Fort Point Channel Parks, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway - Boston, MA
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The Fort Point Channel Park of the newly created Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway is one block from the Fort Point Channel and its pathway goes between grassy and garden areas, with temporary sculptures.
Waymark Code: WMDCFD
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2011
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In Boston, there is a new strip of green parks collectively known as the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. The web site for the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservatory divides the greenway into several parks. This one is the Fort Point Channel Park, which stretches along Atlantic Avenue and extends between Congress Street and Oliver Street.
The two parks in this section of the greenway are focused on floral gardens. There is a kiosk at the park that points out the key features of the park. One location has Chinese and tree peonies. Another location has Canada Serviceberry Trees. A third location has Yoshino Cherry Trees. Throughout the parks there are flowers that have been planted by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
The parks were created in 2008 as the final part of Boston's 'Big Dig,' which resulted in lowering I-93 from an elevated to an underground highway (among other projects) through the central portion of the city.
Name: Fort Point Channel Park, Rose Kennedy Greenway
Street Location: Atlantic Avenue, between Congress Street and Oliver Street
Local Municipality: Boston
State/Province, etc.: Massachusetts
Country: United States of America
Web Site: [Web Link]
Memorial/Commemoration: The Greenway is named after Rose Kennedy, mother of former President John F. Kennedy
Date Established: 1/1/2007
Picnic Facilities: There are benches.
Recreational Facilities:
There are no recreational facilities in these parks.
Monuments/Statues: No memorials seen in these parks
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): There were several temporary sculpture displays
Fountains: No fountains in these parks.
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: None.
Special Events: None.
Traditional Geocaches:
None.
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