Rose Kennedy Greenway

Falling Short of Lofty Visions, Boston Greenway a Success Nonetheless

As the culmination of the Big Dig project that sunk Boston's elevated Central Artery, the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway was envisioned as one of the world's premier parks. Though plans have been curtailed, the park has become a beloved space.

August 19, 2013 - The Boston Globe

If A Park is Beautiful But No One Uses It, Is it Still A Park?

Robert Campbell keeps hoping that the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway (the park built over the Big Dig site) will attract visitors. But even as it gets more beautiful, it still fails in terms of usage.

May 18, 2011 - The Boston Globe

Planning for Development Around Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway

The Boston Redevelopment Authority is looking to inject some life back into the area surrounding the relatively empty park atop the city's infamous Big Dig.

May 6, 2010 - The Architect's Newspaper

Rose Kennedy Greenway is a "Placeless Desert"

Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway is an urban park built over the "Big Dig" highway tunnel, and as Robert Campbell of the Boston Globe puts it, "a design disaster."

May 3, 2010 - Project for Public Spaces blog

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

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