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Tag: Tremont Street

  • The Friends of the Public Garden Brewer Fountain Plaza Project

    The Friends of the Public Garden has received several major matching challenge pledges that will spearhead a campaign to raise the additional $200,000 it needs to complete its Brewer Fountain Plaza Project on historic Boston Common.

    Anne Brooke, President of the Friends, said challenge pledges of $200,000 each have been made by the Lynch Foundation and Barbara and Amos Hostetter. An additional $250,000 has been pledged by the Friends’ Green and White Ball Committee.

    “We are enormously grateful to the Lynch Foundation, the Hostetters and the Ball Committee,” Ms. Brooke said. “Thanks to their leadership and generosity every dollar contributed by will generate matching gifts totaling more than three dollars. It’s a three-to-one match.”

    Phase one of the $4 million Brewer Plaza Fountain Project was completed in 2012. It transformed the southeast corner of the Common at Park and Tremont Streets, creating a vibrant downtown gathering spot with café tables and chairs, quality food, lunchtime piano music, chess and checkers, a reading area, and summer jazz concerts.  The final phase will include restoring the historic iron fence along Tremont Street, creating a landscaped edge to separate the park from the busy street and further enhancing this green oasis in the heart of the city.

    Founded in 1970, the nonprofit Friends of the Public Garden works with the City of Boston to preserve and enhance Boston’s first public parks – the Boston Common, Public Garden, and Commonwealth Avenue Mall. For additional information about the Friends and how you can support its work go to friendsofthepublicgarden.org.

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  • Monday, June 21, 6:30 pm – Ringgold Park Community Meeting

    Join the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Friends of Ringgold Park on Monday, June 21, at 6:30 pm in third floor Child Care Room of the Blackstone Community Center, 50 West Brookline Street,  to discuss Ringgold Park’s Center Circle Fountain project.  See the site plans, express your views, and take an active part in the process.  See how different construction materials affect the budget.  Your input is wanted. The highly trafficked Ringgold Park, which rests on Ringgold Street between Shawmut Avenue and Tremont Street, has recently become a matter of discussion as initial building plans have been put into place to construct a fountain in its barren, grassy center. Complicating matters, however, is the need to raise at least $85,000 to fully fund construction costs. An interesting report on the project to date may be found at www.mysouthend.com.

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  • Saturday, June 19, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – South End Garden Tour

    Roof decks, patio spaces, backyards, neighborhood parks and community gardens will be part of the 17th annual South End Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m on Saturday, June 19.  Proceeds benefit the South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, which owns and maintains 16 community gardens. The 2010 tour will showcase forty two gardens in the neighborhood bordered by Tremont Street, West Newton Street, Harrison Avenue, and Northampton Street. It will include roof top gardens (including the Menino Pavilion roof garden food project), terraces and courtyard gardens, and South End Burying Ground (not open to the public). It’s a special treat to get access to these cherished spaces, which are seldom if ever open to the public. All of the gardens show the creativity of the owners and the joy received from developing and caring for a city garden.

    Tickets, $20, will be sold at the South End Branch of the Boston Public Library, 685 Tremont Street (Rutland Square – where the tour begins). Advance tickets, $17, and information at (617) 437-0999 and www.southendgardentour.org.  This year, there is a special ticket price to members of area garden clubs.  If you purchase 5 tickets or more, the price drops to $15 per person.  This is called the “carpool discount” – just mention your affiliation with the Garden Club of the Back Bay when you call to reserve.

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  • Thursday, November 19, 6:00 – 9:00 pm – The Taste of Sustainable Food

    EcoLogic will hold its Annual Benefit on Thursday, November 19, from 6 – 9 pm, at the Boston Center for the Arts, Carol Dean Rehearsal Hall, 539 Tremont Street in Boston.  Come discover how EcoLogic is promoting environmentally-friendly agriculture and making a positive difference for rural farmers in Central America. Plus, experience the taste of New England as local chefs present delectable dishes made with sustainably-grown ingredients.  You will be joined by Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet, as well as one of EcoLogic’s field staff, who will speak about how our work with agroforestry is helping both the environment and poor farmers.  Admission: $50 ($40 for non-profit staff) www.ecologic.org/greenag.

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  • Saturday, October 17, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – 41st Annual South End House Tour

    The South End Historical Society (SEHS) presents its 41st Annual South End House Tour on Saturday, October 17, from 10 – 5.  This self-guided tour of private homes and public spaces begins at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, where you pick up your tickets and guidebook.  Tickets are $25 each, and may be purchased on line at www.southendhistoricalsociety.org.  For more information, call 617-536-4445, or email admin@southendhistoricalsociety.org.

    The South End Historical Society  is a group of interested citizens that recognizes the unique architectural and cultural history of the South End of Boston. Through the efforts of the society, the South End has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the largest Victorian brick rowhouse district in the United States.

    During its first thirty years, the SEHS has worked continuously to retain the Victorian integrity of the South End and reintroduce the greater Boston area to the South End with its annual House Tour as well as numerous historical programs and events. The SEHS also encourages research, conservation, and education to protect and promote interest in our local historic buildings, monuments, and sites.

    The South End Historical Society is one of the primary contributors to the preservation of the South End and a supporter of its ongoing revitalization.

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