Emerald Necklace
Chain of parks in Boston, Massachusetts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the park system in Massachusetts. For the park system in Ohio, see Cleveland Metroparks. For the park system in Chicago, see Chicago park and boulevard system.
The Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100-acre (4.5 km2; 450 ha) chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. It was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and gets its name from the way the planned chain appears to hang from the "neck" of the Boston peninsula. In 1989, the Emerald Necklace was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission.[2]
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Type | Park system |
Location | Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, United States |
Coordinates | 42°19′34″N 71°06′52″W |
Created | 1860s |
Designer | Frederick Law Olmsted |
Operated by | Emerald Necklace Conservancy |
Open | All year |
Olmsted Park System | |
Built | 1870 |
NRHP reference No. | 71000086 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 8, 1971 |
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