Shared Spaces

The Emerald Necklace is a great system of parks designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. It is a world-renowned treasure and national asset whose restorative spaces have been serving Bostonians and diverse visitors for over 100 years. It is a Boston landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.   But day in […]

Thanks to Frederick Law Olmsted, public parks are one of America’s defining democratic achievements. As places open to all, they benefit communities and families in numerous ways. Tens of millions of Americans have relied on parks as gathering, recreation and restoration sites since the pandemic. And that has never been truer than in Boston’s Emerald Necklace.  […]