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Landmark status for the Esplanade
By adamg on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 2:51pm
Penny Cherubino reports the Boston Landmark Commission has voted to designate the stretch along the Charles as a landmark. It's now up to Mayor Menino and the city council as to whether the Esplanade becomes a landmark, which, among other things, could make it harder for the state to dig it up or pave it over as it rebuilds the Storrow Drive tunnel.
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History
Geek out on Esplanade history here:
http://www.esplanadeassociation.org/park/history.html
At the bottom of that page....
You can download a copy of a booklet on the history of the park by Linda Cox.
She has since asked me to be her co-author a book on the history of the Esplanade and we're at work on it.
Our working title is "The Charles River Esplanade: A Story of People, Politics, and Parkland."
We hope to have it out within a year. We have some interesting stories about how this park evolved and why we have Storrow Drive today instead of attached parkland.
Penny Cherubino