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The pocket park on Quincy Street is getting renovated! Currently, the boardwalk and gathering spaces need repair to ensure that the space can be safely enjoyed by all. This also gives us the opportunity to update the planting in the area and incorporate pollinator habitat and thinking from the Somerville Pollinator Action Plan.
Originally designed in 2010, the first iteration of the Quincy Street Open Space was completed in 2012 and has since served as a neighborhood amenity, providing a calming, passive space off of the busy Somerville Avenue. The City of Somerville is re-engaging landscape architects to make updates to the path and surrounding plantings, staying true to the original design and reinvigorating the space as an urban oasis. Updates will be made to change the wooden boardwalk to a custom concrete path that will deter rodent nests, and the plantings will invite visitors to enjoy the pocket park throughout all seasons. Work will also include the removal of three, large, invasive sycamore maple (Acer psuedoplatanus) trees on the southern edge of the park and the planting of tree native trees in their place.
Construction will begin in November with a tentative completion date in late Spring 2026. To make way for the construction to come, the contractors will need to remove some of the existing planting. If you are interested in taking any of the pollinator plants adjacent to the paths, please contact Senior Open Space Planner Estello Raganit (eraganit@somervillema.gov), who is managing the project. The park will be closed through the winter in anticipation for the construction work.
The pocket park on Quincy Street is getting renovated! Currently, the boardwalk and gathering spaces need repair to ensure that the space can be safely enjoyed by all. This also gives us the opportunity to update the planting in the area and incorporate pollinator habitat and thinking from the Somerville Pollinator Action Plan.
Originally designed in 2010, the first iteration of the Quincy Street Open Space was completed in 2012 and has since served as a neighborhood amenity, providing a calming, passive space off of the busy Somerville Avenue. The City of Somerville is re-engaging landscape architects to make updates to the path and surrounding plantings, staying true to the original design and reinvigorating the space as an urban oasis. Updates will be made to change the wooden boardwalk to a custom concrete path that will deter rodent nests, and the plantings will invite visitors to enjoy the pocket park throughout all seasons. Work will also include the removal of three, large, invasive sycamore maple (Acer psuedoplatanus) trees on the southern edge of the park and the planting of tree native trees in their place.
Construction will begin in November with a tentative completion date in late Spring 2026. To make way for the construction to come, the contractors will need to remove some of the existing planting. If you are interested in taking any of the pollinator plants adjacent to the paths, please contact Senior Open Space Planner Estello Raganit (eraganit@somervillema.gov), who is managing the project. The park will be closed through the winter in anticipation for the construction work.
