PARK OPENINGS

North End Parks
Boston, MA

The Opening Ceremony for the North End Parks section of the Rose Kennedy Greenway was held on Monday, November 5, 2007. Governor Deval Patrick, House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Mayor Thomas Menino, and several other speakers dedicated the Parks, which relink downtown Boston and the North End.

Peters Park & the Joe Wex Dog Recreation Space in Boston's South End opened on Sunday, November 4, 2007.

STAFF NEWS

We are pleased to announce that Josh Burgel, R.L.A. has been named Associate.

AWARD

The Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park received a Silver Hammer Award at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce's 131st Annual Meeting on Tuesday, December 12, 2006. The Silver Hammer Awards are given yearly by the Chamber to recognize construction or rehabilitation projects that have an extraordinary visual and aesthetic impact on Worcester's physical landscape and that have brought new life to some of the region's most historic assets.

CSS Principals Carole Schlessinger and Skip Smallridge prepared the Master Plan for Gateway Park, which is being developed as an active mixed-use commercial and residential district with a series of enlivened plazas and tree-lined streets. CSS is currently providing final landscape design for the Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center building - the first built piece of the Master Plan - and the adjacent quad.

Governor-Elect Deval Patrick was the keynote speaker at the luncheon. Patrick toured Gateway Park and the 68 Prescott Street building and held a press conference at the end of the tour.

EVENTS

22nd Annual Build Boston

November 14-16, 2006
Seaport World Trade Center

On Wednesday, November 15, Build Boston & The Boston Society of Landscape Architects presented: Open Space and the Greenway, "a day-long examination of open-space issues in Boston," emphasizing the future of Big Dig open space.

CSS Principal Deneen Crosby was a panelist on the forum "The Rose Kennedy Greenway: meeting the expectations."

For more details on the event, visit the Build Boston website here.

Yerxa Road Pedestrian Underpass Celebration

Wednesday, November 1, 2006
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
at the intersection of Yerxa Road and Walden Square Road

After two years of construction, the underpass is now open to pedestrians and cyclists as a direct route across the commuter rail line in North Cambridge. Art installation by artist Randal Thurston.

WE MOVED!

New office location:

Crosby | Schlessinger | Smallridge, LLC
153 Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109

Telephone and fax numbers and email addresses remain the same.

OPENINGS

The West Fitchburg Steamline Trail Park
Tuesday, July 25 at 11:30 a.m.
465 Westminster St. in Fitchburg
Ribbon cutting, refreshments and an opportunity to walk along the Nashua River on this new community resource

Hiscock Park in Boston's South End
Monday, July 24 at 7:00 p.m.

PRESENTATIONS

On April 27, 2006, Kaki Martin spoke about the North End Parks project as part of a trolley tour event sponsored by the 2006 Historic Greenways Conference.

On March 30, Deneen Crosby spoke about the North End Parks on Walk Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway Walk.

On February 28, Kaki Martin lectured to Niall Kirkwood's technology class at the Harvard Design School about the construction of landscapes using the North End Parks - Rose Kennedy Greenway Project as a case study.

Deneen Crosby was one of six design jurors for the 2006 BSLA awards. Kaki Martin is a member of the BSLA awards committee.

Kaki Martin presented the North End Parks project as part of an event co-sponsored by the BSLA and the BSCE on September 22, 2005. The event included presentations on all three of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Parks followed by a trolley tour to see the progress being made on the park construction and surface restoration.

Crossroads Initiative
Urban Design and Engineering Services Relative to the Reconstruction of Congress and Summer Streets, Boston, MA

Wellesley On-Call Landscape Architecture, Wellesley, MA

Roslindale Neighborhood Strategic Plan, Roslindale/Boston, MA

Mozart Playground, Boston, MA

North Newport Master Plan, Newport, RI

Auburn Schools Site Capacity Analysis, Auburn, MA

Cambridge Traffic Calming, Cambridge, MA

The topping-off ceremony at 68 Prescott Street in Worcester, MA was held on January 18, 2006.

We welcome Carolyn Campbell, our new landscape designer.