The Park at Post Office Square
Item
- Title
- The Park at Post Office Square
- Description
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1993 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Silver Medal
The Park at Post Office Square converted an abandoned parking garage into a 1.7-acre park that provides much-needed green space in downtown Boston. A landmark of urban landscape design, the park is a green oasis and popular destination in the heart of the financial district. A seven-story underground parking structure provides convenient access to the park and surrounding neighborhood and ongoing revenue for the project.
The park was created through an innovative public-private partnership at no cost to the public. The design emphasized providing a variety of opportunities for rest and recreation, creating visual and spatial relief from the park’s urban surroundings, incorporating abundant and varied flora, and providing a focal point for the financial district. The meticulously maintained park features a walk-through sculptural fountain and a 140-foot-long trellis over a pedestrian walkway. Safety is enhanced by keeping all points of the park open and within sightlines of the street, and a glass pavilion houses a year-round café. The park’s location in the midst of a heavily-trafficked district serves as a model for other cities attempting to integrate green space in crowded downtown areas. - Coverage
- Boston, MA
- Date
- 1992
- Subject
- parks
- public spaces
- urban beautification
- public-private sector cooperation
- public art
- Contributor
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City of Boston
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Boston Redevelopment Agency
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Ellenzweig Associates
- Contributor
- en Designer
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The Halvorson Company, Inc.
- Contributor
- en Designer
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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Contributor
- en Planner
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Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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LeMessurier Consultants, Inc.
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Consentini Associates
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Friends of Post Office Square
- Contributor
- en Developer
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Boston Greenspace Alliance
- Contributor
- en Community Group
- Rights
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 The Park at Post Office Square application |
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 The Park at Post Office Square case study |