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1 White Stadium
Overlook Shelter Ruins: Originally a field house, it
2 was
one of the few structures Olmsted ever designed.The
site was the home to Elma Lewis’ Playhouse in the Park in
the ’60s and ’70s, and jazz greats, including Duke Ellington,
performed here.
3 The Playstead: A large, active sports area that
accommodates basketball, tennis and many field sports.
4 Franklin Park Zoo: Founded in 1912, the zoo’s 72
acres are home to lions, tigers, giraffes, and more. Visitors
to the signature Tropical Forest can stand face-to-face with
the Zoo’s seven gorillas at one of five glass viewing stations.
Heroic statues by Daniel Chester French flank the north
entrance. $ www.franklinparkzoo.org
5 William J. Devine Golf Course: Originally a sheep
meadow in Olmsted’s design, this 18-hole facility is the
second oldest public golf course in the country. Open year
round, weather permitting. $ 617.265.4084
6 Schoolmaster Hill: Named for Ralph Waldo Emerson 12 Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection: See the oldest 16 Pinebank Promontory: A peaceful spot in this 21 Leverett Pond: Leverett Pond is a fine example 26 James P. Kelleher Rose Garden: Designed by 30 Fenway Victory Gardens: Victory Gardens were 35 William Lloyd Garrison Statue: Publisher of Central Burying Ground: Purchased in 1756 and
41 added
who lived near this site in the 1820s when he was a and smallest trees at the Arboretum. Open mid-April to busy park, the promontory’s stunning views across the of Olmsted’s skill combining landscape, water, and landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff in the 1920s, this cultivated during World War II to ease demand on wartime “The Liberator” and founder of the New England Anti- to the Common in 1839, this is the final resting
schoolteacher in Roxbury. This hidden spot has picnic early November. Pond and cooling breezes through tall pines made it an structure into his designs. Islands were created to provide garden was restored by the City of Boston and the Emerald food supply. The Fenway gardens are among the few to Slavery Society, Garrison was a powerful voice in the place for Revolutionary War soldiers and many others.
tables, century-old white pines, and offers a spectacular attractive site for three successive mansions in the 1800s. both visual interest and waterfowl breeding area. Necklace Conservancy. Combining the best of old and new remain in continuous cultivation.Today, 500 plots are tended abolitionist movement. Olin Levi Warner, Sculptor
view across the park and to the Blue Hills beyond. 13 Hunnewell Building: This building houses admin- Today, a granite outline marks the footprint of the last roses, today’s garden includes over 1,500 plants representing by community gardeners and feature a bounty of flowers Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument:
42 Martin
istrative offices, a horticultural library, restrooms, and mansion that stood here. 22 Bellevue Street Bridge 200 different varieties. and vegetables. 36 Alexander Hamilton Statue: Hamilton, a Founding Milmore, Sculptor
7 The Wilderness: A 65-acre native oak forest with a visitor center with maps, seasonal exhibitions, and Father who also started the central banking system,
meandering paths and huge Roxbury puddingstone knowledgeable staff to help make the most of your visit. 17 Ward’s Pond: This secluded pond is a glacial “kettle- Chapel Street Bridge Area/Historic Bridle
23 Paths: 27 War Memorials 31 Boylston Bridge: Designed by prominent 19th-century welcomes visitors to the Mall between Arlington and Frog Pond: Site of 1848’s “Water Celebration”inaugurating
43 the
outcroppings, the Wilderness is a picturesque landscape Weekday building access for restrooms begins at 9:00am; hole” formed at the end of the last ice age. A serene, Bridges played a key role in all of Olmsted’s work, architect H. H. Richardson, this bridge is constructed of Berkeley streets. Dr.William Rimmer, Sculptor city’s public water system, today the pond serves as a
and a good example of urban woodlands. closed holidays. Visitor Center hours: November through heavily wooded area, the visitor finds a quiet wilderness, not only along rivers, but everywhere that he sought to Cape Ann granite. Projecting bays offer sweeping views skating rink in the winter and a supervised wading pool in the
28 Japanese Bell: Found on a scrap heap in Yokosuka, this across the Fens. summer.The Tadpole Playground is nearby.
March: noon–4:00pm, April through October, 11:00am– steps from the surrounding city. separate different modes of transportation. The Chapel beautiful bronze 17th-century temple bell was brought 37 9/11 Memorial
8 The 99 Steps/Ellicott Arch 6:00pm; closed Wednesdays (617.384.5209). Library hours: Street Bridge separated walkers above from the bridle back by sailors on the USS Boston in 1945. In 1953, the
Monday–Friday, 10:00am–3:45pm (617.522.1086). 18 Wildflower Meadow: Once the site of an indoor ice path below. Japanese government announced that the bell should
32 Leif Eriksson Statue 38 George Washington Statue: Thomas Ball, Sculptor 44 Shaw Memorial: This honors the 54th Regiment of
9 Scarboro Pond and Hill skating rink, the meadow now offers unique habitat for the Massachusetts infantry. Led by Colonel Robert Gould
butterflies, bees, and other pollinators. remain in Boston as a gesture of peace. Boston Women’s Memorial: Mayor Thomas M. Menino Swan Boats: These iconic pedal boats first appeared on Shaw, the 54th was the first free black regiment in the
14 Jamaica Pond Boathouse/Bandstand: Built in 24 Round House Shelter 33 reserved the site for a women’s memorial in 1992. The 39 the Union. Bronze relief by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Granite frame
Peters Hill: The highest point in the Emerald Necklace,
10 Peters 1912, these Tudor-style structures add a rustic element Lagoon in 1877. Designed by Robert Paget, they are
Hill (240 feet) offers spectacular views of Jamaica to the pond. Visitors can rent sailboats or rowboats to 19 Daisy Field: Olmsted originally designed this as a large Athletic Facilities:The Joseph Lee Playground area 29 Shattuck Emerald Necklace Visitor Center: Boston Women’s Commission selected Abigail Adams, still owned and operated by the Paget Family. $ and terrace by Charles F. McKim
Plain, Roslindale, and the Boston skyline. enjoy unique views of the park or simply drift on the meadow surrounded by woods. Today, playing fields serve 25 features softball, soccer, lacrosse, football, basketball and a Designed by H. H. Richardson in 1882, the building is one Lucy Stone, and Phillis Wheatley as exemplary figures.
water (www.courageoussailing.org). The Bandstand is home community groups for little league, softball, soccer and recreational running track. One of the diamonds is named of a pair that housed the gates used to regulate the Stony Meredith Bergmann, Sculptor 40 Make Way for Ducklings Sculpture: Mrs. Mallard 45 Brewer Fountain
11 Explorers Garden: The area around the Chinese Path to numerous recreational, educational, and cultural touch football. in honor of Roberto Clemente — the first Latin American Brook’s flow into the Fens. This gatehouse, no longer in and her eight ducklings were created as a tribute to
has long been used by researchers to test the hardiness activities. The Boathouse is open April 1 through Veteran’s Day. elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. operation, was converted in 2010 to a visitor center and 34 Samuel Eliot Morison Statue: This scholar, educator, Robert McCloskey, author of a children’s book about 46 Boston Common Visitors’ Center and Park
of new plants gathered from around the world by plant 20 Allerton Overlook: This semi-circular walk descends offices of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. and maritime historian was the Pulitzer-prize winning ducks that live in the Public Garden’s Lagoon. Nancy Schön, Ranger Station: Maps, tourist information, and rest-
explorers. Don’t miss rare and unusual plants like the 15 Parkman Memorial: Daniel Chester French, Sculptor into the park and provides scenic views of the banks and author of the “Oxford History of the United States” (1927) Sculptor rooms. This also marks the start of the Freedom Trail ®.
dove tree, paperbark maple, or Franklinia. islands of Leverett Pond. and “The Oxford History of the American People” (1965). Hours: Monday–Saturday, 8:30 am–5pm; Sunday 10am–6pm
Penelope Jencks, Sculptor