Cambridge, MA

Located on the site of the Newtowne Marketplace, established in Cambridge, MA in 1631, Winthrop Park has been in continuous public use for three-and-one-half centuries. The Cambridge Community Development Office and the Cambridge Historic Commission hired Brown, Richardson & Rowe in 1985 to design a historic restoration of Winthrop Square. In 1986, an unusual collaboration of public and private groups was formed to raise funds for the rehabilitation of this site. Led by the Program on Public Space Partnerships, a strategy was developed for the design, funding and maintenance of the park. The Winthrop Park Trust, Inc., was formed to hold the private contributions to the site. The final project is a joint venture between the Winthrop Park Trust, Inc., and the City of Cambridge.

Brown, Richardson & Rowe worked with Carlos Dorrien during the design of his sculpture for Winthrop Park.

Winthrop Park received an Honor Award from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects in 1988.

Photograph by Felice Frankel