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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 began last fall into winter with site preparation and invasive tree removals and will wrap up at the beginning of summer with a ribbon cutting planned in June.
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 began last fall into winter with site preparation and invasive tree removals and will wrap up at the beginning of summer with a ribbon cutting planned in June.
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Mayor Jake Wilson, Ward 3 Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen, and the City of Somerville’s Public Space and Urban Forestry Division invite members of the public to a ribbon cutting for the Quincy Street Pocket Park renovation.
The ribbon cutting ceremony at Quincy Street Pocket Park will take place on Tuesday, June 9, from 2-3pm at 14 Quincy St. The renovation at Quincy Street Pocket Park addresses safety concerns posed by the previously-installed boardwalk and prevent rodents from nesting under the park. Site-wide updates to the pathway also allowed for a revamp of the planting to bring it in line with our Somerville Pollinator Action Plan.
Landscape Architect: Weston and Sampson; Contractor: Greener Group
Mayor Jake Wilson, Ward 3 Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen, and the City of Somerville’s Public Space and Urban Forestry Division invite members of the public to a ribbon cutting for the Quincy Street Pocket Park renovation.
The ribbon cutting ceremony at Quincy Street Pocket Park will take place on Tuesday, June 9, from 2-3pm at 14 Quincy St. The renovation at Quincy Street Pocket Park addresses safety concerns posed by the previously-installed boardwalk and prevent rodents from nesting under the park. Site-wide updates to the pathway also allowed for a revamp of the planting to bring it in line with our Somerville Pollinator Action Plan.
Landscape Architect: Weston and Sampson; Contractor: Greener Group
