Schedule > Meeting 7 (Saturday May 11)

 

Beyond the Big Dig: Creative Community Conversations

What would you like the park over the Big Dig to look like? Here's your chance to express your views and learn more about how cities design parks and public.

Once Interstate 93 is put underground, the open space it creates will be available for the city to build a series of public spaces, and many people right now are trying to figure out what these spaces should look like. The "Creative Community Conversation" we'll be attending is a rare opportunity experience the urban design process by giving your opinions and seeing what other people think about how the corridor park should be developed.

The Community Conversation will take place at English High School in Jamaica Plain from 10:00-2:00. The English High School is just off Washington Street in Jamaica Plain between McBride and Williams Streets. Williams Street is at the intersection of Washington Street across from Doyle’s Restaurant and Bar. You can get there by taking the Orange line to the Forest Hills stop and then walking down Washington St. If anyone wants to go with me, we can meet at the Cathedral at 9:30.

Here are a few short editorials from the Boston Globe that will show you how people are arguing about open space over the Big Dig:

"Time To Think Big"

"Getting to 'aha' on Artery parks"

"Balance over the Artery"

"An open mind on open space"