Greater Boston parkway system

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historic landscape parkway system transportation infrastructure network

The Greater Boston parkway system is a network of scenic, historically planned roadways and parkways around Boston designed to connect urban areas with parks, beaches, and natural landscapes.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Boston parkway system 2
Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston 2
Boston metropolitan greenway system 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic landscape ⓘ
parkway system ⓘ
transportation infrastructure network ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedTo connect urban areas with beaches ⓘ
connect urban areas with natural landscapes ⓘ
connect urban areas with parks ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
formerlyManagedBy Metropolitan District Commission ⓘ
hasCharacteristic at-grade intersections ⓘ
landscape-oriented design ⓘ
limited commercial access ⓘ
park-like medians and plantings ⓘ
scenic ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places (various segments) ⓘ
hasPart Alewife Brook Parkway ⓘ
Arborway ⓘ
Blue Hills Parkway ⓘ
Emerald Necklace park system ⓘ
surface form: Emerald Necklace parkways

Enneking Parkway ⓘ
Fellsway ⓘ
Fellsway ⓘ
surface form: Fellsway East

Fellsway ⓘ
surface form: Fellsway West

Fenway–Kenmore ⓘ
surface form: Fenway

Fresh Pond Parkway ⓘ
Jamaicaway ⓘ
Lynn Fells Parkway ⓘ
Memorial Drive ⓘ
Morrissey Boulevard ⓘ
Mystic Valley Parkway ⓘ
Neponset River Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Neponset River Reservation parkways

Charles River Bike Path ⓘ
surface form: Parkway along the Charles River Basin

Blue Hills Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Parkways of the Blue Hills Reservation

Middlesex Fells Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Parkways of the Middlesex Fells Reservation

Quincy Shore Drive ⓘ
Revere Beach Parkway ⓘ
Riverway ⓘ
Storrow Drive ⓘ
VFW Parkway ⓘ
West Roxbury Parkway ⓘ
William J. Day Boulevard ⓘ
locatedIn Greater Boston ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
managedBy Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation ⓘ
partlyDesignedBy Charles Eliot ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
planningInfluencedBy City Beautiful movement ⓘ
early 20th-century landscape architecture ⓘ
primaryFunction access to regional parks and reservations ⓘ
recreation-oriented driving ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Revere Beach Parkway → partOf → Greater Boston parkway system ⓘ
Alewife Brook Parkway → partOf → Greater Boston parkway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston roadways
Beacon Street → partOf → Greater Boston parkway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Boston road network
Jamaica Way → partOf → Greater Boston parkway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston parkway system
Storrow Drive → partOf → Greater Boston parkway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Metropolitan District Commission → operated → Greater Boston parkway system ⓘ
subject surface form: Metropolitan District Commission (Massachusetts)
this entity surface form: Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Mystic Valley Parkway → isComponentOf → Greater Boston parkway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston metropolitan greenway system
Jamaicaway → partOf → Greater Boston parkway system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston parkway system