Client: A Better city

Year: 2019-2020

Project Team

• A Better City

• Merritt Chase (Landscape Architects)

• JP/Centre South Main Streets

• City of Boston

*Work completed at A Better City

Centre Street is Jamaica Plain’s primary retail corridor —and the intersection of Centre Street and Green Street is one of the most central and busy sections of the street. Over a six-month period in 2019, A Better City began working with JP Centre/South Main Streets, Merritt Chase, and the City of Boston to design a parklet on Green Street.

The new parklet is located in front of the Blue Frog Bakery in Jamaica Plain. Because the bakery has limited inside seating and no plazas nearby, a parklet is a great way to increase seating for shop patrons and pedestrians, while also creating a space for other visitors to the Main Streets District.