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Rose Kennedy Greenway

A series of parks that extend primarily in the path of the old elevated Central Artery from Chinatown through the Wharf District and North End to the Fleet Center is now known as the Rose Kennedy Greenway.   The Kennedy family, government officials and others met to dedicate the Greenway on July 26, 2004.   The nearly 30 acres of parks and greenspace are accessed from a new boulevard and other reconstructed surface streets with improved pedestrian walkways and landscaping (see Parcel Land Use map).

You can also see the Greenway Parks Contract Limits maps.

The Greenway Parks: 

Chinatown Park

North End Parks

Wharf District Parks

In 2004, the non-profit Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy was founded as the official steward of the Greenway.