Rudy Bruner Award Collection

Title

Southwest Corridor Project

Description

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

Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority

Contributor

en Public Agency

Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Construction

Contributor

en Public Agency

Massachusetts Department of Public Works

Contributor

en Public Agency

Metropolitan District Commission

Contributor

en Public Agency

Massachusetts Department of Commerce

Contributor

en Public Agency

Massachusetts Department of Communities and Development

Contributor

en Public Agency

Metropolitan Area Planning Council

Contributor

en Public Agency

Boston Economic Development and Industrial Commission

Contributor

en Public Agency

Boston Housing Authority

Contributor

en Public Agency

Boston Water and Sewer Commission

Contributor

en Public Agency

Arrowstreet

Contributor

en Architect

Ellenzweig Associates

Contributor

en Architect

Equity Design

Contributor

en Architect

Kallman, McKinnel & Wood

Contributor

en Architect

Bond Ryder

Contributor

en Architect

Stull Associates

Contributor

en Architect

Turner

Contributor

en Architect

Huygens & DiMella

Contributor

en Architect

Cambridge Seven Associates

Contributor

en Architect

Robert L. Wilson

Contributor

en Architect

Kubitz & Pepi Architects, Inc.

Contributor

en Architect

Mintz Associates, Inc.

Contributor

en Architect

Leon Bridge Co.

Contributor

en Architect

Kaiser Engineers, Inc.

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Inc.

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Jason M. Cortell & Associates

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Cullinan Engineering

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Thomas K. Dyer, Inc.

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Haley & Aldrich, Inc.

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Charles G. Hilgenhurst Associates

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

The Hinchman Co.

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Urban Planning Collaborative

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Frederic R. Harris Inc.

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

A.M. Voorhees & Associates, Inc.

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Goldberg Zoino & Associates

Contributor

en Professional Consultant

Boston Urban Gardeners

Contributor

en Community Group

Boston Fenway Program

Contributor

en Community Group

United South End Settlements

Contributor

en Community Group

Carter Playground Association

Contributor

en Community Group

Ellis Neighborhood Association

Contributor

en Community Group

Cosmopolitan Neighborhood Association

Contributor

en Community Group

Claremont Neighborhood Association

Contributor

en Community Group

St. Botolph Citizens Committee

Contributor

en Community Group

St. Botolph Towers Tenants Committee

Contributor

en Community Group

South End Garden Project, Inc.

Contributor

en Community Group

Mission Hill Tenants Council

Contributor

en Community Group

Bromley Heath Tenant Management Council

Contributor

en Community Group

Greater Roxbury Community Development Corporation

Contributor

en Community Group

Jamaica Plain APAC

Contributor

en Community Group

United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury

Contributor

en Community Group

Roxbury Action Program

Contributor

en Community Group

Roxbury Multi-Service Center

Contributor

en Community Group

Tenants Development Corporation

Contributor

en Community Group

Roy Mann Associates

Contributor

en Landscape Architect

Moriece & Gary

Contributor

en Landscape Architect

Sasaki Associates, Inc.

Contributor

en Landscape Architect

Mason & Frey, Landscape Architects

Contributor

en Landscape Architect

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