Photo: Adine Storer
The Muddy River Restoration Project progresses. Dredging, bridge restoration, habitat improvement, and landscaping work are ongoing throughout Olmsted Park, the Riverway, and Back Bay Fens. At the Justine Mee Liff Park across from the Landmark Center, the focus is on maintaining the newly restored landscape and honoring Olmsted’s original vision for a continuous, meandering Muddy River. At Charlesgate, a new public park is taking shape.
The MMOC oversees this work on behalf of the public and keeps you updated. We welcome your questions and comments.
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Project banners showing schematic representations of the existing condition and phase 1 work are being installed along the construction fence near the Louis Pasteur sidewalk, the Jug Handle sidewalk, the Brookline Ave sidewalk and the Riverway sidewalk.
The construction areas have been enclosed with fence and barrier to prevent access to active work areas by the public.
We appreciate everyone’s patience during the testing periods.
Fredrick Law Olmsted, SR. What artist, so noble … as he who with far – reaching conception of beuty and designing power, sketches the outlines,
Across the United States, the 1970’s and 1980’s marked a resurgence of interest in Olmsted and his landscapes. Activists in Boston and Brookline realized the unappreciated treasure that Olmsted had bequeathed to his adopted home – the six-mile linear water-park and Parkways now known as The Emerald Necklace.
