Bridge in Fenway Park
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The Boylston Street Bridge in the Back Bay Fens is part of Boston's Emerald Necklace, designed in 1894 by noted American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead. The Fenway portion of the Emerald Necklace surrounds the Muddy River and four bridges: Boylston Street, Agassiz road, Higginson Square (intersection of Avenue Louis Pasteur and The Fenway), and Brookline Avenue (demolished 1954-6 to be recreated in 2011-13 as part of a river restoration project) were required to span the river. Olmstead asked architect Henry Hobson Richardson, which whom he had worked frequently in the past, to design these bridges as well as a gatehouse for the Stony Brook conduit. Although simpler than most Richardson designs, it still highlights Richardson's love of uncut stone and arching masonry.
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