Charles River Reservation IV
Central Burying Ground
11.90 X COB 1.85 X COB 1.00 X COB
5.60 X COM 0.33 X COB
33.78 X COM
1.65 X COB
46.52 X COB
COB COB COB COB Private
Boston Common
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X COM COM COM X COB X COB X COB X COB X COB X COB X COB X COB X COB X COB X COM A COB X COB X COB COB X COB X COB X COM
10.26 8.17 0.74 14.80 0.45
115.80 0.11 0.35 5.53 0.18 20.77 0.04 5.10 1.47 0.81 1.01 0.12 1.31 6.98 0.40 5.89 0.27 0.17 0.76 4.28 6.97
92.99 X COM
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Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt DCR 0.48 X COM BCC Private 0.45 X Private BPRD 0.51 X COB BPRD 9.33 X COB BPRD 18.91 X COB DCR 0.40 COM
Ringer Playground Rogers Park Shubow Park Smith Playground Theresa Hynes Park
Chestnut Hill Reservoir Chestnut Hill Reservoir Garden Christian Herter Garden Commonwealth Avenue Outbound Cunningham Park Evergreen Cemetery Fern Square Fidelis Way Park Hardiman Playground Hobart Park Hooker-Sorrento Street Playground Jackson Square Joyce Playground Leo M. Birmingham Parkway Market Street Burying Ground McKinney Playground Oak Square Penniman Road Garden Penniman Road Play Area Portsmouth Street Playground Reilly Playground
Charles River Reservation III
Open Space Site Name Boyden Park Brian Honan Park Brighton Square Cassidy Playground Chandler Pond Charles River Community Garden
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Protection POS C Neighborhood A97 Allston-Brighton X A97/CR Allston-Brighton X A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97/LWCF X G Allston-Brighton A97/WPA X G Allston-Brighton A97/WPA Allston-Brighton X A97/Ch91/ WPA Allston-Brighton X A97/NRHP/ WPA Allston-Brighton X A97 Allston-Brighton X A97 Allston-Brighton X A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97/Ch114S7 X G Allston-Brighton A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97/LWCF X G Allston-Brighton A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97/LWCF X G Allston-Brighton A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97 Allston-Brighton X A97/Ch114S7 X G Allston-Brighton A97/USH X G Allston-Brighton A97/LWCF X G Allston-Brighton A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97/UPARR X G Allston-Brighton A97 Allston-Brighton X A97/LWCF/ USH X G Allston-Brighton A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97 X G Allston-Brighton A97/LWCF X G Allston-Brighton A97/CR Allston-Brighton X A97/NHL/ LWCF X G Back Bay/Beacon Hill A97/NHL/PR/ BL/Ch114S17 X G Back Bay/Beacon Hill A97/Ch91/ WPA Back Bay/Beacon Hill X A97/Ch91/ WPA Back Bay/Beacon Hill X A97 X G Back Bay/Beacon Hill A97/LWCF/ NRHP X G Back Bay/Beacon Hill A97 X G Back Bay/Beacon Hill A97 X G Back Bay/Beacon Hill
Section 5: Open Space Inventory
Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Commercial/Office/Business District
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Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District
Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District
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General Zoning Districts Institutional District Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District
Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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Cemeteries & Burying Grounds
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Community Gardens Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches
Open Space Type Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens
Protected Open Space Page 1
1.98 0.61 0.11 0.28 1.12 0.77 0.88 0.11 0.43 X COB 2.34 X COB 0.05 X COB 3.34 X BRA 2.03 X COM 1.77 X COM 0.79 X COB 0.29 X COB 1.28 X COM 2.09 0.08 0.23 0.03 0.42 3.66 1.12 3.75 X USA 0.11 X COB
Copp's Hill Burying Ground Copp's Hill Terrace Curley Memorial Plaza Cutillo Park DeFilippo Playground Eliot Norton Park I Faneuil Square Foster Street Play Area
King's Chapel Burying Ground
Langone Park Lincoln Square
Long Wharf
Nashua Street Park
North Point Park Paul Revere Mall Polcari Park
Prince Street Park
Puopolo Playground Rachel Revere Square Statler Park Tai Tung Tot Lot Union Park Barry Playground Bunker Hill Burying Ground
Bunker Hill Monument Caldwell Street Play Area
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COB COB BRA COB COB COB COB COB
4.74 X COB 5.93 X BRA
Christopher Columbus Park City Hall Plaza X X X X X X X X
14.90 X COM 0.24 X COB
COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB
Charles River Reservation I Charter Street Park
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1.85 0.15 0.12 23.48 0.06 0.18 0.02 0.08
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Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt
Granary Burying Ground Myrtle Street Playground Phillips Street Park Public Garden Temple Street Park Angell Memorial Square Bay Village Garden Bay Village Neighborhood Park
Open Space Site Name
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Protection POS C Neighborhood A97/NRHP/ PR/BL/ Ch114S7 X G Back Bay/Beacon Hill A97/LWCF X G Back Bay/Beacon Hill A97 X G Back Bay/Beacon Hill A97/LWCF X G Back Bay/Beacon Hill MPPF X Back Bay/Beacon Hill A97 X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97/Ch91/ WPA Central Boston X A97 X G Central Boston A97/LWCF/ Ch91/WPA X G Central Boston A97 Central Boston X A97/NRHP/ PR/Ch114S7 X G Central Boston A97/NRHP X G Central Boston A97 Central Boston X A97/LWCF X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97/Ch114S7/ NRHP X G Central Boston A97/Ch91/ WPA X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97/LWCF/ Ch91/WPA Central Boston X A97/Ch91/ WPA Central Boston X A97/Ch91/ WPA Central Boston X A97 X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97/Ch91/ WPA Central Boston X A97/Ch91/ WPA X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97 X G Central Boston A97 Central Boston X A97 X G Charlestown A97/Ch114S7 X G Charlestown NPS/NRHP/ PR Charlestown X A97 X G Charlestown
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Residential District Industrial District
Open Space District Open Space District Special District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District
Open Space District
Special District Open Space District Open Space District
Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Cemeteries & Burying Grounds
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches
Malls, Squares & Plazas
Special District Open Space District
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas
Cemeteries & Burying Grounds
Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas
Open Space Type
Open Space District Special District
Commercial/Office/Business District
Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Special District Open Space District Open Space District
Open Space District Open Space District
Open Space District Open Space District
Open Space District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District
General Zoning Districts
Protected Open Space Page 2
1.87 X COM
COB COB COB COB
COM COB COB COM COM
Old Harbor Easement
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COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COM COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COM COB COB COB
1.12 0.54 0.23 0.05
26.12 1.31 6.20 5.23 0.22
Malibu Beach Martin/Hilltop Playground McConnell Park McMorrow Playground Meany Park
X X X X X X X X X X X X A X A X X X X X X X X
Mother's Rest at Four Corners Mt. Bowdoin Green Mullen Square O'Donnell Square I
8.97 0.07 0.89 0.67 1.35 1.26 0.20 0.51 0.36 2.25 0.24 5.73 3.30 27.30 1.94 0.14 0.81 0.06 0.07 0.48 5.27 1.83 4.40
6.40 X COM 1.75 A COB
Ryan Playground Thompson Square Winthrop Square Adams/King Playground Allen Park Byrne Playground Centervale Park Conley & Tenean Streets Park Coppens Square Cronin/Wainwright Park Deer Street Park Doherty/Gibson Playground Dorchester North Burying Ground Dorchester Park Dorchester South Burying Ground Doucette Square Downer Avenue Playground Fernald Rock Florida Street Reservation Gallivan/Hallet Circle Garvey Playground Geneva Cliffs Hemenway Playground
Paul Revere Park Phipp's Street Burying Ground
1.88 BRA 24.31 X USA
BRA COM COB COB COB COB COB
Little Mystic Access Area Navy Yard Grounds
X X X X X X X
10.22 1.21 0.10 3.02 1.33 0.17 0.83
DCR
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BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD DCR BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BCC BPRD DCR BPRD BCC BPRD
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NPS
DCR BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD
BPRD
BPRD
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt
Charlestown Naval Shipyard Park I City Square Cook Street Play Area Doherty Playground Edwards Playground Hayes Square John Harvard Mall
Open Space Site Name
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
Protection POS C Neighborhood A97/LWCF/ Ch91/WPA Charlestown X A97 Charlestown X A97 X G Charlestown A97/USH X G Charlestown A97 X G Charlestown A97 X G Charlestown A97 X G Charlestown A97/LWCF/ Ch91/WPA Charlestown X NPS Charlestown X A97/Ch91/ WPA Charlestown X A97/Ch114S7 X G Charlestown A97/USH/ Ch91/WPA X G Charlestown A97 X G Charlestown A97 X G Charlestown A97 X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97 Dorchester X A97 X G Dorchester A97/UPARR X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97/Ch114S7 X G Dorchester A97/USH X G Dorchester A97/Ch114S7 X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97 X Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97 Dorchester X A97 X G Dorchester A97 Dorchester X A97/UPARR X G Dorchester A97/Ch91/ WPA Dorchester X A97 X G Dorchester A97/LWCF X G Dorchester A97 Dorchester X A97 Dorchester X A97/LWCF/ USH X E Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97/Esmnt/ WPA/Ch91 Dorchester X
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Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District
Open Space District Residential District Open Space District Industrial District Residential District
Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Industrial District Residential District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District Residential District Residential District
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Cemeteries & Burying Grounds
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Special District Industrial District Open Space District Residential District
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas
Open Space Type
Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District
General Zoning Districts
Protected Open Space Page 3
6.15 X COM 6.95 X COB 0.71 X COB 3.38 X COB
Victory Road Park Walsh Playground Wellesley Park
American Legion Playground
LoPresti Park
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COM COB COB COB COB
3.37 X COB
25.40 0.23 2.61 14.79 0.23
0.45 X COB
Condor Street Overlook
Constitution Beach Cuneo Park East Boston Greenway East Boston Memorial Park Golden Stairs Terrace Park
3.75 X COB
Condor Street Beach
COM COB MTA Masport COB COB
8.70 X COM 2.12 X COM 1.31 X COM
Tenean Beach Toohig Playground Ventura Playground
X A X X X X
9.58 X COM 8.29 X COB 0.35 X COB
Savin Hill Marsh Savin Hill Park Stanley-Bellevue Park
143.75 3.59 17.79 0.01 0.77 0.91
1.77 X COM
Savin Hill Cove
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation Bennington Street Cemetery Bremen Street Park I Bremen Street Park Ii Brophy Park Central Square
2.99 X COM
COM COB COM COB COB
Savin Hill Beach
X X X X X
11.27 X COB 0.63 X COB
163.85 0.37 1.12 0.83 10.19
7.92 X COM 0.05 X COB
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Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt
Ronan Park Ryan Play Area
Pope John Paul II Park Quincy/Stanley Play Area Richardson Park Ripley Playground Roberts Playground
Old Harbor Park Peabody Square
Open Space Site Name
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
Protection POS C Neighborhood A97/Ch91/ WPA Dorchester X A97 X G Dorchester A97/ACEC/W PA Dorchester X A97 X G Dorchester A97 Dorchester X A97/UPARR X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97/LWCF/ USH X E Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97/Ch91/ WPA Dorchester X A97/Ch91/ WPA Dorchester X A97/Ch91/ WPA Dorchester X A97 X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97/ACEC/ WPA Dorchester X A97 Dorchester X A97/WPA Dorchester X A97/Ch91/ WPA Dorchester X A97/LWCF X G Dorchester A97 X G Dorchester A97/LWCF/ UPARR X G East Boston A97/WPA/ Ch91/ACEC/ LWCF East Boston X Ch114S7/A97 X G East Boston CAT Mit East Boston X CAT Mit East Boston X A97/LWCF X G East Boston A97/USH X G East Boston A97/LWCF/ SH/Ch91/ WPA East Boston X A97/Ch91/ WPA East Boston X A97/Ch91/ WPA East Boston X A97 X G East Boston A97/WPA X G East Boston A97/UPARR X G East Boston A97 X G East Boston A97/LWCF/ Ch91/WPA X G East Boston
Section 5: Open Space Inventory
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Open Space District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Residential District
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Open Space District
Open Space District Open Space District Special District Special District Open Space District Open Space District
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Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
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Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas
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20.12 X COM
Outer Brewster Island 1.32 X COM
13.65 X COM
Middle Brewster Island
Shag Rocks
60.96 X COM
Lovell's Island
23.94 X COM
Great Brewster Island
0.81 X COM
40.45 X COM
Georges Island
Little Calf Island
25.09 X COM
Gallups Island
1.75 X COM
22.42 X COM
Calf Island
Green Island
6.54 COB 15.24 X COB 0.50 X COB 2.00 X COB
Richard Parker Memorial CG Riverway I Symphony Community Park Westland Avenue Gates
6.63 X COB 0.30 X COB 0.53 X COB
COM COB COB COB COB COB
Joseph Lee Playground Joslin Park Ramler Park
X X X X X X
2.04 0.94 0.11 2.33 0.79 2.06
12.65 X COM
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Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore
Protection POS C Neighborhood A97 X G East Boston A97/LWCF X G East Boston A97 X G East Boston A97/LWCF X G East Boston A97 X G East Boston A97 X G East Boston A97 X G East Boston A97 X G East Boston A97 X G East Boston A97/NRHP X G Fenway/Kenmore A97/Ch91/ WPA Fenway/Kenmore X A97/Ch91/ WPA Fenway/Kenmore X A97/LWCF X G Fenway/Kenmore A97 X G Fenway/Kenmore A97 X G Fenway/Kenmore A97 X G Fenway/Kenmore A97 X G Fenway/Kenmore A97/LWCF/ UPARR/Ch91/ WPA/BF X G Fenway/Kenmore A97 X G Fenway/Kenmore A97 X G Fenway/Kenmore
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Private+ BPRD A97/WPA A97/WPA A97 A97 A97/Ch91/ WPA A97/Ch91/ WPA A97/Ch91/ WPA/NRHP A97/Ch91/ WPA A97/Ch91/ WPA A97/Ch91/ WPA A97/Ch91/ WPA A97/Ch91/ WPA A97/Ch91/ WPA A97/Ch91/ WPA
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt BPRD 0.43 X COB BPRD 8.22 X COB BPRD 0.79 X COB BPRD 0.71 X COB BPRD 0.28 X COB BPRD 0.26 X COB BPRD 0.48 X COB BPRD 0.73 X COB BPRD 0.28 X COB BPRD 56.32 X COB
Charlesgate Commonwealth Avenue Mall II Edgerly Road Playground Evans Way Park Forsyth Mall Forsyth Park
Charles River Reservation II
Open Space Site Name McLean Playground Noyes Playground Paris Street Playground Porzio Park I Prescott Square Putnam Square Sumner & Lamson Street Playground The Rockies Veterans Park I Back Bay Fens
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
No Zoning Classification Available
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Residential District Institutional District Institutional District
Residential District Residential District Special District Residential District Institutional District Residential District
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General Zoning Districts Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District
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Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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Open Space Type Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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COB COM COM COM COB COB COM COM COM COB COB COB COM
1.16 X COM
Arborway Overpass Path 158.47 X COB
9.72 X COB
Arborway
Arnold Arboretum I
0.42 X COB
X COM X COM X COM COB X COB
X COM X COM COB X COB X COM X COM X COM X COM X COM X COB X COB X COB X COM X COM X COB
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60 Paul Gore Street Garden
292.26 2.71 6.92 2.53 0.04
5.78 30.39 4.12 3.79 7.19 74.58 0.95 5.50 0.87 6.20 13.04 23.81 4.15 12.70 0.32
Martini Playground Mill Pond Reservation Monterey Hilltop I Mother Brook III Moynihan Playground Neponset River Reservation II Neponset River Reservation III Neponset Valley Parkway Railroad Avenue Reservation Road Park Ross Playground Sherrin Woods Smith Pond Playground I Smith Pond Playground II Stonehill Park
Stony Brook Reservation I Truman Highway Weider Park West Street Williams Square
0.25 2.87 0.69 0.82 0.47 1.31 0.44 0.94 0.69 57.25 4.91 0.16 19.75
8.86 X COB 0.45 X COB
63.44 X COM
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Blake Estates Urban Wild Camp Meigs Colella Playground Dana Avenue DeForest Urban Wild I Dell Rock Dooley Playground Doyle Playground Factory Hill Playground Fairview Cemetery Iacono/Readville Playground Jeremiah Hurley Memorial Park Kelly Playground
Spectacle Island II Amatucci Playground
Spectacle Island I
Open Space Site Name
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
Protection POS C Neighborhood A97/CAT Mit/Ch91/ WPA Harbor Islands X A97/CAT Mit/Ch91/ WPA X G Harbor Islands A97 X G Hyde Park A97/Easemnt/ WPA Hyde Park X A97/ACEC Hyde Park X A97 Hyde Park X A97/WPA Hyde Park X A97 Hyde Park X A97 X G Hyde Park A97 Hyde Park X A97 Hyde Park X A97 Hyde Park X A97/Ch114S7 X G Hyde Park A97 X G Hyde Park A97 X G Hyde Park A97 Hyde Park X A97/LWCF/ WPA Hyde Park X A97/WPA Hyde Park X A97 Hyde Park X A97/WPA Hyde Park X A97 Hyde Park X A97/WPA Hyde Park X A97/WPA Hyde Park X A97 Hyde Park X A97/WPA Hyde Park X A97/WPA Hyde Park X A97 X G Hyde Park A97 Hyde Park X A97/WPA Hyde Park X A97/WPA Hyde Park X A97 X E Hyde Park A97/LWCF/ WPA Hyde Park X A97 Hyde Park X A97 Hyde Park X A97/WPA Hyde Park X A97 X G Hyde Park Jamaica Plain/ A97 X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ A97/GPOD X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill A97 X Jamaica Plain/ A97/WPA/ GPOD X E Mission Hill
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Residential District Industrial District Residential District Industrial District Residential District
Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District Residential District Industrial District Residential District Industrial District Residential District Residential District Residential District Industrial District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District
Industrial District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Industrial District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District
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Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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Community Gardens
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas
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Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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0.19 X COB 0.91 X COM 1.04 X COM 0.09 X COB 0.11 X COB 0.05 X COB
Brewer/Burroughs Tot Lot
Centre Street
Chestnut Street
Forbes Street Playground
Gibbons Playground
Hanlon Square
0.81 X COB 2.60 X COB 1.36 X COB
Mozart Street Playground
Murphy Playground
Nira Rock
1.58 X Private 6.71 X COB 0.33 X COB 0.23 X COM 5.90 X COB
Parker Hilltop
Parkman Memorial
Paul Gore Street Playground
Perkins Street
Riverway II
42.96 X COB
2.69 X COB
Mission Hill Playground
Olmsted Park
11.73 X COB
0.06 X COB
McLaughlin Playground
Mahoney Square
Private
2.60 X COM
Johnson Park I 41.70
3.30 X COB
Jefferson Playground
Lawrence Farm
4.72 X COB
Jamaicaway
97.70 X COB
0.17 X COB
Beecher Street Play Area
Jamaica Pond Park
3.72 X COB
A97 A97 A97 A97/WPA A97/GPOD A97/USH A97 A97/AP/ Ch61A (Part) A97 A97/LWCF A97/LWCF/ UPARR/BF/ USH A97/LWCF A97 A97 A97/WPA/ NRHP
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Jamaica Plain/ E Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ G Mission Hill
POS C Neighborhood Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill X Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill X Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill X Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill X Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill X Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ X E Mission Hill
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Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt
Back of the Hill
Open Space Site Name
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Residential District
Open Space District
Open Space District
Open Space District
Institutional District
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Open Space District
Open Space District
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Commercial/Office/Business District
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Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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Open Space Type
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Stony Brook Reservation III Walter Street Cemetery Beauford Play Area Cedar Square Ceylon Park I Children's Park Clifford Playground Crawford Street Playground Dennis Street Park
65.66 0.87 0.24 0.62 4.17 0.23 7.66 1.72 0.42
24.35 156.37 9.54 0.88 129.79 2.73 2.07 0.44 5.41
5.95 0.53 1.18 0.75 66.90 7.51 0.69
Walker Playground Willowwood Rock Woodhaven Adams Park Arnold Arboretum II Fallon Field Forest Hills Rotary
Franklin Park II George Wright Golf Course Healy Playground McGann Park Mt. Hope Cemetery Pagel Playground Parkman Playground Poplar Street Play Area Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild I
45.56 0.16 0.26 6.14 21.60 0.70
Harambee Park Kennedy Garden Kennedy Playground Msgr. Francis A. Ryan Park Neponset River Reservation I Thetford/Evans Playground
0.08 X COB
South Street Mall 6.30 17.05 21.08 0.25 12.26 10.31
0.34 X COB
South Street Courts
Willow Pond Meadow Almont Park/Hunt Playground Canterbury II Ernst Chery Jr. Playground Franklin Park Zoo Parking Gladeside I
0.13
Soldier's Monument
X X X X X X X X X
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0.07 X COB
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G G G G G G G G
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Roslindale Roslindale Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury
Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale
E Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan G Roslindale E Roslindale G Roslindale Roslindale
G Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan G Mattapan
POS C Neighborhood Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ X G Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill X X G Mattapan Mattapan X X G Mattapan Mattapan X Mattapan X
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BPRD
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt
Rossmore/Stedman Park
Open Space Site Name
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
Residential District Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District
Open Space District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District Residential District
Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Residential District Open Space District
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Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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0.12 2.52 1.87 1.68 0.13 0.12 0.67 0.14 0.70 0.07 0.79 11.87 5.09 0.76 0.32 0.31 2.26 0.57 0.53 1.76 0.38 1.24 1.35 12.57 1.56 0.66 24.73 X COM
Holborn Street Playlot Horatio Harris Park Howes Playground Jeep Jones Park King Street Play Area Kittredge Square Lambert Avenue Playground Laurel Street Green Laviscount Park Linwood Park Little Scobie Playground Malcolm X Park Marcella Playground Morton Street Msgr. Roussin Play Area Mt. Pleasant Play Area
Orchard Park Puddingstone Park Quincy Street Play Area Roxbury Heritage State Park I St. James Street Park Trotter School Playground Warren Gardens/Gendrot Trust White Stadium Winthrop Playground Buckley Playground
Carson Beach
Children's Wharf Harborwalk
63.82 X COB 1.97 X COB 3.63 X COB
Franklin Park Zoo Hannon Playground Highland Park
0.25 X Private
COB COB COB COM COB COB BRA COB X COB X COB
X X X X X X X
COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COM COB COB
16.44 X COB
Franklin Park III
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
368.23 X COB
DCR BPRD BPRD
Zoo New England A97/LWCF A97 A97/LWCF A97/LWCF/ BPRD USH BPRD A97/LWCF BPRD A97/UPARR BPRD A97 BPRD A97 BPRD A97 BPRD A97 BPRD A97 BPRD A97 BPRD A97 BPRD A97 BPRD A97/LWCF BPRD A97/LWCF DCR A97/WPA BPRD A97 BPRD A97 A97/USH/ BPRD UPARR BPRD A97/BF BPRD A97/USH DCR A97 BPRD A97 BPRD A97/UPARR BPRD A97/DR White Fund BPS A97 BPRD A97/UPARR BPRD A97 A97/Ch91/ DCR WPA A97/Easemnt/ BPRD Private Ch91/WPA
DCR
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Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Institutional District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District
E Roxbury G Roxbury E Roxbury Roxbury G Roxbury E Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury G Roxbury G South Boston South Boston G South Boston
Industrial District
Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Open Space District
Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury G Roxbury G Roxbury G G G G G G G G G G G G G
Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District
Open Space District
Open Space District
General Zoning Districts Open Space District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District Open Space District
G Roxbury G Roxbury G Roxbury
Protection POS C Neighborhood A97 X G Roxbury A97 Roxbury X A97 X G Roxbury A97/Ch114S7 X G Roxbury A97 X G Roxbury A97/LWCF X G Roxbury A97 X G Roxbury A97 X G Roxbury A97/LWCF/ UPARR/USH/ WPA/NRHP X G Roxbury A97/LWCF/ Zoo New UPARR/USH/ England NRHP/Lease X Roxbury
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt BPRD 0.08 X COB DCR 0.53 X COM BPRD 0.62 X COB BPRD 0.80 A COB BPRD 0.12 X COB BPRD 0.37 X COB BPRD 0.18 X COB BPRD 1.31 X COB
Franklin Park I
Open Space Site Name Denton Square Dudley Cliffs Dudley Town Common Eliot Burying Ground Elm Hill Park Erie/Ellington Playground Fenelon Street Playground Flaherty Playground
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
Malls, Squares & Plazas
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Open Space Type Malls, Squares & Plazas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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49.00 X COB 10.59 X COB
Allandale Woods I
Allandale Woods II
2.62 X Private
COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB
Allandale Field
X X X A X X X X X X
5.49 0.38 2.75 1.48 0.17 1.75 0.37 0.12 0.16 0.34
Ramsay Park Ringgold Park Rotch Playground South End South Burying Ground St. Helena's Park Titus Sparrow Park Union Park Square Waltham Square West Rutland Square Worcester Square
COM COB USA COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB COB
47.70 0.48 4.40 0.12 2.44 0.09 0.05 4.91 0.89 0.06 0.15 2.48 0.20 0.28 0.11 0.31 0.72 3.40
Strandway/Castle Island Sweeney Playground Thomas Park/Telegraph Hill Union Burying Ground Blackstone Square Braddock Park Bradford Street Play Area Carter Playground Chester Park Childe Hassam Park Concord Square Franklin Square Harriet Tubman Square Hayes Park Hiscock Park Msgr. Reynolds Playground O'Day Playground Peters Park I
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
14.66 X COM
COM COM COB COB
Reserved Channel
X X X X
4.40 17.20 6.18 1.49
5.57 X COB 0.20 X COB
BCC
BPRD
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Private
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt BPRD 5.44 X COB DCR 17.19 X COM BPRD 0.25 X COB BPRD 0.25 X COB BPRD 58.77 X COB
M Street Beach Marine Park Medal of Honor Park Orton Field
L Street Beach Lincoln Square
Open Space Site Name Christopher Lee Playground Columbia Road/Day Boulevard Flaherty Park Hawes Burying Ground Joe Moakley Park
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
Protection POS C Neighborhood A97/LWCF X G South Boston A97 South Boston X A97 X G South Boston A97/Ch114S7 X G South Boston A97/UPARR X G South Boston A97/Ch91/ WPA X G South Boston A97 X G South Boston A97/Ch91/ WPA South Boston X A97 South Boston X A97 X G South Boston A97 X G South Boston A97/Ch91/ WPA South Boston X A97/Ch91/ WPA South Boston X A97 X G South Boston NPS/NRHP South Boston X A97/Ch114S7 X G South Boston A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97/LWCF X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97/LWCF X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97/UPARR X G South End A97 X G South End A97/UPARR/U SH X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97/Ch114S7 X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97 X G South End A97/DR/WPA/ 100/GPOD X G West Roxbury A97/WPA/ GPOD X G West Roxbury A97/LWCF/ WPA West Roxbury X
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Open Space District
Conservation Protection Subdistrict
Conservation Protection Subdistrict
Open Space District Residential District Industrial District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Industrial District Residential District Residential District
Open Space District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Residential District
Industrial District
Open Space District Open Space District Residential District Residential District
Open Space District Residential District
General Zoning Districts Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District Open Space District
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Malls, Squares & Plazas
Open Space Type Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Protected Open Space Page 10
20.75 X COB 0.09 X COB 0.50 X COB
Millennium Park II Piemonte Park Rivermoor III 146.64 X COM 141.89 X COM 13.17 X COM 32.25 X COM 0.90 X COB 0.03 COB
Sawmill Brook/Brook Farm
Stony Brook Reservation II
VFW Parkway West Roxbury Parkway
Westerly Burying Ground Zero Quinn Way
Private COM COB COB COB COB COB COM COM COB COB
0.16 26.78 10.78 0.47 5.79 0.06 0.69 46.02 15.33 6.36 82.53
Allandale Woods ROW Bellevue Hill Reservation Billings Field Carroll Pond Playground Draper Playground Duffie Square Dunbarton Woods I Hancock Woods I Havey Beach Hynes Playground Millennium Park I
X X X X X X X X X X X
29.16 X Private
BPRD BPRD
DCR DCR
DCR
DCR
BCC BPRD BCC
BCC DCR BPRD BPRD BPRD BPRD BCC DCR DCR BPRD
BCC
X X
X X
X
X
X X X
X X X X X X X X X X X
G West Roxbury G West Roxbury
West Roxbury West Roxbury
West Roxbury
West Roxbury
West Roxbury G West Roxbury West Roxbury
E E
G G G G
West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury
Protection POS C Neighborhood A97/Easemnt/ WPA West Roxbury X
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BPRD Private+ BPRD A97 A97 A97/LWCF A97 A97 A97 BPRD A97 A97/WPA A97/WPA A97 BPRD SURF/WPA A97/SURF/ BPRD WPA A97 BPRD A97/WPA A97/WPA/ NRHP A97/LWCF/ WPA A97/WPA/ GPOD A97/WPA A97/Ch114S7/ NRHP A97
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt
Allandale Woods III
Open Space Site Name
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District
Commercial/Office/Business District Commercial/Office/Business District
Residential District
Open Space District
Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District
Conservation Protection Subdistrict Open Space District Open Space District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Conservation Protection Subdistrict Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District
Conservation Protection Subdistrict
General Zoning Districts
Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parkways, Reservations & Beaches
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Open Space Type
Protected Open Space Page 11
6.85 X CommGrp/NP 0.67 0.34 0.17 0.51 0.07
0.61 0.08
Kevin Fitzgerald Park
Minton Stable Garden
Mission Hill Community Garden I
Nira Avenue Garden
Paul Gore/Beecher Street Garden
Round Hill Street Garden
Southwest Corridor Community Farm
St Rose Street Garden
Starr Lane Park Boston Nature Center Clark/Cooper Community Garden Lucerne/Balsam Street Garden Leland Street Herb Garden
0.37
Forbes Street Garden
0.06 BNAN 56.91 X Private 5.66 Private 0.23 BNAN 0.26 BNAN
BNAN
CommGrp/NP
BNAN
BNAN
BNAN
BNAN
BNAN
BNAN
0.27 X BNAN
BNAF Parcel
BNAN
Private
0.07
169.87
0.36 Private 0.07 CommGrp/NP 0.11 CommGrp/NP 0.10 BNAN 0.09 CommGrp/NP 0.09 CommGrp/NP 0.08 CommGrp/NP 0.10 Private 0.22 BNAN 1.37 BNAN 0.36 X CommGrp/NP 0.30 CommGrp/NP 0.10 BNAN 0.07 CommGrp/NP 0.15 BNAN 0.15 BNAN 0.22 BNAN 0.30 BNAN
Acres PA Ownership
Arcola Park Garden
Thompson Island
Gardens for Charlestown 10 Josephine Street Garden 29 Josephine Street Garden Audrey Jacobs Memorial CG Barry Street Garden Bullard Street Garden Clayborne Street Garden Fannie Lou Hamer Community Garden Monadnock Street Garden Nightingale Garden Nonquit Green Quincy/Coleman Garden Spencer Street Garden Torrey Street Park Garden Wheatland Avenue Victory Garden Eagle Hill Memorial Park Garden Joe Ciampa Garden Symphony Road Garden
Open Space Site Name
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
MAS MAS
BCC
FPP
BUG
BUG BUG
BUG BUG
Open Space Ownership/ Jurisdiction
BUG
Open Space Mgt
Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust
Land Trust
Land Trust/Esmnt
Land Trust
Land Trust
Land Trust
Land Trust
Land Trust
Land Trust
Land Trust
Land Trust
Land Trust
Land Trust
Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust
Protection
Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Roslindale
Harbor Islands Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill
Charlestown Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester East Boston East Boston Fenway/Kenmore
POS C Neighborhood
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Residential District Industrial District Industrial District Open Space District Open Space District
Residential District
Residential District
Residential District
Open Space District
Residential District
Open Space District
Open Space District
Residential District Conservation Protection Subdistrict
Open Space District
Residential District
General Zoning Districts Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Residential District No Zoning Classification Available
Community Gardens Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Gardens
Community Gardens
Community Gardens
Community Gardens
Community Gardens
Community Gardens
Community Gardens
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Community Gardens
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Malls, Squares & Plazas
Parkways, Reservations & Beaches
Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens
Open Space Type
Land Trust/Nonprofit Open Space Page 1
0.40 COB 0.29 BNAN 0.30 BNAN 0.20 BNAN 0.10 BNAN 0.64 CommGrp/NP 0.10 BNAN 0.19 BNAN 0.16 X BNAN 0.39 BNAN 0.13 CommGrp/NP 0.23 BNAN 0.46 BNAN 0.11 BNAN 1.10 CommGrp/NP 0.13 CommGrp/NP 0.10 X CommGrp/NP 0.07 CommGrp/NP 0.43 CommGrp/NP 0.22 CommGrp/NP 0.09 CommGrp/NP 0.11 CommGrp/NP 0.28 CommGrp/NP 0.05 CommGrp/NP 0.05 CommGrp/NP 0.16 CommGrp/NP 0.58 CommGrp/NP 7.74 X BNAN
Leatherbee Woods
Acres PA Ownership
Allan Crite Garden I Dacia/Woodcliff Community Garden Granada Park Garden Greenwood Community Garden Highland Avenue Community Garden Highland Park 400 Garden John Eliot Square Urban Wild II Julian, Judson, Dean Garden Kittredge Park Leyland Street Garden Margaret Wright Memorial Garden Nuestra Playground Savin/Maywood Street Garden Winthrop Street Garden Berkeley Street Garden Bessie Barnes Garden Bessie Barnes Park Dartmouth Garden Kendall & Lenox Streets Garden Northhampton St Community Garden Rutland Green Rutland's Haven Community Garden RutlandWashington Comm Garden Warren & Clarendon Streets Garden Wellington Green West Springfield Garden Worcester Street Garden
Open Space Site Name
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT SELROSLT
Open Space Ownership/ Jurisdiction
Open Space Mgt Protection Cooper Comm Garden Ctr Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust Land Trust/ WPA West Roxbury
Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury South End South End South End South End South End South End South End South End South End South End South End South End South End
POS C Neighborhood
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Open Space District
Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Residential District
General Zoning Districts
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens
Open Space Type
Land Trust/Nonprofit Open Space Page 2
Charlestown Naval Shipyard Park II Patrick J. Kelly Park St. Francis De Sales Cemetery Adams Rock Boston College HS Athletic Fields Boston Gas Company Easement Cedar Grove Cemetery Claymont Terrace Codman Burying Ground Columbia Point Community Garden Granite Avenue Ledge Harbor Point Boulevard Huntoon Rock Keystone Shoreline
0.86 X Private 0.14 Private 1.80 Private 0.22 Private 19.17 Private 5.15 X Private 54.22 Private 0.61 Private 2.63 Private 0.15 Private 0.38 Private 2.31 X Private 0.17 Private 0.52 Private
0.16 X Private 3.42 Private
Tufts Wharf Harborwalk West End Recreation Complex
X
X X X X X X X X X X
X
X
PA
0.07 X Private 3.86 X Private
Acres 9.72 1.68 2.93 3.41 4.63 0.57 2.21 4.19 6.35 0.84 61.97 4.86 59.97 15.34 0.32 1.06 1.09 1.02 0.42 0.36 0.53 0.08 0.05 0.13 0.11 0.03 0.05 1.55
DCR
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private BRA Private
Russia Walk Harborwalk Thoreau Path
Open Space Site Name Boston College Athletic Fields Boston University Ball Diamond Crittenton Hospital Foster Street Hill Foster Street Rock Harvard Business School Athltc Flds Kennedy Rock Mount St. Joseph's Athletic Fields NIckerson Field North Beacon Allee Soldiers Field St Elizabeth's Hospital Campus St. John's Seminary The Cenacles Louisburg Square Prudential Center Plaza I Prudential Center Plaza II Prudential Center Plaza III Temple Street Mall Aquarium Harborwalk Aquarium Plaza Federal Reserve Bank Harborwalk Grain Exchange Plaza Jenney Plaza Marketplace Plaza II Oak Terrace Playlot Oxford Place Playground Post Office Square Park
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Easement
LWCF/Ch91/ WPA
CAT Mit/Ch91/ WPA
CAT Mit/Ch91/ WPA
Ch91/WPA Ch91/WPA Ch91/WPA
Protection
Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester
Central Boston Central Boston
Central Boston Central Boston
POS C Neighborhood Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston
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Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Special Districts Residential District Residential District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Special Districts Residential District Residential District Special Districts
Special Districts Residential District
Industrial District Residential District
General Zoning Districts Institutional District Institutional District Conservation Protection Subdistrict Conservation Protection Subdistrict Conservation Protection Subdistrict Institutional District Conservation Protection Subdistrict Conservation Protection Subdistrict Institutional District Conservation Protection Subdistrict Institutional District Conservation Protection Subdistrict Conservation Protection Subdistrict Conservation Protection Subdistrict Residential District Special Districts Special Districts Special Districts Residential District Special Districts Special Districts Industrial District Special Districts Special Districts Commercial/Office/Business District Special Districts Special Districts Commercial/Office/Business District
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Community Gardens Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas
Open Space Type Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Private Unprotected Open Space Page 1
Suffolk Downs Infield Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery Beth Israel/Deaconess Plaza BU Grounds Christian Science Plaza Emanuel College Grounds Fenway Park Forsyth Way Harvard Medical School Quadrangle Huntington-Vancouver Triangle Wentworth Field Wentworth Grounds Windsor School Athletic Field DeForest Urban Wild II Euclid Street Monterey Hilltop II Mother Brook I Neponset River Corridor Oak Lawn Cemetery Oak Lawn Golf Range Pleasant View II Sprague Pond Lakeside Access
5.03 X Private
Dana Greenhouses
0.63
5.85
Chapman
First Church Cemetery
1.45 X Private
Centre Street Tract
11.71
0.22 X Private
Brigham Circle Plaza
Daughters of St Paul
0.14
Bowditch Garden
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
1.51
Allegheny Street
Private
0.21
Allegheny Street
X
X X X
X X X
28.38 2.34 0.50 2.54 9.92 3.62 7.60 0.29 1.71 0.14 2.98 3.29 4.37 0.35 3.85 0.10 0.37 1.19 10.41 12.16 1.13 1.07
Open Space Site Name Meetinghouse Hill Churchyard Melvinside Play Area Salvation Army Field YMCA Community Park Dom Savio Athletic Field Don Orione East Boston Social Centers Playlot Shore Plaza East Garden South Shore Plaza Courts South Shore Plaza Park Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private Private
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt 0.81 Private 0.40 Private 1.01 Private 1.03 X Private 3.11 Private 4.74 Private 0.33 Private 0.09 Private 0.23 Private 0.50 Private
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
100/GPOD
100
WPA
WPA WPA
WPA
WPA/ACEC/ Ch91
WPA/Ch91
100
Protection
East Boston East Boston Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Hyde Park Hyde Park Hyde Park Hyde Park Hyde Park Hyde Park Hyde Park Hyde Park Hyde Park Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill
POS C Neighborhood Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester East Boston East Boston East Boston East Boston East Boston East Boston
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Residential District
Conservation Protection Subdistrict
Conservation Protection Subdistrict
Conservation Protection Subdistrict
Open Space District
Commercial/Office/Business District
Residential District
Residential District
Residential District
Industrial District Open Space District Institutional District Residential District Special Districts Institutional District Industrial District Residential District Institutional District Institutional District Institutional District Institutional District Residential District Residential District Industrial District Residential District Residential District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Commercial/Office/Business District Commercial/Office/Business District Industrial District
General Zoning Districts Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Conservation Protection Subdistrict Residential District Special Districts Special Districts Special Districts
Cemeteries & Burying Grounds
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Malls, Squares & Plazas
Community Gardens
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Open Space Type Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas
Private Unprotected Open Space Page 2
0.15 0.13 0.70 0.23 19.70
Judge Street
Lawn Street Garden
Parley Vale Preserve
Rock Hill
Showa
Williams Street I Gladeside II Harvard-Livermore Tract Mattahunt Woods II Mattahunt Woods Buffer Currier Woods II Savannah Woods II New Calvary Cemetery Pendergast Preventorium Revision House Urban Farm #1 St. Mary's Cemetery St. Michael's Cemetery Calvary Cemetery Canterbury Brookside II Forest Hills Cemetery Metropolitan Woods II Roslindale Wetlands Urban Wild II Toll Gate Cemetery Walter Street Tract Alpine Street Boys Club Park Egleston Community Garden Esparanza Garden First Church Yard Juniper Terrace NCAAA Museum Grounds St. Joseph's Garden St. Monica's The Food Project Lot #3 YMCA Athletic Field
South Street Tract
1.04 X Private
Iroquois Street Woods
1.77 Private 0.90 Private 5.65 Private 3.83 Private 1.02 Private 0.56 Private 0.73 Private 54.37 Private 6.81 Private 0.35 Private 10.62 Private 46.50 Private 42.51 Private 0.49 Private 243.73 X Private 2.94 Private 3.25 Private 0.90 Private 14.19 X Private 4.47 Private 0.82 X Private 0.24 Private 0.11 Private 1.60 Private 1.58 Private 0.84 Private 0.20 Private 0.62 Private 0.11 Private 1.93 Private
5.26 X Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
6.37
Hellenic Hill II
Private
Private
17.70
3.41
BCC
BCC
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt
Hellenic Hill I
Hellenic College Athletic Field
Open Space Site Name
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
100
WPA/100
WPA WPA
WPA
WPA
100/GPOD
Easement
100/GPOD Temporary Easement
100/GPOD
Protection
POS C Neighborhood Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/ Mission Hill Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury
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Residential District
Conservation Protection Subdistrict
Residential District
Residential District
Open Space District
Residential District
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Community Gardens Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Community Gardens
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Conservation Protection Subdistrict Institutional District
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Open Space Type
Conservation Protection Subdistrict
Conservation Protection Subdistrict
General Zoning Districts
Private Unprotected Open Space Page 3
2.45 X Private 131.00 X Private 0.92 Private 0.20 Private 0.07 Private 7.26 Private 3.72 Private 9.59 Private 0.35 Private 0.05 Private 20.81 Private 24.87 Private 1.95 Private 79.63 Private 48.59 Private 0.18 Private 4.92 Private 30.00 Private 23.65 Private 4.31 Private 128.28 Private 84.99 Private
Fort Point Channel Harborwalk Boston Medical Center Campus Frederick Douglass Green Harrison Urban Garden Unity Towers Garden Catholic Memorial H.S. Athltc Fld Centre Marsh Congregation Mishkan Tefia Cemetery Dana Road II Dunbarton Woods II Gethsemane Cemetery Grove Street Cemetery Hancock Woods II Mount Benedict Cemetery Mount Lebanon Cemetery Oak Ridge Praught/Bunker Fields Roxbury Latin School Athletic Field Roxbury Latin School Woods St John Chrysostom Tract St. Joseph's Cemetery West Roxbury Quarry
PA X X X
Acres 0.45 0.14 1.50
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt Private Private Private
Open Space Site Name Binford Street Park Children's Museum Plaza Fan Pier Harborwalk
Boston Open Space Plan 2008-2014
WPA 100
WPA
100
CAT Mit/Ch91/ WPA
Protection CAT Mit Ch91/WPA Ch91/WPA
South Boston South End South End South End South End West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury West Roxbury
POS C Neighborhood South Boston South Boston South Boston
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Industrial District Institutional District Special Districts Residential District Residential District Institutional District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Conservation Protection Subdistrict Conservation Protection Subdistrict Open Space District Residential District Open Space District Institutional District Conservation Protection Subdistrict Residential District Conservation Protection Subdistrict Conservation Protection Subdistrict
General Zoning Districts Industrial District Industrial District Special Districts
Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Cemeteries & Burying Grounds Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Open Space Type Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas
Private Unprotected Open Space Page 4
Revere Plaza RFK Greenway I RFK Greenway II
Open Space Site Name Brighton HS Hillside Commonwealth Plaza Commonwealth Tenants Assn CG Euston Path Rock Jackson-Dunboy Square Public Grounds Turnpike Overlook Union Square Plaza Wilson Park Belvidere/Dalton Plaza Blackwood/Claremont Garden Copley Place Plaza Follen Garden Greenwich/Cumberland Garden Harcourt/West Canton Garden Somerset Street Plaza Southwest Corridor Park I State House Park 175 Federal Armenian Heritage Park Atlantic Avenue Plantings Ausonia Plaza Broad Street Park Cardinal Cushing Park China Gate Park Chinatown Park Dewey Square Plaza Eliot Norton Park II Endicott Triangle I-90 Interchange Leather District Park Liberty Square Lincoln Street Park Marketplace Plaza I New Center for Arts and Culture New Chardon Square North End Park North Square North Street Park Old City Hall Grounds Pagoda Park Pemberton Square Access Pemberton Square I Pemberton Square II Pine Street Park Portal Park Quincy Market Square
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1.39 0.24 0.67
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Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston
POS C Neighborhood Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Allston-Brighton Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Back Bay/Beacon Hill Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston
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Open Space District Special Districts Special Districts
General Zoning Districts Residential District Institutional District Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Special Districts Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Special Districts Open Space District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Special Districts Special Districts Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Special Districts Special Districts Special Districts Special Districts Special Districts Commercial/Office/Business District Special Districts Commercial/Office/Business District Special Districts Special Districts Special Districts Residential District Special Districts Commercial/Office/Business District Special Districts Special Districts Open Space District Open Space District Residential District Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas
Open Space Type Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas
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Calf Pasture I Calf Pasture II Clementine Park Codman Square Columbia Road Totlot Kennedy Library Harborwalk Lucy Stone Schoolyard Lydon Way Garden McCormack School Ball Field Meetinghouse Hill Overlook Nellie Miranda Memorial Park Nonquit Street Garden Norton Street Playground Norton/Stonehurst Garden O'Donnell Square II The Humps UMass Boston Athletic Fields UMass Boston Campus Ctr Oval UMass Harborwalk Bayswater Street
Belle Isle Coastal Preserve Bonito Square Bremen Street Park
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Protection CAT Mit CAT Mit License
East Boston East Boston East Boston
Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester G Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester G Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester East Boston
Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown Charlestown
POS C Neighborhood Central Boston Central Boston G Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Central Boston Charlestown
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Institutional District Institutional District Residential District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Industrial District Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Industrial District Institutional District Institutional District Special Districts
Special Districts Special Districts Commercial/Office/Business District Institutional District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District
General Zoning Districts Special Districts Special Districts Residential District Special Districts Special Districts Special Districts Special Districts Commercial/Office/Business District Special Districts
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Community Gardens Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas
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0.82 X COB 7.63 X COB 0.14 X COM 0.07 X COB 1.86 X COB 0.17 X COB 0.06 0.09
Bromley Heath Play Area
English H.S. Athletic Fields
Hall/Boynton Street Garden
Heath Square
Hennigan Schoolyard
Johnson Park II
Lamartine/Hubbard Streets Garden
Lawndale Terrace Garden
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Agassiz Community & School Garden
Porzio Park II Scarmella/Maverick Square Umana School Park Veterans Park II Wood Island Bay Edge Wood Island Bay Marsh Hemenway Forsyth Square Higginson Park Huntington Square Huntington-Hemenway Mall Mass Art Campus Mass Art Park Oscar Tugo Circle Southwest Corridor Park III Deer Island Lighthouse Island Long Island Moon Island Rainsford Island Pleasant View I West and Austin Streets
Open Space Site Name Decatur & Meridien Streets Park East Boston Piers Park Festa Field Lewis Mall Lewis Mall Harborpark Lombardi Memorial Park Massport Harborwalk Mendoza Square Our Garden
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G East Boston East Boston East Boston G East Boston East Boston East Boston Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Fenway/Kenmore Harbor Islands Harbor Islands Harbor Islands Harbor Islands Harbor Islands Hyde Park G Hyde Park Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill
POS C Neighborhood East Boston East Boston East Boston East Boston East Boston East Boston East Boston East Boston East Boston
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Malls, Squares & Plazas
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Open Space District
Open Space District
Open Space District
Community Gardens
Community Gardens
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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Open Space District
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Open Space Type Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens
Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Open Space District Special Districts Industrial District Institutional District Commercial/Office/Business District Institutional District Residential District Institutional District Institutional District Residential District Open Space District No Zoning Classification Available No Zoning Classification Available No Zoning Classification Available No Zoning Classification Available No Zoning Classification Available Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District
General Zoning Districts Open Space District Open Space District Special Districts Open Space District Special Districts Residential District Industrial District Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District
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Oakview Terrace
South Street BHA Community Garden
South Street Community Garden
1.52 0.04 BRA 6.78 X COB 2.53 X COB 0.21 COB 0.47 X COB 0.42 0.08
Southwest Boston Garden Club
Allan Crite Garden II American Legion Highway Blue Hill Avenue Boston Evening Academy Garden Boston Latin Academy Play Area
Cedar Street Garden I Cedar Street Garden II
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Williams Street III Blue Hill Rock Boston Nature Center_Visitor Ctr Canterbury Brookside I Franklin Field BHA Garden Franklin Field BHA Green Franklin Field BHA Playground Franklin Hill BHA Court Franklin Hill Green Mattahunt Woods I Mattahunt School Entrance Plaza Mattahunt Schoolyard Mattahunt School Woods Currier Woods I Savannah Woods I Olmsted Green State Public Health Campus Arnold Arboretum III Boundary I Canterbury I Delano Park Metropolitan Woods I Philbrick School Garden
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Southwest Corridor Park V
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Oakdale Street Community Garden
BRA
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Mission Hill Community Garden II
MBTA
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BNAN
White Fund
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WPA
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Roxbury Roxbury
Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury
Roslindale
POS C Neighborhood Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Jamaica Plain/Mission Hill Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Mattapan Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale Roslindale
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CmmGrp /NP Cooper CGC BPRD 100
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MAS
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Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Acres PA Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt
McBride Garden
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Open Space District Commercial/Office/Business District Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District Institutional District
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Community Gardens Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Malls, Squares & Plazas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Community Gardens
Open Space District Residential District Industrial District Special Districts Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Industrial District Industrial District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District
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Open Space District
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0.94 0.24 1.08 2.37 1.24 0.01 2.05 0.88 1.04 0.20 0.13 0.09 0.49 0.94 0.23 0.11 0.43 3.04 0.14 0.42 0.15
Rolling Bridge Park South Boston Maritime Park Sterling Square Veterans Memorial Park Wormwood Park Braddock Park Garden Carter School Grounds Castle Square Parks Chandler/Tremont Plaza Frederick Douglass Peace Garden Massachusetts Avenue Malls Melnea Cass Boulevard Newland Street Park Peters Park II Saranac/New Castle Garden
Acres 0.14 0.50 2.13 0.45 0.09 0.35 0.07 0.23 0.71 9.61 0.19 0.15 0.44 0.38 0.08 0.20 0.01 0.18 0.53 0.40 9.70 0.56 0.77 0.10 0.09 1.09 0.28 0.61
Children's Wharf Park Dry Dock Plaza Eastport Park Fan Pier Plaza Marine Industrial Park Entrance I Marine Industrial Park Entrance II
Open Space Site Name Centre Place Garden Ceylon Park II Columbia Road Mall ELC Playlot Grove Hall Plaza Higginson Schoolyard John Eliot Square John Eliot Square Urban Wild I King School Park Madison Park H.S. Athletic Fields Magazine Street Garden Magnolia & Woodford Streets Garden Martin Luther King Boulevard Mason Schoolyard Peace Park I Peace Park II Peace Park III Phyllis Wheatley/Warren Place Rockledge Street Roxbury Heritage State Park II Southwest Corridor Park IV The Food Project Lot #1 The Food Project Lot #2 Wakullah St. CG Waldren Road Garden Warren Street Whittier Playground Boston Design Center Plaza
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Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt COB BRA BPRD COB COB COB COB COB COB BRA COB COB COB COB COB BRA COB COM COB BPRD COB DCR COB DCR MBTA COB COB BRA COB COB COB BRA
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CAT Mit/ Ch91/WPA
Ch91/WPA
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Protection
South Boston South Boston South Boston South Boston South Boston South End South End South End South End South End South End South End South End South End South End
South Boston South Boston South Boston South Boston South Boston South Boston
POS C Neighborhood Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury G Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury South Boston
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Commercial/Office/Business District Industrial District Residential District Residential District Industrial District Residential District Residential District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Industrial District Open Space District Residential District Open Space District
Industrial District Industrial District Special Districts Special Districts Industrial District Industrial District
General Zoning Districts Residential District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Institutional District Residential District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Industrial District Commercial/Office/Business District Commercial/Office/Business District Commercial/Office/Business District Residential District Open Space District Institutional District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Industrial District
Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens
Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas
Open Space Type Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Malls, Squares & Plazas Community Gardens Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Community Gardens Malls, Squares & Plazas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Malls, Squares & Plazas
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Acres 0.17 5.31 0.53 0.28 0.02 0.06 0.02 0.11 2.58 10.34 3.80 3.82 7.71 1.03 13.42
Open Space Open Ownership/ Space Ownership Jurisdiction Mgt BPRD COB DCR MBTA BPRD COB COM BHA BRA BHA DCR MBTA COB MBTA COB COB US COE USA BRA BPRD COB
Open Space Site Name South End Library Park Southwest Corridor Park II Union Park Street Playground United Nbhd of Lower Roxbury CG Washington Manor Comm Garden Watson Park I Watson Park II Wellington Common Dana Road I New Haven Street Ohrenberger Recreation Complex Ohrenberger Woodland Rivermoor I Rivermoor II West Roxbury H.S. Athletic Fields
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Protection
West Roxbury
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Institutional District
General Zoning Districts Commercial/Office/Business District Open Space District Special Districts Residential District Special Districts Residential District Residential District Open Space District Residential District Residential District Residential District Residential District Open Space District Open Space District Institutional District
Urban Wilds & Natural Areas
Open Space Type Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parkways, Reservations & Beaches Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Community Gardens Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Community Gardens Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Urban Wilds & Natural Areas Parks, Playgrounds & Athletic Fields
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