Franklin Street Park

Franklin Street Park is a suburban park in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The park is a house-sized lot in the Riverside neighborhood on 495 Franklin Street between Bay Street and Hancock Street.

History

The site that the park now inhabits used to be an unused area paved with concrete. [ [http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/cp/parks/franklin/index.html Cambridge Community Development Department website] ] The site measured convert|4400|sqft|m2, which downsloped from the street into a dark and overgrown plot that had become a campsite for the homeless. [ [http://www.asla.org/lamag/lam04/july/EditorsChoice.html Landscape Architecture] ]

To improve this situation the Cambridge Community Development Department began renovations in 2002. [ [http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/cp/parks/franklin/index.html Cambridge Community Development Department website] ] These renovations had the stated goal of transforming the park into a small urban oasis. [ [http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/cp/parks/franklin/index.html Cambridge Community Development Department website] ]

The Cambridge Community Development Department finished renovations in 2003. [ [http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/cp/parks/franklin/index.html Cambridge Community Development Department website] ]

Awards

The American Society of Landscape Architects in its national publication "Landscape Architecture" bestowed upon the park its "Editor's Choice" award in its July 2004 issue. [ [http://www.asla.org/lamag/lam04/july/EditorsChoice.html Landscape Architecture] ] They granted the award in part for the incorporation of sculptures in the park's design. [ [http://www.asla.org/lamag/lam04/july/EditorsChoice.html Landscape Architecture] ]

External links

* [http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/cp/parks/franklin/index.html Cambridge Community Development Department]
* [http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/cp/parks/franklin/frankpk_concept.pdf Blue print]
* [http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/cp/parks/franklin/frankpk_post1.pdf Design concepts]
* [http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/cp/parks/franklin/frankpk_post2.pdf Design concepts]

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