Greater Boston parkway system
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic landscape
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parkway system → transportation infrastructure network → |
| country |
United States
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| designedTo |
connect urban areas with beaches
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connect urban areas with natural landscapes → connect urban areas with parks → |
| era |
early 20th century
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late 19th century → |
| formerlyManagedBy |
Metropolitan District Commission
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| hasCharacteristic |
at-grade intersections
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landscape-oriented design → limited commercial access → park-like medians and plantings → scenic → |
| hasHeritageStatus |
listed on the National Register of Historic Places (various segments)
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| hasPart |
Alewife Brook Parkway
NERFINISHED
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Arborway → Blue Hills Parkway NERFINISHED → Emerald Necklace parkways → Enneking Parkway NERFINISHED → Fellsway → Fellsway East → Fellsway West → Fenway → Fresh Pond Parkway NERFINISHED → Jamaicaway → Lynn Fells Parkway NERFINISHED → Memorial Drive NERFINISHED → Morrissey Boulevard NERFINISHED → Mystic Valley Parkway NERFINISHED → Neponset River Reservation parkways → Parkway along the Charles River Basin → Parkways of the Blue Hills Reservation → Parkways of the Middlesex Fells Reservation → Quincy Shore Drive NERFINISHED → Revere Beach Parkway → Riverway → Storrow Drive → VFW Parkway NERFINISHED → West Roxbury Parkway NERFINISHED → William J. Day Boulevard NERFINISHED → |
| locatedIn |
Greater Boston
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Massachusetts → |
| managedBy |
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
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| partlyDesignedBy |
Charles Eliot
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Frederick Law Olmsted → |
| planningInfluencedBy |
City Beautiful movement
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early 20th-century landscape architecture → |
| primaryFunction |
access to regional parks and reservations
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recreation-oriented driving → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Alewife Brook Parkway
("Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston roadways")
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Beacon Street ("Greater Boston road network") → Jamaica Way ("Boston parkway system") → Revere Beach Parkway → |
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