REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE DORCHESTER, BOSTON, MA Meeting #2 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE DORCHESTER, BOSTON, MA Meeting #2 January 31, 2017

COPPENS SQUARE Meeting Agenda Introductions, Recognitions, and History: Ed Cook, Friends of Coppens Square Presentation: Clara Batchelor, CBA Landscape Architects, LLC Project Schedule and Overview Existing Conditions Images ● Historic Images and Plans ● Coppens Square Feature Options ● Express Preferences of Feature Type Future Schedule and Closing Remarks

COPPENS SQUARE Project Milestones Friends of Coppens Square Meeting 1 (November 21, 2016 at 6:00 PM) : CBA met with the Friends of ● Coppens Square and presented Site Analysis and Precedents, gathered input, discussed program elements, and discussed preliminary Schematic Designs. “Public” Meeting 2 (January 30, 2017 at 6:00 PM) : Overview to introduce project to attending public, ● including history of existing fountain and site. Present “Feature” Type Alternatives – Fountain or Sculpture, Traditional or Contemporary. Community review and discussion, with the goal of developing a final Preferred Feature Type. Friends of Coppens Square Meeting 3 (February 22, 2017) : CBA to present 3 options for Coppens Square ● showing different locations for the preferred feature. The committee will express preference on the feature location and CBA will take that decision and develop a Final Illustrative Plan. Friends of Coppens Square Meeting 4 (March 2, 2017) : CBA to present Final Illustrative Design for park ● including feature type and site furnishings, lighting, planting, etc., including a rough cost estimate. CBA will review this plan with committee and will incorporate any changes from the discussion at this meeting into the final plan. CBA will then provide a final plan that the committee can use to secure funding and move the park forward. Construction Documents and Construction Start (Future – TBD, depending on availability of funding) ●

EXISTING CONDITIONS Coppens Square Fountain Photo Source: (Left) CBA, (Right) Urban Culture Institute Website

EXISTING CONDITIONS Lawn, Perimeter Sidewalks Photo Source: CBA

EXISTING CONDITIONS Coppens Square Plaza Photo Source: (Left) Urban Culture Institute Website, (Right) CBA

HISTORIC IMAGES Original Fountain Image Source: (Left) Urban Culture Institute/Ed Cook, (Right) dotmass.blogspot.com

HISTORIC PLANS - 1913 Designer: Olmsted Brothers

HISTORIC PLANS - 1977

HISTORIC PLANS - 1999

REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE SITE ANALYSIS

COPPENS SQUARE Utility Lines and Structures

REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE PREFERRED FEATURE 1. FOUNTAIN OR SCULPTURE? 2. TRADITIONAL OR CONTEMPORARY STYLE?

REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE EXAMPLES OF FOUNTAINS IN A TRADITIONAL STYLE

CONCORD & RUTLAND SQUARES South End, Boston

STATLER PARK Back Bay, Boston

BREWER FOUNTAIN, Boston Common

BLACKSTONE & FRANKLIN FOUNTAINS, South End, Boston

HENDERSON FOUNTAIN, Henderson, KY (New fountain by Robinson Ironworks, Height is 25')

REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE EXAMPLES OF FOUNTAINS IN A CONTEMPORARY STYLE

ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY , North End, Boston

CHINATOWN, Boston

LUSTGARTEN FOUNTAIN, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

TSUTAKAWA FOUNTAIN, Seattle, WA

PRINCESS DIANA FOUNTAIN, London, UK

REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE EXAMPLES OF SCULPTURE IN A TRADITIONAL STYLE

HARRIET TUBMAN PARK, South End, Boston

ALEXANDER HAMILTON STATUE, Boston Common, Boston

MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS, Boston Common, Boston

MINUTEMAN, Lexington, MA

BOSTON WOMEN'S MEMORIAL, Commonwealth Ave., Boston

REDESIGN OF COPPENS SQUARE EXAMPLES OF SCULPTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY STYLE

ARMENIAN HERITAGE PARK - ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY , Boston

WIND SCULPTURE DECORDOVA SCULPTURE MUSEUM, Lexington, MA

ARTHUR FIELDLER SCULPTURE, Boston, MA

HORSE SCULPTURE – Deborah Butterfield

SYMPHONY PARK – Boston

COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION

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