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Together, we are changing Boston’s public space for generations to come.
The Boston Charlestown Navy Yard and its public waterfront landmarks are Monumental, Historic. Let’s save this public space for future generations to have access to the waterfront benefiting the local habitat, residents and visitors.
         Goals by urging our governmental representatives and agencies to provide financial resources to achieve an outcome beneficial to all.  We ask for your support.

• Imagine a Public Waterfront Park for the benefit of Charlestown, Boston and its visitors.     
• Imagine a climate resilient inclusive waterfront providing healthful recreation, cultural events and historic views from the Head of Boston Harbor.
• Charlestown wants and needs a waterfront public park.
• The imagination and implementation ideas competition begins soon!
• We welcome passionate volunteers to join us in our mission to inspire and affect resilient, revitalized, and accessible waterfront for all.

Organizing innovative nature based climate resilient landscape design focus by prospective studios and Universities. resilient and accessible waterfront through community engagement and education.

We have organized numerous public family boardwalk community events, meetings & engagements to reactivate Pier 5 as a National Historic Park destination.

We inspire the capacity of individuals, institutions, businesses, government and urban systems to adapt to climate stresses and shocks.

“Greenway Crossroads” Mural Proudly Presented by the BRA
Early in BRA Navy Yard stewardship, a mural hung at the BRA entrance “Greenway Crossroads” proudly presented the future public green space at Piers 4, 5, 6. The Boston Naval Yard is a Special Place for the Public.
How did the BRA stray so far from that original vision?  Now proposing the privatizing of a valuable public amenity and removing it from the public realm?  Why are private condominiums for a few now proposed for a harbor site that calls for the Public’s Enjoyment and Use of the Harbor? 

• Everything that happens on the Harbor has an immediate socio-economic and ecological impact on Charlestown in particular, and Boston overall.
• Reports
  Analysis Reports including: Historical, Engineering Structural Feasibility, Flood Risk, Acoustic Impacts, Heat Island, Flood berm, Urban Reef, Ornithology Habitat and more.
  Socio-ecological, Socio-economic, Social Justice, Environmental Impact Studies, Engineering Reports (years), Demographics, Transportation, Ecological Resilience, United Nations Sustainability Goals, Tourism, Locals, National History, Local Economic Losses due to disrepair. Historical, Engineering Structural Feasibility, Flood Risk, Acoustic Impacts, Heat Island, Flood berm, Urban Reef, Ornithology Habitat and more.
  BRA offered Pier 5 at $0 cost to Activate a Green Public Park.
  Let’s welcome this opportunity to reactivate
  greenspace!

Social Equity
A just determination of the balance of public well being across socio-economic borders.

Equity including resilient and accessible waterfront through community engagement and education.

Pier 5 Association is making extraordinary progress to reactivate this public property as a landmark waterfront national park providing healthful recreation, cultural events and historic views from the Head of Boston Harbor.

Affordable recreational space is legally drawn according budgets, outdated statistics and political whim. This flat map thinking results in Green Space being designed by quota. The design usually results in a Yard, not a Green Space Park. 

Pier 5 adjacent piers include renown Pier 6 marina/restaurant to the North and the beloved Courageous Sailing Center city side. Neighboring National Treasure, the U.S.S. Constitution frigate is an international tourist attraction with over 350,000 visitors each year to learn and explore. One of Boston’s most visited museums.

We don’t believe privatizing public waterfront is appropriate and contrary to concepts of socio-ecological justice, quality of life and public access rights to amenities of real waterfront green and open space.

Official definitions of recreational areas are used interchangeably in official Charlestown maps and drawings: Open Space, Green Space, Recreational Space, Sports Area, Exercise Space, Playground, Memorial, Open Lot, Yard, Plaza, Promenade, Pier, Sports-field and Park. This is one symptom and cause of social inequity. A Yard is different than a Park. A prison yard is not defined as a prison park. There are vital differences.  

Recognizing the historic, healthful value of Pier 5

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