The Committee's overall mission is to help ensure the sustainability of the North End/Waterfront as a residential neighborhood by promoting and protecting parks and open spaces that meet the neighborhood's needs and are accessible, well-maintained and safe.
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Parks & Open Spaces Committee
Join Us at a Meeting!
The Parks & Open Spaces Committee generally meets at 7pm on the first Tuesday of the month at the Nazzaro Center, 30 N. Bennet St., Check the Calendar.
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Parks & Open Spaces Committee
Parks Co-Chairs
Our Mission
We are the "eyes and ears" of the parks. The committee's coverage area is in downtown Boston bounded by Surface Road, Blackstone Street, up to 20 Rowes Wharf no further than Keaney Square and North Washington Street, and bound by the water.
The North End has 15.6 acres of protected open spaces, 4.2 acres of unprotected public open spaces for a total of 20.2 acres of parks and open spaces. This includes the Greenway.
Some interesting notes:
■ Copps Hill Cemetery is 351 years old
■ Prior to 1885, there was no open space in the North End
■ The first playground in the United States was on Parmenter St. in back of what is the North End Union. It was called the Sand Garden.
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