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Our Public Open Spaces- Are They Really Open to All?

9/16/2020

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Great article in the Boston Globe that starts to explore the issues of race and equity in our public open spaces. What do you think?



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COVID19 impacts

3/27/2020

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The pandemic has changed virtually everything in our daily lives. But what does it mean for our profession? Here is an interesting article that helps us consider our roles now and into the future. 
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It's Climate Week!

9/25/2019

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It's Climate Week! Climate change has been in the news with folks young and old taking to public spaces around the globe to "strike" a chord with those in power to implement necessary climate-related policies, the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York earlier in the week, and various organizations spreading the word on steps to take NOW including the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and so many more. But what does it all mean to us, in the Boston area? To find out more about work being done to prepare for climate change in our own backyard, see this interesting case study developed by the ASLA.
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Stoss Landscape Urbanism
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Ways to Imagine City Life

3/8/2019

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Interesting piece in the LA Times regarding gaming and its ability to inspire designers. Take a look.

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City Plans That Never Materialized

12/5/2018

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Fascinating Boston Globe Magazine article. If you are familiar with our wonderful City, all the more interesting. Click the link and take a look when you get an opportunity!
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Boston would have had a mini Interstate 95 if William Callahan’s 1948 Master Highway Plan had been realized.
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General Heath Square Apartments Jamaica Plain, MA

6/6/2018

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We participated in a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday May 31, 2018 for this very important project! Affordable housing, community engagement, civic responsibility.
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America's Rivers

2/12/2018

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Very informative story shedding light on America's rivers- history, use, climate change or so much more. Take a listen!

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Spring Field Trip to Alewife Reservation

6/8/2017

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The goal of the constructed wetland of the Alewife Reservation in Cambridge, MA, completed in 2013, is to clean storm water before it enters Boston Harbor. For more information see City of Cambridge Public Works, The Friends of Alewife Reservation Brochure and The Friends of Alewife Reservation Website.
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Two Year Drought in Massachusetts is Over!

5/12/2017

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Good news! According to yesterday's Boston Globe, the two year drought is over for us thanks to a cool and wet spring. See the article here.



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Source: National Drought Mitigation Center, http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/MapsAndData/MapArchive.aspx
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It's Maple Sugaring Time!

3/31/2017

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