Olmsted Park is a linear park in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, and a part of Boston's Emerald Necklace of connected parks and parkways. Originally named Leverett Park, in 1900 it was renamed to honor its designer, Frederick Law Olmstead.^[1] This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Norfolk County Settled 1638 Incorporated 1705 Government  - Type Representative town meeting Area  - Town  6. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... Boston Public Garden, the second link of the Emerald Necklace The Emerald Necklace consists of an 1,100-acre chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. ... Harden Parkway in Salinas, CA. For other uses, see Parkway (disambiguation). ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Frederick Law Olmsted (April 27, 1822–August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well known urban parks, including Central Park in New York, New York, the oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in Buffalo, New York, Mount_Royal_Park in Montreal, the Metropolitan...

Olmsted Park path and the Muddy River, 2005

Olmsted Park can be roughly divided into two parts. In the south, bordering Jamaica Park, it includes athletic fields and three ponds: from the south, a small kettle pond called Ward's Pond, the tiny Willow Pond, and the much larger Leverett's Pond. The northern section of the park, above Route 9, is a narrow corridor through which the Muddy River flows on its way to the Charles River. The northern edge of Olmsted Park connects to the Back Bay Fens. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 763 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1438 × 1130 pixel, file size: 1,009 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Olmsted Park, Boston. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 763 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1438 × 1130 pixel, file size: 1,009 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Olmsted Park, Boston. ... Jamaica Pond, boathouse in distance, 2005 Jamaica Pond is a small kettlehole pond at the center of Jamaica Park, part of the Emerald Necklace of parks in Boston. ... A kettle is a landform feature in glaciated terrain. ... The Charles River from the Boston side, facing Cambridge and the main campus of Harvard University. ... Sunset view of the Back Bay Fens in Boston The Back Bay Fens (also called The Fens), once a salt water shallow bay, is now a fresh water park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. ...

Olmsted, who had made a reputation designing New York's Central Park, suggested in 1880 that the swampy and brackish Muddy River be included in Boston's park plan. Beginning in 1890, the river was dredged into a winding stream, a large swamp converted into Leverett's Pond, and Ward's Pond was connected with a small outflowing stream. Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Following completion of the Emerald Necklace Master Plan in 1991, a number of improvements have been made in Olmsted Park. Riverdale Parkway, originally designed as a carriage road, was transformed into a bicycle and pedestrian path in 1997. The Allerton Overlook at the foot of Allerton Street in Brookline was recreated, footbridges re-pointed, and a boardwalk placed at the south end of Wards Pond. In 2006, Brookline restored Olmsted's "Babbling Brook", resetting stones, clearing out invasive knotweed, defining the streambed, and replanting trees and shrubs to inhibit future invasives growth. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Today, the park is a popular walking and bicycling route for many residents of Boston and Brookline, and is particularly well known to the many employees and students of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area which adjoins it. The park forms the western edge of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston. Longwood Medical and Academic Area (also known as Longwood Medical Area, LMA, or just Longwood) is a section of Boston with a high density of hospitals, colleges, and biomedical research centers. ... Mission Hill is a one square mile neighborhood of approximately 18,000 people in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

References

1. ^ Olmsted Park

External Links

• Emerald Necklace Conservancy