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LEARN ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF OLMSTED NOW

It’s here! The Olmsted Now Impact Report summarizes the efforts and impacts of Greater Boston’s Olmsted Bicentennial, with a specific focus on goals to strengthen equitable engagement, diversify connections and grow opportunities for shared use, health and empowerment in parks and public spaces. READ THE REPORT

Parks and public places are for everyone. Frederick Law Olmsted — reformer, writer, Boston transplant and America’s first landscape architect — is about to turn 200. Olmsted Now, Greater Boston’s Olmsted Bicentennial, is an invitation to actively shape a more equitable, verdant and vibrant city. Show up. Be seen. Share your story.

“Come together and be seen”

Meet Olmsted

How can we equitably share the benefits of public places?

Join us!

ENJOYING PARKS IN A PANDEMIC

Please take appropriate steps to protect your health and the health of others by following the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and Brookline Parks and Open Space guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Share your story

A marathon finish. A first kiss. Winter sledding. Summer concert. Protest, picnic, celebration, self-care. Parks and public places are made of common purpose and private moments. Share yours.

Stories from partners and the public are added on a rolling basis. By submitting your story, you allow Olmsted Now to record, copy, edit, reproduce, broadcast, transmit and/or exhibit your story.

Olmsted Now Greater Boston's Olmsted Bicentennial