Emerald Necklace

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greenway historic district urban park system

Emerald Necklace is a historic chain of interconnected parks and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as an urban greenway.

Aliases (2)

Emerald Necklace parklands ×1
Emerald Necklace, Boston ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	greenway → historic district → urban park system →
architecturalStyle	picturesque landscape design →
connects	Boston Common → Franklin Park → multiple Boston neighborhoods →
country	United States of America →
crosses	Muddy River NERFINISHED →
designer	Frederick Law Olmsted →
follows	Muddy River valley →
hasBicycleRoute	Emerald Necklace bike paths →
hasLength	approximately 7 miles →
hasPart	Arnold Arboretum → Back Bay Fens → Boston Common → Commonwealth Avenue Mall → Franklin Park → Jamaica Pond → Olmsted Park → Public Garden → Riverway → The Fens →
hasTransportationAccess	MBTA Green Line NERFINISHED →
hasUse	recreation → stormwater management → urban green space → wildlife habitat →
hasWalkingTrail	Emerald Necklace walking paths →
hasWebsite	https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/ →
heritageDesignation	Boston Landmark → National Register of Historic Places listing →
inception	1878 →
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts → Brookline, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Norfolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Suffolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
maintainedBy	City of Boston → Emerald Necklace Conservancy → Town of Brookline →
namedAfter	emerald necklace jewelry metaphor →
partOf	Boston park system →
significantEvent	added to National Register of Historic Places in 1989 →
topLevelDomain	.us →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arnold Arboretum → Back Bay Fens → Franklin Park → Jamaica Pond → Jamaica Way → Muddy River → Olmsted Park → Stony Brook →	partOf
Boston park system →	hasPart
Jamaica Way ("Emerald Necklace parklands") →	isPartOfHistoricLandscape
Statue of John Boyle O'Reilly (Boston) →	locatedIn
Frederick Law Olmsted ("Emerald Necklace, Boston") →	notableWork
Boston Landmark (some components) →	relatedTo