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LeBlanc Jones Landscape Architects

LeBlanc Jones Landscape Architects

Boston, MA

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401 Park , Boston MA

A new “front yard” along the historic Fenway is the heart of 401 Park, the adaptive reuse of a 1920’s Sears distribution center reimagined as a creative campus and anchoring a revitalized urban village. Our activating site design reinforces the architectural program of a bustling ground-floor food hall below creative office tenant spaces, offering a new beer-garden kiosk and seasonal ice rink. Care in grading design and the placement of surface elements creates fresh vistas to the Fens and re-establishes contours providing improved access and connections through the project site.  A museum-quality work of public art, including a playful water feature, embodies the client’s and designers’ ambitious goals, as does the careful shaping of routes to ease pedestrian flow through the site and beyond, weaving the property into its environs. Rigorously practical yet aesthetically pleasing, our landscape design sets high standards for commercial real estate development that exceeds stipulated public amenities to exemplify a generous stance vis-à-vis the surrounding community.


 
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Status: Built
Location: Boston, MA, US
Firm Role: Landscape Architect
Additional Credits: Elkus Manfredi Architects
VHB Engineering

 
Time Out Market opens directly across the green
Time Out Market opens directly across the green
Some architectural doors open to invite the landscape view directly into the interior space
Some architectural doors open to invite the landscape view directly into the interior space
retail now fronts on the green
retail now fronts on the green
Brookline Avenue was completely redesigned for ease of pedestrian use
Brookline Avenue was completely redesigned for ease of pedestrian use
concepts incortrporated into the park green
concepts incortrporated into the park green
Nicole Eisenman's sculptural figures enliven a public fountain
Nicole Eisenman's sculptural figures enliven a public fountain
Winter use was activated with a design that accommodates a skating rink
Winter use was activated with a design that accommodates a skating rink
The landmarked building with a brad green base, as seen directly from the Emerald Necklace across the street
The landmarked building with a brad green base, as seen directly from the Emerald Necklace across the street