Southwest Corridor Project
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 Sustaining Urban Excellence: Learning from the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence 1987-1993 |
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- Title
- Southwest Corridor Project
- Description
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1989 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Silver Medal
The Southwest Corridor Project in Boston addressed inequitable access to public transit by expanding mass transit and repurposing abandoned land into a park. One of the largest public works projects in Massachusetts’ history, the project connects several outer neighborhoods to each other and downtown with new rail lines, transit stations, and a 52-acre landscaped greenway with trails, community gardens, and recreational facilities.
The project addresses the need for efficient, inclusive transit; the development of jobs; green space and recreation; and safe public spaces. Four lines of commuter rail, Amtrak service, and eight transit stations now connect older and lower-income neighborhoods with downtown and the greater Boston area. Land that had been abandoned when an interstate belt plan was voted down by the community after demolition had already destroyed parts of several neighborhoods was transformed into the Corridor Park, and the $750 million of federal money that had been earmarked for the highway was reallocated for the Southwest Corridor Project. Community participation and leadership and the cooperation of public agencies were vital to the overturning of the highway proposal and the successful development of the corridor. - Coverage
- Boston, MA
- Date
- 1987
- Subject
- public transit
- parks
- public spaces
- community development
- environmental planning
- transit-oriented development
- sustainability
- greenways
- Contributor
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Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Construction
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Massachusetts Department of Public Works
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Metropolitan District Commission
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Massachusetts Department of Commerce
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Massachusetts Department of Communities and Development
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Metropolitan Area Planning Council
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Boston Economic Development and Industrial Commission
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Boston Housing Authority
- Contributor
- en Public Agency
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Boston Water and Sewer Commission
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- en Public Agency
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Arrowstreet
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- en Architect
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Ellenzweig Associates
- Contributor
- en Architect
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Equity Design
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- en Architect
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Kallman, McKinnel & Wood
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- en Architect
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Bond Ryder
- Contributor
- en Architect
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Stull Associates
- Contributor
- en Architect
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Turner
- Contributor
- en Architect
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Huygens & DiMella
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- en Architect
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Cambridge Seven Associates
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- en Architect
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Robert L. Wilson
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- en Architect
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Kubitz & Pepi Architects, Inc.
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- en Architect
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Mintz Associates, Inc.
- Contributor
- en Architect
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Leon Bridge Co.
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- en Architect
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Kaiser Engineers, Inc.
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- en Professional Consultant
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Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Inc.
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- en Professional Consultant
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Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.
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- en Professional Consultant
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Jason M. Cortell & Associates
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Cullinan Engineering
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Thomas K. Dyer, Inc.
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Charles G. Hilgenhurst Associates
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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The Hinchman Co.
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Urban Planning Collaborative
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Frederic R. Harris Inc.
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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A.M. Voorhees & Associates, Inc.
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Goldberg Zoino & Associates
- Contributor
- en Professional Consultant
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Boston Urban Gardeners
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Boston Fenway Program
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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United South End Settlements
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Carter Playground Association
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Ellis Neighborhood Association
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Cosmopolitan Neighborhood Association
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Claremont Neighborhood Association
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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St. Botolph Citizens Committee
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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St. Botolph Towers Tenants Committee
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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South End Garden Project, Inc.
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Mission Hill Tenants Council
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Bromley Heath Tenant Management Council
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Greater Roxbury Community Development Corporation
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Jamaica Plain APAC
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Roxbury Action Program
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Roxbury Multi-Service Center
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Tenants Development Corporation
- Contributor
- en Community Group
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Roy Mann Associates
- Contributor
- en Landscape Architect
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Moriece & Gary
- Contributor
- en Landscape Architect
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Sasaki Associates, Inc.
- Contributor
- en Landscape Architect
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Mason & Frey, Landscape Architects
- Contributor
- en Landscape Architect
- Rights
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