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Landfill Parks: Case Study
By George Hazelrigg, ASLA

What did it take to convert a decaying pile of trash into what Boston's mayor calls the harbor's newest jewel?

Today, Spectacle Island is the new gateway for the 34 islands constituting the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area. Since its June 2006 opening, the park has been a big hit with the public: after only a month, Spectacle Island attracted more visitors...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications by Brown, Richardson & Rowe Staff

  • Fenway-Longwood-Kenmore Transportation and Pedestrian Improvement Action Plan, with HNTB Corp., for the Boston Transportation Department, February 2009.
  • Special Events on the Boston Common: Best Management Practices, for the Friends of the Public Garden, 2008.
  • Historic Parkway Preservation Treatment Guidelines, for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2007.
  • Landscape Design@USA 2, Pace Publishing Ltd., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, 2007.
  • Landscape Design @ America 1, Pace Publishing Ltd., Spectacle Island, Comstitution Beach, Boarding House Park in 2006.
  • Capital Needs Projects in Boston Common and the Public Garden, for the Friends of the Public Garden in 2006.
  • Bussey Brook Meadow Stewardship Plan, for The Arnold Arboretum and the Arboretum Park Conservancy, INC., in 2002.
  • Rowe, C. and Stuart, E. (Ed.) Restoring Urban Wetland - Pond Systems, in Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design, CRC Press LLC, 2002.
  • Management of Exotic Species, Hall's Pond, Brookline, MA, Report to The Town of Brookline Conservation Commission, May 1998.
  • MDC Parkway Restoration: A Master Plan for Segments of the Alewife Brook and Mystic Valley Parkways, for the Metropolitan District Commission, 1995.
  • Cape Cod National Seashore Summary Management Plan, for the NPS, North Atlantic Region, 1995.
  • Special Events on the Boston Common: Budgeting for Landscape Mitigation, for the Friends of the Boston Common and Public Garden, 1995.
  • Soil Specifications and Installation and Composting Plan for Spectacle Island, a report on the Materials Disposal System Project, for Century/Weston & Sampson Joint Venture, 1992.
  • Manchester Riverfront Park System, prepared for the City of Manchester Parks and Recreation Department, by Brown and Rowe, November 1981.

 

 

Spectacle Island

Articles featuring Brown, Richardson & Rowe's work

  • "Beneath the Surface" by Kim A O'Connell, Landscape Architecture Magazine, June 1999, about firm's work in field of reclamation.
  • "Gaining Ground" by J. William Thompson, Landscape Architecture Magazine, August 1997, focusing on Spectacle Island and manufactured soils.
  • "Soil Specs for Spectacle Island" edited by David Riggle and Molly Farrell, BioCycle: Journal of Composting & Recycling, December 1996, details firm's work on manufactured soils.
  • "Water, Water Everywhere" by Boyce Thompson, Custom Home, February 1991, Cape Cod residence.

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