Library Park opens in Allston
Steamy temperatures, sunny skies, and smiling faces were in ample supply at Thursday’s (July 7) official opening of Library Park in Allston, a new community space on Harvard-donated land that those attending instantly put to good use. On a lot once covered with cement piles, children laughed and played in a whimsical water fountain while parents and friends looked on from nearby benches, surrounded by some of the park’s 150 new trees. Neighbors strolled along a series of footpaths, and longtime Allston residents took in the views of Cambridge and Boston from a small hill at the park’s center. Some visitors took off their shoes and walked through the lush grass. Located behind the Honan-Allston Branch of the Boston Public Library, the neighborhood’s newest green space was created on land given to Boston by Harvard. Allston resident Emma Gentry pushed a stroller with her year-old grandson Dylan Tallon along one of the park’s...