P E R F O R M A T I V E P A R K S comparing boston landscapes 1 BOSTON COMMON EAST BOSTON MEMORIAL PARK BACK BAY FENS JOE MOAKLEY PARK STREET GRID TOPOGRAPHY PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE Arlington, Boylston, Park Drive, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing Massachusetts Turnpike Storrow Drive Commonwealth Avenue JFK/UMass, Andrew Fenway, Hynes, Symphony, Northeastern, MFA Airport Interstate 93 Huntington Avenue Massachusetts Turnpike William F. McClellan Highway U.S. Route 1 Massachusetts Turnpike 26,819 28,588 11,288 27,489 people per square mile people per square mile people per square mile people per square mile Sources: BRA, City-Data.com BACK BAY / FENS EAST BOSTON +47 s q u a r e m i l e s — s i n c e — 1630 Back Bay Fens built in the 1890s, while Back Bay was being filled. Solves drainage and sewage problems, and has civic value. $$$ East Boston Memorial Park built in the 20th century, after East Boston had been settled. Landscape should shape the urban fabric, but the park is not well integrated and is not an economic driver for East Boston. Ø I N T E G R A T I O N shaping an urban fabric 2
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P E R F O R M A T I V E P A R K Sc o m p a r i n g b o s t o n l a n d s c a p e s1
BOSTON COMMON
EAST BOSTON MEMORIAL PARK
BACK BAY FENS
JOE MOAKLEY PARK
STREET GRIDTOPOGRAPHY PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE
Arlington, Boylston, Park Drive, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing
Massachusetts Turnpike
Storrow Drive
Commonwealth Avenue
JFK/UMass, Andrew
Fenway, Hynes, Symphony, Northeastern, MFA
Airport
Interstate 93
Huntington Avenue
Massachusetts Turnpike
William F. McClellan Highway
U.S. Route 1
Massachusetts Turnpike
26,819
28,588
11,288
27,489
people per square mile
people per square mile
people per square mile
people per square mile
Sources: BRA, City-Data.com
BACK BAY / FENS EAST BOSTON
+ 4 7s q u a r em i l e s— s i n c e —
1630
Back Bay Fens built in the 1890s, while Back Bay was being filled.
Solves drainage and sewage problems, and has civic value.
$$$East Boston Memorial Park built in the 20th century, after East Boston had been settled.
Landscape should shape the urban fabric, but the park is not well integrated and is not an economic driver for East Boston.
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I N T E G R A T I O Ns h a p i n g a n u r b a n f a b r i c2
The pinch between waters in East Boston allows for an opportunity to link two entities while performing for civic value. In studies of barriers, bridges, and buffers, we see how each example is characterized. At East Boston, our barrier is the land, which separates two waters: Chelsea River and Boston Harbor. We shall connect them with a bridge of sorts to provide similar performative quality that the Fens do. As a way to relieve East Boston of sewage, drainage, and storm surge concerns, a new water link will remediate the runoff of different programs.
The link between the two is comprised of the interweaving of water and civic nodes, each of which provide for the city. Civic nodes are characterized by the meeting of water, program, and vegetation. Water nodes are characterized by their function in the remediation process. Runoff water will be collected from new and existing civic nodes. At this pinch, the water will run from Chelsea River and discharge at Constitution Beach after enduring a remediation process which includes sedementation, retention, and aeration.
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STITCH TOGETHER THE PINCH WATER NODES CIVIC NODES
T H E D I S T R I C Tl i n k i n g t w o e n t i t i e s3