New Murals Coming to the Greenway in September

The Friends hired HarborArts and The Pangeaseed Foundation to manage the replacement of two murals. Both will be located on the Greenway, on the underpass walls on the Parks Department Section of the Greenway. Sea Walls Boston is an art event planned in collaboration between the PangeaSeed Foundation and HarborArts as part of Sea Walls:…

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…

Mary Ellen Welch Greenway Trail

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…

FutureWATERS|AGUASfuturas on the Greenway

FutureWATERS|AGUASfuturas on the Greenway

Do you think you can walk along the Greenway in 2070? What about 2030?

If you are wondering why we are asking this question, go check out FutureWATERS|AGUASfuturas, the bold and beautiful installation that brings art and science together on the East Boston Greenway asap, showing two anticipated flood levels, the 2030 and the 2070. Without any additional efforts, this will be our reality.