Santa Rosa Southeast Greenway Precedent Analysis CP243, Fall 2010 John M. Francis
Rose Kennedy Greenway Boston, Massachusetts
RKG in Context
North End
Cambridge North End West End
Boston Harbor
Downtown
Harbor Wharves
Charles River Chinatown
The Rose Kennedy Greenway is a curvilinear park intended to stitch together the various neighborhoods surrounding downtown Boston that were physically divided for 50 years by the elevated Central Artery Highway. It also provides needed open space for local and city residents.
Chinatown Gate
Timeline of the Central Artery and RKG 1951-1954 | Central Artery Elevated Expressway Constructed
1959 | Urban Renewal: West End Neighborhood Razed and Replaced with Superblocks
ca. 1946
2010
2008 | RKG Completed 1991 | Big Dig Ground Breaking 1987 | Federal Funding Approved 2006 | Roadway Construction Completed 1982 | Big Dig Planning & Review Initiated 2004 | Elevated Expressway Demolished 1970’s | Artery Burial Plan Conceived