GOVE ST CROSSING: EAST BOSTON STEPHANIE WEYER TOOLE DESIGN
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Project Team ROLES ES ORGANIZATION City A y Approval als Public Realm Director with Boston Department of Transportation (BTD) and Boston Parks Department Pr Project Lea Leads Friends of the East Boston Greenway (FoEBG) and the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) n/a Local l Busin iness S Support Landscape A Architect Toole Design Friends of the East Boston Greenway Projec ect M Managem emen ent Greenway Council, Gove Street Citizen Association, Gumball Volunteers a at P Pop-Up Up apartment building residents, kids walking by Legal / l / Me Memorandum o of n/a Understanding Artist (Krina Patel) for a piñata party, local musicians Progr grammin ing (through Zumix), children’s games (Civic Space Collaborative) Resident leaders, Friends of the East Boston Greenway and Mainten tenance Park Keeper, The Trustees of Reservations summer youth program
Gove St Process (10 months) Design City Site Selection Design Challenge Process Approvals • Friends of the East Boston • The BSLA hosted a Design • Met with Greenway Council • Met with Parks Dept. staff Greenway (FoEBG) worked Challenge to collect entries and neighborhood to review almost final to select site during associations design to weigh in • 12 jury members reviewed the summer engagement on designs and worked together to • Design session at the • On-site meeting with Public the Greenway select a project library and schools Realm Director • Summer / Fall 2018 • Nov. 2018 – March 2019 • March – May 2019 • Forms: Street closure application, Parks’ small project form • May 2019 Two-Day Celebrate Build Out • Piñata Party • Built benches off-site • Kids events • Final site design • Three music events • Purchased materials • June 2019 • June 2019
Gove St Budget Donated / HARD COSTS Cost Funding Source Borrowed Ma Mater eria ials ls – Ne New - Po Pop-up up 6 bistro sets ($1,000 total / $170 each) • Paint supplies – Behr Concrete paint ($2,000) • $6,000 Barr Foundation Grant Wood for benches ($1,400) • Planters, flowers, shrubs ($2,000) • Signs – Corrugated Plastic ($260) • Mater Ma eria ials ls – Borrowed - Po Pop-up up $6,000 n/a Picnic tables, traffic cones, bubbles, tent, etc. • TOTA TAL $6, $6,00 000 $6, $6,00 000 SOFT COSTS Cost In-Kind Funding Source Programmin ing a g at the p he pop-up up $2,100 Barr Foundation Grant Musicians ($1,200 / $400 each) • Children’s event and piñata party ($700) • Frien iends ds of t the E he East Boston G Gree eenway – Projec ect $7,000 Barr Foundation Grant mana nagem emen ent, ev event p plannin nning, et etc. Bos oston Soc Society of of La Landscape Archit hitec ects $5,000 50 hours Grant + In-kind Lands ndscape pe A Archit hitec ects ( (Toole le D Desig ign) 500 hours In-Kind Volun luntee eer t time 120 hours n/a TOTA TAL $14, $14,100 00 670 h 670 hours
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