The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a virtual meeting featuring a presentation by the designers of the proposed renovation of the Clarendon Street Playground with a question and answer session afterward. Please plan to attend if you are interested in providing feedback to this valuable amenity in our Back Bay neighborhood. Project page: http://boston.gov/clarendon-street Join the meeting: bit.ly/Clarendonstreet2
115 Winthrop Square is a proposed 750’ tower for the Winthrop Square Garage site in downtown Boston.
This proposal by Millennium violates state shadow laws that have protected the Public Garden and the Common for decades at the same time allowing for development downtown. The shadow primarily falls in the spring and fall, prime growing season for plants and precisely when we humans seek a little sun to take the chill off a morning walk in the park. We are all stewards of the parks. The shadow legislation was enacted precisely to protect our historic parks from shadow impacts. The Winthrop Street garage site can handle a significant building without impacting the Common and the Public Garden and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall with shadows.
The project is starting a fast paced Article 80 process. The Project Notification Form (PNF), Power Point Presentations, Shadow Animations, are posted on the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) website. To view and download these files, and sign up for updated information, visit: http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/115-winthrop-square
NEW DATE Comments are due to the BPDA (BRA) January 16th.
Attend Meetings! Prepare comments! Contact your elected officials!
NEW DATE and LOCATION 2nd PUBLIC MEETING ON THE PROJECT:
Public Meeting: Thursday, January 5th 2017, 6:30 pm Public Meeting
at 101 Tremont Street, 29th Floor.
It is critical that anyone who can attend this meeting to express the importance of protecting our open spaces.
Send written comments to the Mayor mayor@boston.gov at any time.
Comment to the City before January 16th. Comments should go to:
Christopher Tracy, Senior Project Manager | 617-918-4259 (o) christopher.tracy@boston.gov
Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) One City Hall Square | Boston, MA 02201
Please share comments with NABB Development and Transportation Committee dtcnabb@nabbonline.com and our elected officials in the City Council and State government:
Michelle.Wu@boston.gov, Bill.Linehan@boston.gov, Josh.Zakim@boston.gov, Ayanna.Pressley@boston.gov, A.E.George@boston.gov, Tito.Jackson@boston.gov, Salvatore.Lamattina@boston.gov, Michael.F.Flaherty@boston.gov, Andrea.Campbell@boston.gov, Frank.Baker@boston.gov, Timothy.McCarthy@boston.gov, Matthew.OMalley@boston.gov, Mark.Ciommo@boston.gov, byron.rushing@mahouse.gov, jay.livingstone@mahouse.gov, Aaron.M.Michlewitz@mahouse.gov, william.brownsberger@masenate.gov, Joseph.Boncore@masenate.gov
Organizing your group and keeping it energized can be challenging for both new and experienced advocates. Join other park/open space advocates in this workshop with Paul Sutton, Urban Wilds Initiative Program Manager, Boston Parks and Recreation; Conrad Crawford, Director of Partnerships, DCR; and leaders from established park friends groups in Boston. Presenters will share advice and experience about creating and building an effective friends group. There will be opportunities to ask questions, and following the workshop there will be a networking lunch at a restaurant in Chinatown for those interested.
Where: The Metropolitan Community Room, 38 Oak Street, Chinatown (pictured below)
When: Saturday January 29, 2011
Time: 9:15am Coffee
9:30am -12:00pm Workshop
12:30pm Networking lunch
RSVP: nina@bostonparks.org
The Metropolitan is two blocks from the Orange Line’s New England Medical Center station, and a 10 minute walk from the Boylston Station on the Green Line.
Hourly parking is available in the Metropolitan’s public garage.
The workshop will cover topics relevant to newer groups and more established groups:
* How to structure your friends group
* Whether or not to incorporate
* Recruiting key stakeholders in your community: individuals, youth, churches, businesses
* Putting volunteers to work
* Organizing activities and events
* Relationships with park agencies
* Advocating for your park
Visit the Smith College Lyman Conservatory beginning Saturday, March 6 through Sunday, March 21 from 10 am – 4 pm daily to view a gorgeous display of Spring Bulbs, guaranteed to raise your spirits after a cold, dark winter. There also will be special evening hours on Friday, March 12 and Friday, March 19 from 6 – 8 pm, and as detailed below, an Opening Lecture entitled Parks, Places and Plants by Lynden Miller on Monday, March 5, beginning at 7:30 pm in the Campus Center Carroll Room. A $2 donation is requested. If you are a member of the Smith College Botanical Garden, there will be members only hours each day from 9 – 10 am – please bring your membership card. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28, bring your wallet for the After the Show Bulb Sale. Members hours Saturday, March 27 9:00 am – noon, general public noon – 3 pm Saturday, and 9 am – 3 pm Sunday. For directions, log on to www.smith.edu.
Lynden Miller, well known NYC public garden designer, will speak about designing, maintaining, and funding beautiful, four-season plantings for public places on Wednesday, October 7, from 6 – 8 pm. Her garden projects in NYC have become urban oases with economic benefits and the power to transform the way people behave and feel about their city.
Lynden Miller’s life-long work is creating beautiful gardens in challenging locations. She has been featured on the Martha Stewart Show and in Fine Gardening, Horticulture, and House Beautiful magazines. Her message about the fundamental necessity of healthy green spaces is critical for today; her new book documents the ‘how to’ of her success. Learn more about Lynden Miller on her web site www.publicgardendesign.org .
Lynden will sign her new book, Parks, Plants, and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape, after her presentation. The lecture will take place at One Financial Center, overlooking the Boston Greenway, and there will be reduced on-site parking. The catered event is sponsored by COG Design, advance tickets are $25 (seating limited to 250), and may be ordered on line at www.cogdesign.org. You will receive a $5 credit towards the advance purchase of Parks, Plants, and People for signing.
