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About this project

What happens to the ribbon of land being created by the depression of the Central Artery may be the most important development decision to face Boston in a generation.

A national panel of experts in governance, landscape architecture, and design offers recommendations on designing, building, and operating the Rose Kennedy Greenway. | Go |

Residents dream big

A pair of public forums dubbed "Community Conversations" resulted in dozens of innovative ideas for the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Check out stories, photos, and the ideas themselves. | Go |

About the land

The Central Artery land weaves nearly continuously from Chinatown to North Station, but its two dozen individual parcels differ considerably in character and potential use. Here's a look. | Go |

Lessons from the world

Boston is unique, but the issues involved in reclaiming Central Artery land are not. A series of MIT case studies looks at lessons from similar projects around the world. | Go |

Timeline

The first shots in the war over Central Artery land were fired in the 1980s. Where did the time go? | Go|

Opinion

Read the thoughts of key local players and some of the nation's leading experts on public policy and urban design. | Go |

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A visual thesaurus

-Art and landscape
-Cultural institutions
-Day and night
-Green building
-Glass houses
-Nature
-Outdoor program
-Seasons
-Transparency
-Unprogrammed
-Viewpoints
-Water

A visual thesaurus: Day and night

The following linked images are offered without text as visual references, as a thesaurus or storehouse of urban landscape concepts that have been realized in cities throughout the US, Europe and Japan. The purpose is to prompt a discussion of urban landscape as multidimensional: a layering of form and program with environmental and social purpose, defined and developed by users, over time.

Information for this section was provided by the Artery Business Committee.