Location:

Tyler Terrace, Newton Center, MA 02459

Goals:

Create and implement a plan for accessibility and other improvements in this historic village-center park, while preserving or rehabilitating the most significant features from both the Olmsted firm's original 1890-91 design and Hebert Kellaway's 1908-11 modifications.

Funding Appropriated:

Proposals Not Funded:

Contacts:

• Commissioner of Parks & Recreation
  City of Newton
  246 Dudley Road
  Newton, MA 02459
  bderubeis@newtonma.gov and cschein@newtonma.gov
  617.796.1500

Proposal Reviews:

2004-2005 plan (funded)

15 October 2004 - Proposal for historic rehabilitation & accessibility plan, including budget, plus attachments:

• Photos
• Letters of Support

7 April 2005 - CPC Request for Project Revisions

25 June 2005 - CPC Funding Recommendation

8 August 2005 - Board Order (appropriation)

2006-2007 design & construction (not funded)

2 October 2006 - phase 1 of proposal to implement the plan created with 2005 funding, including:

• Proposal
• Plans & Costs excerpted from plan (see "News" below for full plan)
• Letters of Support

30 October 2006 - Presentation (long file with photos & maps, may load slowly)

11 January 2007 - Budget & Schedule, Revised

2007-2008 design & construction (not funded)

12 December 2007 - revised phase 1 of proposal to implement the plan created with 2005 funding, including:

• Revised Proposal
• Maps & Photos(long file, may load slowly)
• Letters of Support(resubmitted from 2006)

23 January 2008 - Presentation (long file with photos & maps, may load slowly)

March 2008 - Funding Eligibility Analysis for parks as historic resources (Newton Law Department & CPC staff)

• This analysis led to the deferral of several proposals for parks, on the grounds that they were not clearly enough conceived as the rehabilitation of historic resources, though landscapes were allowable in that category. At the time these proposals were submitted, under the CPA state statute CPA funds could be used to rehabilitate historic resources, but could only be used to rehabilitate parks that had been created or acquired with CPA funds in the first place.

Project News:

June 2006 - Newton Centre Playground Accessibility & Rehabilitation Plan (final product of initial 2005 funding above)

1. Executive Summary & Overview
2. Park History
3. Existing Conditions & Recommendations
4. Implementation, including phasing & costs