Newton, Massachusetts Community Preservation Program  >>  Proposals & Projects
 
Albemarle Park & Cheesecake Brook
location:
   in Newtonville, from Eddy Street, crossing Watertown and Crafts Streets, north along Albemarle Road to the Charles River; see map links below
total funding:
  
$280,906 CP funds appropriated  
$5,906 open space
$275,800 recreation
$33,400 returned to CP Fund from canceled project
$247,506
 CP funds available
total projects:
  
4 (listed below in reverse chronological order)
contacts:
   Fran Towle, Commissioner 
Bob DeRubeis, Deputy Commissioner
City of Newton Parks & Recreation Dept.
70 Crescent Street
Auburndale, MA 02466
email:   ftowle@newtonma.gov and bderubeis@newtonma.gov
phone:   617.796.1500

John Daghlian, Associate City Engineer
City of Newton Dept. of Public Works
1000 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton Centre, MA 02449
email:   jdaghlian@newtonma.gov
phone:   617.796.1023

Margaret Doris
The Playground Project at Albemarle, Inc.
119 Fair Oaks Avenue
Newtonville, MA 02460
email:   medoris@aol.com
phone:   617.964.1308

Margaret Albright 
Friends of Albemarle
166 Edinboro Street
Newtonville, MA 02460
email:   mlalbright@comcast.net
phone:   617.969.0497

Curtis Betts 
The Playground Project, Inc. & Friends of Albemarle
305 Albemarle Road
Newtonville, MA 02460
email:   curtis@betts-orourke.net
phone:   617.965.1799
for all proposals & projects:
for community walking tour sponsored by Newton Conservators & Newton History Museum , 25 June 2006 (long file, will take time to load)
May 2005 Landscape Institute independent project used in several  proposals below but not officially commissioned/adopted by Parks & Recreation Commission   (very long file, will take a long time to load)
includes map from plan above; submitted with proposals below
helps to distinguish among the many projects in this area that overlap geographically & have similar titles; most involve no CP funds
 
Cheesecake Brook Greenway
Watertown Street to the Charles River
goals:
 Produce a conceptual design for the portion of the brook from Watertown Street to the Charles River, including improvements such as bike paths, improved linkage to abutting open spaces and recreation facilities, environmental remediation to improve water quality, accessible footbridge, new plantings, lighting and outdoor furnishings.
locaiton note
 This portion of the greenway is identified as Cheesecake Brook Greenway 3 on the  multi-project maps).
project
funding:
$25,100
 CP funds appropriated 
$21,600 recreation
$2,400 open space
$1,100 services from City of Newton Law Dept.
proposal review & appropriation:
17 October 2005
proposal
6 April 2006
CPC funding recommendation
5 June 2006
Board order (appropriation)
fall 2006
NOTE
separate proposal for Harrington Street to Watertown Street was submitted but not funded at this time; it may be resubmitted in future (see Cheesecake Brook Greenway 2 on multi-project maps)
project news:
7 November 2006
project consultant scope of work
24 June 2009
near-final concept drawings/maps presented at community mtg
(long file, will take time to load)
December  2009
final master plan (long file, will take time to load)
 
Albemarle Park
Central Corridor
goals:
 Based on Albemarle Park Master Plan, design improvements to the central corridor of the park, including: improved circulation and linkages, ecological restoration of southern portions of Avery Woods, new entry plaza, new plantings, berms, lighting and furnishings.
project
funding:
$33,400 CP funds appropriated
$28,800 recreation
$3,200 open space
$1,400 services from City of Newton Law Dept.
proposal review & appropriation:
30 September 2005
 proposal
30 September 2005
 proposal atttachment: map & photos
30 September 2005
 proposal atttachment: potential scope of work for project consultant
November 2005
 presentation at public hearing (incl. photos & maps)
February 2006
 proposal letters of support
20 April 2006
 CPC funding recommendation
5 June 2006
 Board order (appropriation)
12 November 2008
canceled in response to decision SJC-10135,  24 October 2008
(see also Community Preservation Coalition newsletter article, January 2009)
 
Gath Pool
goals:
 Allow for new users, especially young children and seniors, by providing a shade structure, benches, fully accessible drinking fountains, additional grab bars for shower areas, and non-slip flooring for locker rooms and public passage areas.
project
funding:
$122,475 CP funds appropriated (recreation)
including $1,600 for services from City of Newton Law Dept.
proposal review & appropriations:
15 October 2004
 proposal
27 April 2005
 CPC funding recommendation
20 June 2005
 Board order (appropriation), for project costs
8 August 2005
 Board order (appropriation), for City of Newton legal services
project news:
 
Albemarle Community Commons
Outdoor Classroom
goals:
 Create a fully accessible, multisensory outdoor community classroom/park on a portion of the Halloran Sports and Recreation Complex in Albemarle Park, adjacent to the new playground behind the Horace Mann Elementary School, including: gazebo, raised planting beds, new drinking fountain and sundial.
project
funding:
$99,931 CP funds appropriated (recreation)
November 2002
 proposal
November 2002
 project site plan & detail
November 2002
 proposal attachments (relation to school curriculum, suggested designs & components)
November 2002
 proposal letters of support
5 June 2003
 CPC funding recommendation
14 July 2003
 Board order (appropriation)
project news:
 
CONTACT:
Alice E. Ingerson, Ph.D., Community Preservation Program Manager
Newton Planning & Development Department,
City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02459
phone 617.796.1144, email aingerson@newtonma.gov, TDD / TTY 617.796.1089