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Clement Morgan Park and Pine Street Park Renovations
Future renovations will include all new playground equipment, safety surfacing, fence improvements, park signage, and upgrades to the water play equipment at Pine Street Park.
What’s Happening Now
We have revised the park renovation design based on feedback we received from community members in October. You can view the final design plan along with example images of park equipment and features through the links below. These files are in PDF format and require use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.
- Clement G. Moran Park and Anthony Paolillo Tot Lot Improvements – Plan View (1 MB)
- Images Page 1: Ball Court, Plaza and Entrance Improvements (376 KB)
- Images Page 2: Plaza and Entrance Improvements (273 KB)
- Images Page 3: New Serpentine Walk (398 KB)
- Images Page 4: Older Children’s Playground (5 to 12) (426 KB)
- Images Page 5: Under Fives Area (Tot Lot) (579 KB)
- Images Page 6: Crosswalks on Pine/Eaton Streets
Some of the features of the design include:
- New play equipment for school-age children (5-12 years old) at a new location in the park along Pine Street. Community members felt that on the whole, it would be preferable to have the playground separated from basketball court activity and closer to the tot lot, Margaret Fuller House and Boys & Girls Club.
- New play equipment for toddlers (under 5 years old) and upgraded water play equipment at Anthony Paolillo Tot Lot on Pine Street.
- Additional lighting and a reconfiguration of pathways to improve visibility.
- Reduction of pavement, addition of green space and plantings.
- New benches and picnic tables throughout the park.
- A new accessible drinking fountain, emergency phone, and community posting board.
- New signage and decorative features at the park entrances.
- A sitting area for basketball court players and spectators.
- Crosswalks and signage installed at the intersection of Pine and Eaton Streets.
Community members also raised the possibility of installing lighting over the existing basketball court. A public meeting is planned to discuss this proposal on Wednesday, December 10, 6:30 P. M. to 7:30 P. M., at the Fletcher-Maynard Academy at 225 Windsor Street. Such new lighting would allow for evening basketball use until 9:30pm daily, from April through October. The lighting would be designed to minimize “spillover” effects onto adjacent properties, and would be timed to turn off after hours. Please contact Paul Ryder (617-349-6229 or pryder@cambridgema.gov) in the Recreation Division of the Department of Public Works with questions.
The project is being prepared to release for public bid in January 2009. Construction is expected to begin in early spring 2009.
Project Background
Renovations to Clement G. Morgan Park are planned to begin in spring 2009, and will include replacement of all the playground equipment as well as the “tot play” and waterplay area at Pine Street, upgrades to pathways and lighting, new seating and furniture, additional grass, trees, and other plantings, new signage, an emergency call box and a community posting board.
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This web page will be updated with more information about the playground design process as it advances.
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Resources
This file is in PDF format and requires use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.
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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