Muddy River Restoration Project

Rehabilitation of Landscape & Historic Resources

The Muddy River Restoration Project will include the rehabilitation of elements of the historic landscape that includes the river and adjacent parklands. These parklands include four sections of the Emerald Necklace: Charlesgate, the Back Bay Fens, the Riverway and Olmsted Park.

bridal path footbridge near Chapel St. Historic landscape resources include the grading or shaping of the land itself, plantings (trees, shrubs, turf), pathways, parkways, park “furniture” (benches, fences, etc.), bridges and other structures such as the Duck House in the Back Bay Fens. But the historic landscape is more than the assemblage of its parts—it is also the visual texture created when all of the elements are viewed together.