Emerald Necklace - Shape

Shape

The Emerald Necklace begins near Boston's Downtown Crossing, proceeds along the Boston/Brookline border, then curves into Jamaica Plain. At the south border of Arnold Arboretum, at the point most distant from its beginning, the Emerald Necklace is in Roslindale. It then hooks back up into Roxbury and Dorchester.

Olmsted's original plan called for a "U" shaped necklace which terminated at Boston Harbor. The final link, The Dorchesterway, was never realized.

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