From: Genius of Place by Justin Martin (Recommended Reading)
“The original plan for Prospect Park (and the Emerald Necklace) called for a series of roads that would tie together various green spaces in the metropolitan area. To describe this novel concept, Mr. Olmsted and Calvert Vaux had even coined a term: parkway.”
Thus Boston’s Emerald Necklace: Arborway – Fenway – Riverway – Jamaicaway
From The Fenway News
In his column Clydesides, the late Clyde Whalen asks:
“Why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway ?”
