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Marine Park, South Boston MA #00926

Type:

Parks, Parkways & Recreation Areas

Print Report

alternate name

Pleasure Bay

location

South Boston, MA

synopsis

Marine Park was first planned by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1883, and revised in 1889. Originally referred to as the Pleasure Bay, the park was geared towards water-based recreation such as swimming and boating. A half mile sandy beach, promenade, pier, and boat harbor were designed for visitors to enjoy the views of the bay.

Plans (83)

Plan#	Title
10	STUDY FOR A PLEASURE BAY AT DORCHESTER POINT; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
11	CHART FOR BOSTON HARBOR FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES	Details
11- SH1	CHART FOR BOSTON HARBOR FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES	Details
11A	BOSTON INNER HARBOR, MA., FROM BRIDGES TO UPPER MIDDLE CHANNEL SURVEYED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE U.S. HARBOR LINE BOARD OF 1888; SCALE 1/5000	Details
15	DIAGRAM SHOWING PROPOSED NEW HARBOR LINE NEAR DORCHESTER POINT AND CASTLE ISLAND AS PROPOSED BY THE PARK; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
16	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; DIAGRAM SHOWING NEW HARBOR LINE NEAR DORCHESTER POINT AND CASTLE ISLAND AS PROPOSED BY THE PARK COMMISSIONERS; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
17	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; DIAGRAM SHOWING NEW HARBOR LINE NEAR DORCHESTER POINT AND CASTLE ISLAND AS PROPOSED BY THE PARK COMMISSIONERS; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
19	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; SUGGESTED MODIFICATION OF PLAN OF MARINE PARK	Details
1-F1&F2	PLAN FOR THE OCCUPATION OF FLATS OWNED BY THE COMMONWEALTH IN BOSTON HARBOR; SCALE 833 1/3'=1"	Details
20	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; PLAN OF PROPOSED SHORE LINE AT MARINE PARK; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
21	CITY OF BOSTON, PARK DEPARTMENT; MARINE PARK PLAN SHOWING PART TO BE FILLED UNDER PROPOSAL ADVERTISED FOR (DATE)	Details
23	CITY OF BOSTON, PARK DEPARTMENT; PLAN FOR FILLING IN A PORTION OF MARINE PARK; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
24	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; PLAN FOR FILLING IN A PORTION OF MARINE PARK; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
25	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; SUGGESTED MODIFICATION OF PLAN OF MARINE PARK; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
25-TP1	TRACING OF PLEASURE BAY	Details
26	MARINE PARK STUDY FOR GRADING; PORTION FROM E. BROADWAY TO E. 1st. STREET; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
29	CITY OF BOSTON, PARK DEPARTMENT; REVISED STUDY OF A PLAN FOR MARINE PARK WITH PROVISION OF AQUARIUM GARDEN; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
2-SH1	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; CITY POINT BATTERY, SOUTH BOSTON DISTRICT; SCALE 400'=1"	Details
2-SH2	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; CITY POINT BATTERY, SOUTH BOSTON DISTRICT; SCALE 400'=1"	Details
2-SH23	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; CITY POINT BATTERY, SOUTH BOSTON DISTRICT; SCALE 400'=1"; MARINE PARK NO.2	Details
3	PLAN OF LAND EAST OF Q STREET, SOUTH BOSTON; SCALE 100'=1"; CITY POINT, AREA OF LAND TAKINGS	Details
30	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT; REVISED STUDY OF PLAN FOR MARINE PARK; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
31-TP1	STUDIES FOR GYMNASTICS GROUNDS; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
31-TP2	MARINE PARK STUDIES FOR GYMNASTIC GROUNDS, NO.31	Details
32	MARINE GARDENS OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SITE FOR AQUARIUM BUILDINGS	Details
33	MARINE PARK; STUDY FOR TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS ON CASTLE ISLAND; SCALE 1/960	Details
34	CITY OF BOSTON, PARK DEPARTMENT; MARINE PARK; PLAN SHOWING PART TO BE FILLED UNDER PROPOSAL ADVERTISED FOR (DATE); SCALE 80'=1"	Details
35-TP1	MARINE PARK, BOSTON; REVISED STUDY OF A PLAN FOR MARINE PARK WITH PROVISION FOR AQUARIUM GARDEN; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
35-TP2	NO.35	Details
36	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; REVISED PLAN FOR MARINE PARK WITH PROVISION FOR AQUARIUM GARDEN; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
37	STUDY NO.3, MARINE PARK WITH PROVISION FOR AQUARIUM GARDEN; TRACING OF THIS STUDY; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
38	PARK DEPARTMENT, CITY OF BOSTON; REVISED PLAN FOR MARINE PARK WITH PROVISION FOR AQUARIUM GARDEN; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
39	STUDY NO.2, MARINE PARK; WITH PROVISION FOR AQUARIUM GARDEN; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
4	PLAN OF SOUTH BOSTON; SCALE 400'=1"; RED FIGURES SHOW GRADES ABOUT SOUTH BOSTON BASE	Details
40	CITY OF BOSTON, PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; MODIFICATION OF PLAN FOR FILLING DATED AUGUST 6, 1889; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
41	MARINE PARK STUDIES FOR END OF PIER; SCALE 30'=1"	Details
41-PT1	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPT.; PORTION OF PARKWAY NEAR MARINE PARK; PLAN OF SITES RESERVED FOR YACHT CLUBS AND BOAT HOUSES; SCALE 30'=1"	Details
44	MARINE PARK; GRADING PLAN FOR AQUARIUM GARDEN; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
45-PT1	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; GRADING PLAN; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
48-PT1	MARINE PARK; PLAN SHOWING HARBOR LINE AROUND CASTLE ISLAND; SCALE 1/5000	Details
5	BOSTON WATER WORKS; MAP SHOWING THE SEVERAL SYSTEMS OF SUPPLY ALREADY CONSTRUCTED; SCALE 1"=1 MILE	Details
50-PT1	CITY OF BOSTON, PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; GRADING PLAN FOR CASTLE ISLAND; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
50-PT2	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; GRADING PLAN FOR CASTLE ISLAND; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
52-PT1	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT; MARINE PARK PLAN OF PROPOSED AQUARIAL GARDEN; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
52-PT2	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT; MARINE PARK PLAN OF PROPOSED AQUARIAL GARDEN; SCALE 80'=1"; AQUARIUM GARDEN	Details
53	AQUARIAL GARDEN; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
55-SH1	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPT., MARINE PARK; PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR SHORE END OF PIER; SCALE 1'=1/16"	Details
55-SH2	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPT., MARINE PARK; PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR SHORE END OF PIER; SCALE 1'=1/16"	Details
56	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; GRADING PLAN; PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR DREDGING PLANS	Details
57	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; PLAN OF PROPOSED AQUARIAL GARDEN; SCALE 100'=1"	Details
59-PT1	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; REVISION OF PORTION OF GRADING PLAN; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
60	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT; MARINE PARK; GRADING PLAN; LITHOGRAPH RELATING TO PROFILE FOR SHORE DRIVE	Details
64-PT1	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT; GRADING PLAN FOR PORTION OF SHORE DRIVE; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
6-SH1	CITY OF BOSTON; CITY POINT PARK AND VICINITY; PLAN SHOWING CONTOURS; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
6-SH2	CITY POINT PARK; TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP	Details
7	PLAN OF PART OF BOSTON HARBOR SHOWING IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN ITS CHANNELS FOR THE YEAR 1883; SCALE 800'=1"	Details
71-PT1	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; REVISED PLAN SHOWING GRADES ABOUT AQUARIUM; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
72	CASTLE ISLAND; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
72A	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT, CASTLE ISLAND; COPIED FROM PRINT OF MAP MADE BY U.S. ENGINEERS AND SENT TO PARK DEPT.; SCALE 100'=1"	Details
74	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT; TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF CASTLE ISLAND; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
75	MARINE PARK, NO.75; CASTLE ISLAND; REVISED STUDY; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
78	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; REVISED STUDY FOR CASTLE ISLAND; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
8	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT; PRELIMINARY STUDY OF A PLAN FOR A PLEASURE BAY BETWEEN DORCHESTER POINT AND CASTLE ISLAND; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
82	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; GRADING PLAN; SCALE 150'=1"; YACHT CLUBHOUSE LITHOGRAPH WITH NOTES BY CLARK	Details
86	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT, MARINE PARK; SKETCH FOR LETTERING ON PEDESTAL OF FARRAGUT STATUE; SCALE 1/2"=1'	Details
8-SH.1	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT; PRELIMINARY STUDY OF A PLAN FOR PLEASURE BAY BETWEEN DORCHESTER POINT AND CASTLE ISLAND; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
8-SH.2	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT; PRELIMINARY STUDY OF A PLAN FOR PLEASURE BAY BETWEEN DORCHESTER POINT AND CASTLE ISLAND SCALE 300'=1"	Details
9	PLAN FOR LAYING OUT AND PLANTING THAT PORTION OF "Q" ST. AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS ADJOINING PROPOSED PLEASURE BAY DORCHESTER POINT; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
Z1- SH1	BOSTON HARBOR	Details
Z1- SH2	BOSTON HARBOR	Details
Z10	MARINE PARK TRACED; RENDERING OF HIPPED ROOF BLDG.	Details
Z11	MARINE PARK TRACED	Details
Z12	MARINE PARK; CENTRE LINE OF SHORE DRIVE	Details
Z13	PLAN OF STREETS AND CASTLE ISLAND; SCALE 80'=1"	Details
Z14	PROPOSED MARINE AQUARIUM AT CITY POINT	Details
z15	Revised Study of a Plan for Marine Park With Provision for Aquarium Garden Scale 1" = 300'	Details
Z2	BOSTON HARBOR; SCALE OF FEET 50'=1"	Details
Z3	CITY OF BOSTON PARK DEPARTMENT; REVISED STUDY OF A PLAN FOR MARINE PARK LEAVING THE SITE OF THE AQUARIAL GARDEN TO BE DETERMINED LATER; SCALE 300'=1"	Details
Z5	PLAN OF ROUND STRUCTURE AT END OF CAUSEWAY, PROMENADE; SCALE 30'=1"	Details
Z6	RENDERING OF ROUND STRUCTURE AT END OF CAUSEWAY/PROMENADE	Details
Z7	RENDERING OF ROUND STRUCTURE AT END OF CAUSEWAY/PROMENADE	Details
Z8	VARIATION OF RENDERING OF ROUND STRUCTURE AT END OF CAUSEWAY/PROMENADE	Details
Z9	MARINE PARK TRACED; RENDERING OF HIPPED ROOF BLDG.	Details