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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...

 

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Awards

  • Conservationist of the Year Award, given by The Trustees of Reservations to the Community Preservation Coalition. Clarissa Rowe is chair of the statewide Community Preservation Coalition.
  • 2006 Winner Waterfront Park Design Competition, Providence, RI
  • Massachusetts Historical Commission 2004 Preservation Award for the Restoration of Nathan Tufts Park in Somerville, Massachusetts
  • Brookline Preservation Commission Award in October 2004 for Hall’s Pond Sanctuary Restoration in Brookline, Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts Horticultural Society 2002 Urban Landscape Award for Bussey Brook Meadow and Blackwell Footpath at the Arnold Arboretum
  • The Nicholas Humber Environmental Award for Outstanding Collaboration from the Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc., March 2002, for Millennium ParkMassachusetts Recreation and Park Association's Outstanding Design of Facility, 2001, for Millennium Park
  • Boston Society of Landscape Architects' Honor Award in 2000 for Spectacle Island in the Boston Harbor
  • Federal Design Achievement Award in 1995 for the Lowell Performance Pavilion in Boarding House Park
  • Citation of Merit by the "1995 Best Accessible Design Awards" Jury of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for main entrance accessibility improvements at the Berklee School of Music
  • 1995 Pride in a Quiet Corner Award from the Northeast Connecticut Visitors District for the Quinebaug River Trail Park
  • 1995 "Technical Excellence for Volunteer Actions" Award by the North American Lake Management Society to the Friends of Menotomy Rocks Park, Arlington, MA - Clarissa Rowe, Founder and President
  • 1992 "Excellence on the Waterfront" Top Honor for the Lowell Canalway
  • AIA Citation for Excellence in Urban Design in 1990 for Jack Kerouac Park in the Lowell National Historical Park
  • Boston Society of Landscape Architects' Honor Award in 1988 for Winthrop Park, Harvard Square, Cambridge

Publications by BR&R Staff

  • Urban Street Tree Planting Symposium, Report of October 24, 1995 Symposium organized by the Massachusetts Community Forestry Council and the Boston Society of Landscape Architects, Shirley Kressel and Clarissa Rowe, members of Steering Committee; Shirley Kressel, Editor.
  • 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 National Park Service, 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 D021A, Materials Disposal System Project, for Century/Weston & Sampson Joint Venture, 1992.
  • Pedestrian Circulation Study, Fernald State School, for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Planning and Operations, by Brown and Rowe, February 1990.
  • Manchester Riverfront Park System, prepared for by the City of Manchester Parks and Recreation Department, by Brown and Rowe, November 1981.

Articles featuring BR&R'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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