Dorchesterway

The Dorchesterway was a parkway planned by 19th century landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted to be a continuation of the Emerald Necklace park network in Boston, Massachusetts.

As a result, Columbia Road failed to serve the purposes of either the businesses or the pleasure travelers well, and there was not enough room for what Olmsted considered a proper parkway.

[citation needed] But despite the recent greening of parts of Columbia Road, natural elements in this area remain meager due to the dense neighborhood development.

According to Simone Auster, former director of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy: ...a vision for a "completed" Emerald Necklace has not yet been flushed out by the Conservancy or other groups, but the idea of the system connecting to Pleasure Bay and Castle Island via Columbia Road and eventually back to Back Bay Fens or Boston Common resonates with many Bostonians.

[1]In 2004, a Boston Redevelopment Authority strategic plan for the improvement of Roxbury recommended major street reconstruction, including trees and antique-style lamp posts, to give Columbia Road the character of a pleasant boulevard.

Frederick Law Olmsted , the 19th century landscape designer who envisioned the Dorchesterway as the final "link" in his Emerald Necklace
Castle Island , considered to be part of South Boston , was formerly an island in Boston Harbor , but is now connected via a causeway to the mainland near the proposed terminus of the Dorchesterway.