Similar Posts
Youth and Climate Advocacy
Eastie Youth tweets her picture under FUTUREwaters|AGUASfuturas saying “I would drown.” Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley responds.
Who’s making waves on the Greenway?
The greenway never knew what was about to hit it. A just-in-time action avoided a potential disaster on the Greenway. Care and advocacy by the citizenry, and responsive action by the city — model behavior all around. It all started with a neighbor alerting the Friends to a weird sound…
Colorful Improvements at the Gove Street Greenway Crossing
By Nat Taylor Residents are welcoming bright new improvements to the Gove Street crossing of the East Boston Greenway. On Monday morning the kids were delighted to see the colorful design and mini-library on the way to school. “The paint is a hit,” said Stephanie Weyer, on of the project’s designers from Toole Design, “and…
Remembering Mary Ellen
When we lost Mary Ellen, we lost a dear friend and neighbor, a community leader, a wise advisor and passionate advocate for social and environmental justice, a devoted daughter of East Boston and a proud Bostonian.
Can’t get there from here!
Do you know if you can get to the East Boston Greenway from the Sumner Street overpass? If you haven’t tried, here’s the answer: Not directly. That applies to the Maverick Street overpass as well. If you find yourself on Sumner Street or Maverick Street, you’ll realize you have to walk to the Marginal Street…
RisingEMOTIONS in East Boston
In Fall 2019, the Friends of the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway worked with artist Carolina Aragón from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Department to install the art piece RisingEMOTIONS. This goal of this art piece was to: Engage residents around the issues of flooding due to sea level rise. Connect…
