REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE DORCHESTER, BOSTON, MA Meeting #2 January 31, 2017
COPPENS SQUARE Meeting Agenda Introductions, Recognitions, and History: Ed Cook, Friends of Coppens Square Presentation: Clara Batchelor, CBA Landscape Architects, LLC Project Schedule and Overview Existing Conditions Images ● Historic Images and Plans ● Coppens Square Feature Options ● Express Preferences of Feature Type Future Schedule and Closing Remarks
COPPENS SQUARE Project Milestones Friends of Coppens Square Meeting 1 (November 21, 2016 at 6:00 PM) : CBA met with the Friends of ● Coppens Square and presented Site Analysis and Precedents, gathered input, discussed program elements, and discussed preliminary Schematic Designs. “Public” Meeting 2 (January 30, 2017 at 6:00 PM) : Overview to introduce project to attending public, ● including history of existing fountain and site. Present “Feature” Type Alternatives – Fountain or Sculpture, Traditional or Contemporary. Community review and discussion, with the goal of developing a final Preferred Feature Type. Friends of Coppens Square Meeting 3 (February 22, 2017) : CBA to present 3 options for Coppens Square ● showing different locations for the preferred feature. The committee will express preference on the feature location and CBA will take that decision and develop a Final Illustrative Plan. Friends of Coppens Square Meeting 4 (March 2, 2017) : CBA to present Final Illustrative Design for park ● including feature type and site furnishings, lighting, planting, etc., including a rough cost estimate. CBA will review this plan with committee and will incorporate any changes from the discussion at this meeting into the final plan. CBA will then provide a final plan that the committee can use to secure funding and move the park forward. Construction Documents and Construction Start (Future – TBD, depending on availability of funding) ●
EXISTING CONDITIONS Coppens Square Fountain Photo Source: (Left) CBA, (Right) Urban Culture Institute Website
EXISTING CONDITIONS Lawn, Perimeter Sidewalks Photo Source: CBA
EXISTING CONDITIONS Coppens Square Plaza Photo Source: (Left) Urban Culture Institute Website, (Right) CBA
HISTORIC IMAGES Original Fountain Image Source: (Left) Urban Culture Institute/Ed Cook, (Right) dotmass.blogspot.com
HISTORIC PLANS - 1913 Designer: Olmsted Brothers
HISTORIC PLANS - 1977
HISTORIC PLANS - 1999
REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE SITE ANALYSIS
COPPENS SQUARE Utility Lines and Structures
REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE PREFERRED FEATURE 1. FOUNTAIN OR SCULPTURE? 2. TRADITIONAL OR CONTEMPORARY STYLE?
REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE EXAMPLES OF FOUNTAINS IN A TRADITIONAL STYLE
CONCORD & RUTLAND SQUARES South End, Boston
STATLER PARK Back Bay, Boston
BREWER FOUNTAIN, Boston Common
BLACKSTONE & FRANKLIN FOUNTAINS, South End, Boston
HENDERSON FOUNTAIN, Henderson, KY (New fountain by Robinson Ironworks, Height is 25')
REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE EXAMPLES OF FOUNTAINS IN A CONTEMPORARY STYLE
ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY , North End, Boston
CHINATOWN, Boston
LUSTGARTEN FOUNTAIN, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
TSUTAKAWA FOUNTAIN, Seattle, WA
PRINCESS DIANA FOUNTAIN, London, UK
REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE EXAMPLES OF SCULPTURE IN A TRADITIONAL STYLE
HARRIET TUBMAN PARK, South End, Boston
ALEXANDER HAMILTON STATUE, Boston Common, Boston
MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS, Boston Common, Boston
MINUTEMAN, Lexington, MA
BOSTON WOMEN'S MEMORIAL, Commonwealth Ave., Boston
REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE EXAMPLES OF SCULPTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY STYLE
ARMENIAN HERITAGE PARK - ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY , Boston
WIND SCULPTURE DECORDOVA SCULPTURE MUSEUM, Lexington, MA
ARTHUR FIELDLER SCULPTURE, Boston, MA
HORSE SCULPTURE – Deborah Butterfield
SYMPHONY PARK – Boston
COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION
PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR PREFERENCE PINK STICKER – LIKE THE MOST GREEN STICKER – LIKE SECOND MOST
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