Wednesday, November 15

On Wednesday, November 15, the Boston Society of Landscape Architects sponsors "Open Space and the Greenway," a day-long examination of open-space issues in Boston with a special emphasis on the future of the post-Big Dig open space:

B14 Open space and urban form in Boston
10:30 am-noon
Sponsored by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects

This is the first of a series of four workshops on the history and impacts of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (the Big Dig) on Boston open space. From the Common and Public Garden, to the Emerald Necklace to the Charles River Esplanade, to the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, parks have been significant contributors to the urban form of Boston, defining the city and helping to build its reputation as a great place to live and work. We provide a capsule review of that history as a means of establishing the background against which the latest addition to the great parks will be judged. See also workshops B33, B66, and B84.

Marion Pressley FASLA (moderator), Pressley Associates, Cambridge
Charles Beveridge, Olmsted Papers at American University, Washington DC
Karl Haglund, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Boston
Arleyn Levee, Belmont MA
Cynthia Zaitzevsky , Newton MA

B33 The Rose Kennedy Greenway: meeting the expectations
1:00-2:30 pm
Sponsored by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects

This is the second of a series of four workshops on the history and impacts of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (the Big Dig) on Boston open space. The parks are finally well into construction; some are fully completed and open. It's safe to say that no parks have been as widely anticipated in Boston's history as these. But have the parks met expectations? Do they achieve their lofty goals? What would the designers and park management do differently given a second chance? This session explores the immediate aftermath of the 20 years of development of these parks. See also workshops B14, B66, and B84.

Robert Corning ASLA (moderator), Geller Devellis, Boston
Nancy Brennan, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Boston
Deneen Crosby ASLA, Crosby Schlessinger Smallridge, Boston
Kairos Shen, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Boston
Bill Taylor ASLA, Carol R. Johnson Associates, Boston
Robert Tuchmann, Esq., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Boston
Lynn Wolff FASLA, Copley Wolff Design Group, Boston

B66 The Rose Kennedy Greenway: financial implications
4:00-5:30 pm
Sponsored by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects

This is the third in a series of four workshops on the history and impacts of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (the Big Dig) on Boston open space. The Greenway has become a catalyst for new development along its full length. It has also affected the property values of buildings adjacent to the Greenway. How can we understand the overall financial impact of such a large-scale open space development? And how do we create tools to assess the potential impacts early in the park development process? This session explores how the parks and streetscapes influence tax and other revenues and provides guidance for future open space development inside and outside of Boston. (See also workshops B14, B33, and B84.)

Joseph T. Geller ASLA (moderator), Geller DeVellis Inc., Boston
Craig Halvorson FASLA, Halvorson Design Partnership, Boston
Mahmood Malihi, Leggat McCall Properties, Boston
William F. McCall, Jr, McCall Almy Inc., Boston
Thomas Palmer, The Boston Globe
J.P. Shadley ASLA, Shadley Associates Landscape Architects, Lexington, MA

B84 The Rose Kennedy Greenway: where do we go from here?
6:30-8:00 pm
Sponsored by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects

This is the fourth of a series of four workshops on the history and impacts of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (the Big Dig) on Boston open space. With the completion of the Greenway and the other mitigation projects of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, a major addition will be made to Boston's and the region's open space system. Where do we go from here? What is still missing from the overall open space picture? What user groups and neighborhoods are still underserved? And how do we go about completing the picture - under whose guidance and with what funding? Our panel of urban and open space experts starts creating a framework for the next hundred years of open space development in Boston. See also workshops B14, B33, and B66.

Thomas Doolittle ASLA (moderator), Acton MA
Julia O'Brien, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Boston
Antonia Pollak, Boston Parks and Recreation Department, Boston
Terry Savage FASLA, National Park Service, Charlestown MA
Chris Matthews, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Cambridge
Jill Ochs Zick ASLA, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Sara Peskin, National Park Service
Carol Johnson FASLA, Carol R. Johnson Associates, Boston

You may register for the full Landscape Architecture Symposium by selecting LAS on the online registration form. The package cost for the symposium is $240 if you register before October 20 and $280 if you register after that date. (This is a significant savings over the individual workshop costs.) However, you may choose instead to register for one or more individual sessions by selecting the individual workshops on the online registration form.

If you register for the Landscape Architecture Symposium or any of the workshops, you will automatically be registered to visit the exhibit hall any day of the show. Exhibit hall hours are noon - 7:00 pm daily.


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