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Alden Park Improvements

What's Happening Now?

Alden Park is located at the intersection of Oxford Street and Sacramento Street in the Agassiz neighborhood. Park renovations were completed in 2006.

Many thanks to the neighborhood and to the Baldwin School community for your help in shaping an excellent park design and for your patience while the park has been under construction.

Here is a list of contacts you may find helpful as you use the park:

Please enjoy your new park.

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Project Background

The renovations to Alden Park on Sacramento Street, near the Baldwin School in Agassiz, include a full replacement of the play equipment along with some overall upgrades to the playground area. As we worked on designing these improvements, we held a series of public meetings to hear the comments, concerns, and ideas of park users. Since this park plays an important role both as a neighborhood play area and a school recess playground, we invited the neighborhood community as well as the Baldwin School students, parents and staff to participate in these discussions.

At our first public meeting in June, 2005, in order to help inform the preliminary design, community members offered their thoughts on how the park is currently used, what does or doesn't work well, and how people might like to see the park improved. We also received many written comments by letter, e-mail, and phone. A second meeting was held in October 2005 where residents reviewed and commented on a preliminary park design. A slide presentation from that meeting is available for download below.

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Photo Gallery

Here you will find a collection of photos of the finished park. Select a photo or the caption beneath to view a larger version of the picture.

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Relevant Documents

These files are in PDF format and require use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.

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For More Information

If you would like additional information please contact Jeff Roberts by phone
617/349-4639 or by email at jroberts@cambridgema.gov. The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.

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