CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND NATURE
CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND NATURE
On September 22, 2018, Pangea performed on the East Boston Greenway. East Boston residents and out of towners alike were enjoying this music so much, we felt guilty engaging them in a conversation about their use of the Greenway. Even so, we managed several brief conversations, and one very clear response. (Scroll down for pictures)…
Did you know that the East Boston Greenway connects two bodies of water? The Inner Harbor and Constitution Beach. The Friends of the East Boston Greenway were out on the Greenway (Gove Street intersection) with Somali chai, chatting with neighbors who use the Greenway. We recorded no fewer than 150 users in those 3 hours….
If and when there is a forecast of heavy enough coastal flooding from storm surge to flood the Greenway, city staff will deploy the flood wall on the Greenway. At that point this stretch of the Greenway will be unusable. Once the flood drains or is pumped, the wall will be dismantled and put away, and the Greenway is back in use.
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…
The shared-road system hadn’t harmed economic vitality; again, the opposite effect seemed to be present: the street environment seemed safe, orderly, and more navigable.
We were on Zumix Radio! The Friends of the East Boston Greenway was recently funded by the Barr Foundation as part of its Waterfront Initiative. Three members of the organization were on Whats up Eastie discussing the benefits the community can expect as a result of the grant, and the broader longer term vision the organization…
The walk started in Piers Park and ended at Zumix. I was on the EB Greenway and caught some of the moments. Then I walked with the group to Zumix.
We took a walk along the city-owned section of the East Boston Greenway, with the chief engineer of the Parks department and members of his crew. This included the engineer who designed the solution for the stagnation of stormwater on the Greenway last year (fondly referred to by some residents as the duck pond). A…
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