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Sustaining Urban Excellence: Learning from the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence 1987-1993	Text
The Park at Post Office Square application
The Park at Post Office Square case study

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Title

The Park at Post Office Square

Description

1993 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Silver Medal

The Park at Post Office Square converted an abandoned parking garage into a 1.7-acre park that provides much-needed green space in downtown Boston. A landmark of urban landscape design, the park is a green oasis and popular destination in the heart of the financial district. A seven-story underground parking structure provides convenient access to the park and surrounding neighborhood and ongoing revenue for the project.

The park was created through an innovative public-private partnership at no cost to the public. The design emphasized providing a variety of opportunities for rest and recreation, creating visual and spatial relief from the park’s urban surroundings, incorporating abundant and varied flora, and providing a focal point for the financial district. The meticulously maintained park features a walk-through sculptural fountain and a 140-foot-long trellis over a pedestrian walkway. Safety is enhanced by keeping all points of the park open and within sightlines of the street, and a glass pavilion houses a year-round café. The park’s location in the midst of a heavily-trafficked district serves as a model for other cities attempting to integrate green space in crowded downtown areas.

Coverage

Boston, MA

Date

1992

Subject

parks

public spaces

urban beautification

public-private sector cooperation

public art

Contributor

City of Boston

Contributor: en Public Agency

Boston Redevelopment Agency

Contributor: en Public Agency

Ellenzweig Associates

Contributor: en Designer

The Halvorson Company, Inc.

Contributor: en Designer

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Contributor: en Planner

Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.

Contributor: en Professional Consultant

LeMessurier Consultants, Inc.

Contributor: en Professional Consultant

Consentini Associates

Contributor: en Professional Consultant

Friends of Post Office Square

Contributor: en Developer

Boston Greenspace Alliance

Contributor: en Community Group

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