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Developed, 1878
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The Necklace comprises half of the City of Boston's park acreage, parkland in the Town of Brookline, and parkways and park edges under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Several dedicated parks organizations, including the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, the Friends of the Public Garden, the Franklin Park Coalition, and the Arboretum Park Conservancy, were created to protect, maintain, restore and advocate for the Emerald Necklace parks
From Boston Common to Franklin Park it is approximately seven miles by foot or bicycle through the parks
This linear system of parks was designed by Olmsted to connect Boston Common, dating from the colonial period, and Public Garden to Franklin Park, known as the "great country park."
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The project began around 1878 with the effort to clean up and control the marshy area which became the Back Bay and The Fens
In 1880, Olmsted proposed that the Muddy River, which flowed from Jamaica Pond through the Fens, be included in the park plan
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Franklin Park Zoo
Frederick Law Olmsted
Boston, Massachusetts, 1 Franklin Park Rd
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Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles Sprague Sargent, Beatrix Jones Farrand
Boston, Massachusetts, 125 Arborway
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The Back Bay Fens
Frederick Law Olmsted
Boston, Massachusetts, Boylston St. Fenway
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Emerald Necklace Conservancy
Annum, Henry Hobson Richardson
Boston, Massachusetts, 125 Fenway
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