Emerald Necklace

This article is about the park system in Massachusetts. For the park system in Ohio, see Cleveland Metroparks. For the park system in Chicago, see Chicago park and boulevard system.

Emerald Necklace
Boston Public Garden, the second "jewel" of the Emerald Necklace
Map
TypePark system
LocationBoston and Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates42°19′34″N 71°06′52″W / 42.32611°N 71.11444°W / 42.32611; -71.11444
Created1860s
DesignerFrederick Law Olmsted
Operated byEmerald Necklace Conservancy
OpenAll year
Olmsted Park System
Built1870
NRHP reference No.71000086 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 1971
Original plan of the necklace from 1894

The Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100-acre (4.5 km2; 450 ha) chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. It was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and gets its name from the way the planned chain appears to hang from the "neck" of the Boston peninsula. In 1989, the Emerald Necklace was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "List of Designated Boston Landmarks in Numerical Order as of January 2014" (PDF). City of Boston. Retrieved December 17, 2022.